New at the Phoenix gym is the TRX Suspension Training. is a highly portable performance training tool that leverages gravity and uses your bodyweight to enable hundreds of exercises that can be instantly scaled for any user to reach any fitness or training goal. Invented by former Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick, the TRX Tactical Suspension Trainer bodyweight system is the lightest, most versatile functional training system on earth. Anchor it to a tank, Conex box or tree and perform a wide variety of exercises that leverage your own bodyweight to build the strength, balance and core stability you need for PT, for your mission and in life. You will find this device used by the military, sports team, fitness clubs and more.
However, many do not know where to start or to take advantage of all that it offers. That’s why we made this post. Tryout these TRX Exercises and tips the next time you are at Phoenix Gym:
Build mobility, strength, power, durability and core stability by incorporating the following fitness into your warm-up routine. Increase difficult as you progress.
A simple exercise to start off with. It will get your shoulders looking massive.
In this video, Coach Dos shows us moves for upper body, moves for lower body, pushing moves, pulling moves, anything you could want in a killer total body workout on the TRX Suspension Trainer.
Combining the TRX Suspension Trainer with kettlebell training yields a hybrid workout that packs a wallop. The TRX Kettlebell: Iron Circuit Conditioning video is an exceptional fusion workout that will build your strength, conditioning, mobility, stability and balance, all in one workout.
TRX Plank Press, TRX Incline Plank and TRX Incline Press.
Learn how to perform the TRX Burpee — one of the classic TRX exercises that combines upper- and lower-body movements to help you build endurance and increase you heart rate.
Proximal stability is keeping your core, lower back, and lats stable so that you can move your arms, legs and other moving parts farther from the center of the body in a pain free and natural full range of usable motion. This is called distal mobility, and will make you perform better in sport, and in life.
As you start becoming comfortable with the TRX, you can start creating combination exercises to get maximum benefit and to up the difficulty level.