TRX Suspension Training

In a recent post on one of my other blogs I wrote about an ActivCore Red Cord functional training session I took with the fabulous Katherine Corp of NYC's Pilates on Fifth. I found this suspension system body weight workout to be extremely effective and difficult (in a good way!).

A lot of my Fitness & Pilates loving guests at Parrot Cay have told me that they do TRX suspension training, which is a portable inexpensive way to do suspension training on your own. In a recent article about TRX training, clients have wonderful things to say.

"You're exercising every part of your body, and I love that," Goality client Barb Masciola of Bloomingdale said. "It's addicting."

The variety also appeals to TRX users like Debbie Cryer of Hoffman Estates.

"It's always varied," she said. "Eric mixes it up so you don't get bored. I've lost quite a few pounds and inches using it. I've tried all kinds of things - walking two miles a day, aerobics - and never got results like this."

And the simple system has a Hollywood and military pedigree, as well as great press.

The TRX helped sculpt J-Lo's butt, and helped San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson set a record for touchdowns. The U.S. military, Chicago Cubs, White Sox and Blackhawks train on it.

Men's Health gave it an award for best total body tool, Outside Magazine called it "about the most effective portable gym," and publications from Golf magazine to TapOut, for ultimate fighters, have praised it.

Like most really effective functional exercise systems, TRX is deceptively simple, literally consisting of two straps with handles dangling from the ceiling (or the top of your closet door frame at home). But by playing with balance, leverage, and relationship to gravity you can do many exercises.

If you have never experienced this kind of work I encourage you to check it out.

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