TRX Exercises - Lose Weight, Build Lean Muscle, Feel Great

TRX Exercise Improves Strength, Stability and Burns Calories

   TRX is still relatively new to the fitness world. I come across people every day who still haven't ever

heard of it, much less attempted to dangle from those terrifying yellow straps. As a Certified TRX 

Instructor, this pains me deep down, because TRX can be such a powerful tool for people to change

their bodies. I use TRX on a regular basis with my clients who range in age from 20-85, and there is

always an effective exercise that challenges each one of them. TRX is a very versatile tool that can be

used in a wide variety of different training styles. During my TRX classes, I vary the training styles

to keep my students interested, however, they're also able to enjoy the different benefits, such as

improved strength and stability, better range of motion in their joints, and the high amounts of calories 

burned. In the rest of this article, I'll talk about what makes TRX challenging and why this is such 

a powerful benefit of this unique training style.

What Makes TRX Training Different?

   TRX training utilizes a common concept - bodyweight exercise - with a very uncommon stability

challenge to create a unique, full body workout with every exercise. The TRX straps are suspended

from an A-frame structure, door, post, etc to allow the trainee to make each exercise harder or easier

just by stepping towards or away from the anchor point. This makes it very easy to increase or 

decrease the intensity of each exercise. By changing the angle at which you stand relative to the floor

and the anchor point, you can make a bodybuilder's veins pop out or teach a newbie the basics of

resistance training. Some of you might be thinking that bodyweight exercises just aren't going to be 

challenging enough if you really want to put on some muscle. This may be true in a normal scenario,

but with TRX training, the added stability challenge turns something as simple as a push up into a much

more challenging exercise. By allowing your arms or legs to move freely in the straps, you make it

much harder on your body. These stabilizer muscles often get forgotten and weak due

to help from machines, the added stability of a barbell, or a closed chain exercise like

a body weight push up. I have also found, through my own training with TRX, that my 

1RM (One repetition max) for just about every exercise increases after using it for a few

weeks. This is because TRX training strengthens those stabilizer muscles which makes

the more structured exercises seem easier.

   Another very unique aspect of TRX training is the focus on full body. If you love doing planks, 

then you'll love doing TRX. Because TRX is all body weight, gravity and angles, you're basically 

doing planks during every exercise you complete. TRX forces you to tilt your pelvis appropriately 

while engaging your core to safely align your spine during each exercise. With the right supervision,

this can be a very powerful tool for people with back problems or who hate doing crunches or sit ups.

A lot of back pain stems from the inability to use your core, which in turn makes the core very weak.

After a few TRX sessions with a good trainer, the trainee can learn the basic concepts behind 

keeping the spine in a safe position. Once those basic principles are understood, the trainee can 

really start focusing on adding resistance to build muscle mass safely, which may have been

impossible otherwise.

   Lastly, if you're looking for exercises that will burn calories fast, then TRX is for you! So how do you

burn calories fast? One of the best ways to burn calories is to use multiple muscle groups at once 

during your exercises. With the TRX, even a simple exercise like a Biceps Curl utilizes not only the 

biceps, but the shoulders, abs, glutes, forearms, and low back. TRX turns an isolation exercise into 

a calorie burning, muscle building machine!

   If you've never tried TRX before, search the gyms in your area for TRX classes. At Snap Fitness

Harrison Township, we offer TRX classes twice a week, and we also offer a combination class called

SpinTRX, where we combine high intensity intervals of cycling with muscle building exercises using 

TRX (for more information about why combining cardio intervals with muscle building is much more 

effective, keep an eye out for my next article).

   For more AWESOME tips about nutrition, fast weight loss and how to maximize your workouts, 

check out my blog at http://www.yorkpersonaltraining.com

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a comment saying why you want to try TRX!

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