Nicole

Every now and then the fitness industry puts out something worth it's price and weight in gold. 10 years ago a Houston gymnastics coach was visited by one of the strength and conditioning coaches from the Saints for ideas on how to build strength , balance, and conditioning for his football players. Gymnast have long been looked upon for their physical excellence. Their bodies and very realsitic sculptures of attainable muscle as well as having the grace of ballet dancer and power of a sprinter. In esscence they represent the perfect physique. To many at least. Anyway, what the coach observed was handmade device consisting of 2 heavy duty straps. One acted as an anchor and the other was suspended by it.Attached on either end were 2 gymnastic rings. A couple of years later the TRX was introduced to the fitness world with a some great celebrity endorsers. Drew Breeze,Laird Hamilton,Gabby Reece, The Hamm brothers, and Brandon Vera to name a few. For the cost of 5 dollars to make and an average price of 115.00 to purchase the TRX has made huge waves in the fitness industry. And here's the kicker............it works!! I got my first TRX about 7 years ago as a promotional tool. I love it and have encorporated it into many of my training sessions. The TRX suspension system can be used to work every body part all while encorporating your core. The catch is that your stabelizing muscles get engaged from the minute you start any movement. The clue is to use this piece of equipment to balance out your other movements not take the place of the others. Here is where we as trainers make our biggest mistakes . We get a good routines or new piece of equipment and we beat it to death. Does anyone remember the swiss ball. The other day at the gym I watched a guy try to do a 60lb chest press on the ball. A bit much. ambitious though. Try this abdominal routine for starters.