The TRX Suspension Trainer is the best quality Suspension Trainer available to buy and it’s the only trainer we use ourselves or endorse.
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Sometimes it’s good to get out the gym, get some fresh air and take your workouts outside. The TRX Professional Suspension Trainer is the perfect fitness equipment to do just that.
The TRX is built for portability and convenience - it’s small and lightweight enough to throw in your bag and so flexible that it can be attached to any stable structure (trees, posts etc) in seconds using the ingenious anchor solution. Take it to the park, beach or your backyard and get fit in the great outdoors. For more information or to buy the TRX visit Fitness Anywhere.
We now have some new videos on the legendary TRX Suspension Trainer product to show you. These videos show you what the TRX trainer is, and how it can be used and setup in your home to develop the body and fitness levels you’ve been looking for…
TRX Suspension Trainer Professional Review Video
TRX Force Kit Review Video
The next two videos explain the anchoring solutions for the TRX Professional and TRX Force Kit so that you can use it in and around your home or keep fit on your travels.
TRX Door Anchor
TRX X-Mount
All TRX equipment is available to buy now from Fitness Anywhere, click here for pricing information.
Fitness Anywhere have created a total body surf specific workout that you can do anywhere to help get you in prime condition for surfing. Watch the video below for an overview and see for yourself…
You can pick-up your own TRX Professional Suspension Trainer here.
The TRX is one of our primary ways of training our legs. You can develop awesome strength and it allows you to do exercises like one-legged squats which is a highly difficult movement without a suspension trainer.
Fitness Anywhere have released a released a TRX Lower Body Challenge for you to try your legs with. Have a go and build up your lower body strength…
The Challenge
The challenge consists of 40 suspended lunges on each leg and 40 hip presses.
The TRX Challenge Rules
The rules for the TRX Lower Body Challenge are to see how many consecutive Suspended Lunges (no break between legs) and Hip Presses you can do with no more than a 1 minute break between the exercises.
Keep at the challenge and see if you can build up to 40 repetitions on each exercise.
Completing the Exercises
TRX Suspended Lunge
The Suspended Lunge is an incredibly functional exercise that targets single leg strength. To perform a Suspended Lunge lengthen the TRX to mid calf level and slide one foot into both foot cradles with the non-suspended foot out in front of you. The suspended foot should be behind you directly under the anchor point.
Bring the knee of the suspended leg down until it’s only a few inches from the ground. The standing leg should be bent to about 90 degrees when you are down. Hold the position at the lowest point then come back up to standing and bring the knee of the suspended leg forward so the upper thigh is parallel to the ground. This is on repetition. Repeat until you can’t do any more and record your score.
TRX Hip Press
The TRX Hip Press is an intense exercise that targets the hamstrings but also involves the glutes and back extensors. To perform the Hip Press begin by lying on the ground face up and place your heals into the foot cradles so that your feet are directly under the anchor point and your legs are at a 90 degree angle. Ensure your arms do not assist with the exercise by crossing them over your chest.
Now raise the pelvis into the air, tightening the core muscles. Release and lower to the start position by touching the backside to the ground. Do not rest. This is one repetition. Repeat until you can’t do any more and record your score.
Good luck! Let us know how you get on…
“THE NYLON STRAPS ON THIS GO-ANYWHERE WORKOUT TOOL CREATE RESISTANCE FROM GRAVITY AND YOUR BODY-WEIGHT”
- Men’s Health
Best selling fitness magazine Men’s Health has named Fitness Anywhere’s TRX Suspension Trainer as the year’s “Best Total Body Tool” in its April issue.
This is another great step forward in raising the profile for suspension training and it’s great to see this ground breaking product getting the recognition it deserves.
Top suspension training system the TRX has been featured on TV show The Biggest Loser to help whip contestants into shape and meet their fitness goals. Take a look at a video clip from the show to see the TRX in action in an outdoor workout:
Here’s fitness expert from the show, Bob harper’s thoughts on the TRX:
“I have been a trainer now for almost 20 years and I am constantly looking for new equipment. Now being a trainer on “The Biggest Loser”, my workouts have to be effective and on the cutting edge. Thanks to the TRX, I got some really great workouts with my contestants this season. Watching them be challenged by working on something that requires such core strength, as well as shear FULL body strength, I knew I had a great piece of equipment on my hands. I really LOVE this piece of equipment!!! “-Bob Harper
The TRX Suspension Trainer is extremely popular with fitness experts all over the world but hopefully shows like this will educate the general public on just how effective suspension training is and elevate it to mainstream fitness and the average person’s home.
Our Universal Strength Apparatus has arrived. Here’s a breakdown of the product and our first impressions.
What’s in the box?
The USA comes with two ‘fitness ladders’ that can be used individually or attached to one another to create one long unit, and a duffel bag for storage and portability.
The duffel bag is of OK quality, it’s a nice addition but we’re focusing on the fitness ladders themselves.
The ladders are basically made up of thick canvas, with some heavy duty stitching holding the whole thing together. The canvas rungs are thread through a durable plastic cylinder which is what you grip onto when using the apparatus. The final piece to the equipment are the carabiner style clips attached to the top which allow you to fasten the ladders together or suspend them from your anchor point.
Setting up the Universal Strength Apparatus
The USA can essentially be setup in two ways; by suspending it from an overhead structure of some kind, or rigging it up to a door. Generally, fixing it to a door is more for your traditional suspension training exercises. You will find examples of these in our suspension training exercise directory. Attaching it to an overhead structure allows you to climb the apparatus, which is where we really value this equipment.
We setup the Universal Strength Apparatus on our garage rafters in minutes with the help of some step ladders. We also wrapped an old towel around the rafters to minimise the abrasion between the USA and the wood, and help prolong the life of the equipment.
Here are a few photos of our first attempts at training with the Universal Strength Apparatus:
The first is a pullup using the USA, and the others are of attempts to climb it!
Verdict
This is a really fun and novel piece of equipment and we definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to inject a bit of variety into their training regime. It’s much more difficult than we ever imagined and after a very brief first time training session we were aching the next day particularly in our lats and upper back muscles.
We really see the value of the Universal Strength Apparatus in the climbing and pullup exercises as opposed to the more traditional suspension training moves as it’s simply not as good a product as the TRX for suspension training.
One improvement we could suggest for the USA is to the plastic rungs which can be quite slippy and uncomfortable on the hands although this is easy to get round by wearing gloves or training with chalk.
The Universal Strength Apparatus is available now from Bodyweight Culture.
A product sold by bodyweightculture.com called The Universal Strength Apparatus has been getting a lot of hype in the online fitness community. Described as a suspension training system which can be used by anyone, anywhere, anytime, the USA really had us excited when we stumbled across this YouTube video of the kit in action.
We’re waiting on ours to arrive but on first look, I really don’t think it will replace our TRX Suspension Trainer for the standard suspension exercises, but that isn’t what captured our interest. What really grabbed us is the climbing action. To us, this was the unique selling point and we can really tell this will have a great impact on the core body. It will take some explosive body power to hoist yourself from one rung to another as demonstrated in the video.
We’ve placed our order and will be posting articles on our thoughts and experiences when it arrives, but for now here’s a bit more information on what it is, and what the Universal Strength Apparatus has to offer:
What do I get with the Universal Strength Apparatus?
The package comes fully assembled and includes:
The two USA units can be joined together in series to create one long climbing piece over 16 feet long with 24 rungs.
Where can the Universal Strength Apparatus be used?
The USA can be attached to a door, branch, bar or any stable overhead structure in a few seconds.
Are there any weight limits with the Universal Strength Apparatus?
The USA can support up to 300 lbs, but unofficial tests have seen the equipment support four grown men with a total weight of over 600 lbs.
Our final thoughts:
The Universal Strength Apparatus has been designed for developing strength and explosive bodyweight power. The unique selling point over all other equipment out there is that it can be climbed, hands only. This should be really good for developing the upper body and abs.
The multi-level handled design is unlike any exercise equipment we’ve seen, and we’ve really bought into the climbing action. We firmly believe variety is key to any successful training regime, both to keep you interested and to continuously challenge your body, so this should compliment our standard suspension training regime nicely. We’ll keep you informed!
The Universal Strength Apparatus is available to buy now from www.bodyweightculture.com.
The TRX Professional was our first introduction to the niche fitness of suspension training. We had been looking to incorporate suspension training into our exercise regime for a while after the excellent reviews throughout the fitness industry it was receiving. As we were travelling a lot more, a good suspension trainer would allow us to take our training on the trip and ensure our exercise never had to stop.
Like most, we were looking for a quality trainer that was portable, light-weight, and flexible enough to allow us to train anywhere.
The TRX Suspension Trainer seemed like the only choice after looking around on the internet so we bought. I’m not too sure what we were expecting… but this exceeded it. It feels well conceived, cleverly designed with excellent attention to detail, and is superiorly constructed. It’s hard to imagine finding a better product suited to it’s goal.
The TRX Pro comes with everything you need and a little bit more. Take for example the travelling bag to keep everything nicely together and compact, or the “KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING!” sign.. a nice touch which has probably saved us a few bruises on more than one occasion.
The mantra of ‘train anywhere’ is lived up to…. It has a cleverly implemented fastening technique in which the strap can be suspended from any stable, overhead structure using the carabiner. You can also connect the door attachment so that you have the flexibility to use the trainer in and around the home.
Being very light and compact means it’s a perfect product for travellers, and the TRX makes our suitcase on every vacation or business trip to help us stay in shape and maintain fitness away from home.
To cater for the various exercises that suspension training offers a trainer needs to be height adjustable and the TRX is… in seconds. To shorten the TRX trainer and perform standing exercises such as the chest press; simply press the metal clasp and pull the tab away from the handles. Conversely, to perform floor based exercises and extend the trainer to tone those abs and thighs; press the metal clasp and pull the suspension trainer handles away from the fastener. Easy.
At the risk of sounding short-sighted or perhaps outright biased we really tried to criticise the product and find fault, but couldn’t. As a suspension trainer the product does its job and it does it well and we have no complaints. I guess the question most important becomes - Will suspension training help me achieve my fitness goals? This is something only you can answer but we use the suspension trainer as one part of a larger regime, in combination with weight training and some cardiovascular work it covers off all our needs and provides a well-rounded routine.
To sum-up, if you are looking to get fit, tone up and want to take advantage of the many benefits that suspension training offers, suspension trainers don’t come any better than the TRX Professional. We would recommend this product to anyone.
The TRX Professional is available to buy now from Fitness Anywhere.
