TRX……What?????
Born in the Navy SEALs, Suspension Training bodyweight exercise develops strength, balance, flexibility and core stability simultaneously. It requires the use of the TRX Suspension Trainer, a highly portable performance training tool that leverages gravity and the user's body weight to complete hundreds of exercises.
Randy Hetrick, former Navy SEAL and current CEO and founder of TRX:
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1. It's for anyone: So, who should do TRX? Everyone, Randy says. "People who like yoga and Pilates tend to like TRX because there are some crossovers. But it's also great for runners, cyclists, or anyone who is an endurance athlete and wants to have more strength training." Even reluctant "power lifters" are usually swayed by the workout once they see how effective it can be at building muscle, he says.
2. It's beginner-friendly: Another reason to try a TRX class — it's easy to tweak exercises to your own level of difficulty and ramp up when necessary. "It's all user-defined," Randy says. "You determine how hard or how easy you really want to go. So really advanced or really beginners can work out in the same class and get what's right for them."
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3. The cardio-strength training connection: Don't think it's just your muscles that you're working. TRX moves target different parts of your body while also raising your heartbeat. Many exercises done on the TRX suspension cables "integrate so many muscles, which require oxygen," Randy says. This increases your heartbeat and breath as you hold a move or do your reps, making many TRX exercises "superefficient, integrated strength and cardio moves," explains Randy.
4. It beats boredom: Two suspension straps — infinite ways to use them. You can do it all with TRX, from lunges to planks to upper body resistance exercises. And the best part? Your workouts can change as many times as you want them to. That means that both your mind and your body will stay challenged with all the ways you can mix up your workouts
The Niles Family Fitness Center offers the following TRX Summer Classes. Come in, drop in and give us a try.
Call 847-588-8400 for details
11:10-12:00 PM Monday June 12th-July 31st
8:20-9:00 AM Tuesday June 13th-August 1st
5:40-6:20 PM Tuesday June 13th-August 1st
8:20-9:00 AM Friday June 16th-August 4th
