No machines, no weights -- just straps hanging from the ceiling. TRX uses our own body weight to help us train. A marine came up with the idea of suspension training, so you know it's not easy but as we see in October's fitness report, the results are impressive.
It's a different kind of pull up, but that's the point with TRX. Two straps hanging from the ceiling allow exercisers to focus on strength, balance, and core stability.
Fitness trainer Natalie Guy calls it, "deep sculpting."
She says, "You can lift weights and get good results but when you use your own body weight you get so much deeper within the muscle and you'll see the results a lot faster."
One drawback when it comes to weights is that we do the same movement over and over again. That can lead to injuries. But with TRX you're moving your body in all different directions, functionally, the way we live.
By adjusting the straps we can increase the intensity for hundreds, if not thousands of exercises that mirror our everyday activities.
Fitness Director Luke Shepherd says, "If you have to bend over and pick up a kid, you can't simulate that on an incline press and push it up or a seated row and pull yourself back. You actually have to move yourself around and you're under different tensions while you're moving."
Sue Ludvik feels the results speak for themselves.
She says, "It actually has allowed me to stand up taller. It has allowed me to find the imbalances on each side of my body. I find my weaknesses and I'm able to get stronger."
Body weight and gravity create the challenge. No using the light weights here and no cheating on the moves.
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