Suspension training is resistance exercise which has your body weight working against gravity for a total body workout. While it might look simple enough, novice exercisers generally struggle with balance, and would progressive more efficiently with supervision and assistance from a professional trainer.
TRX suspension training is geared more toward a “metabolic workout", which means a comprehensive workout of strength-based exercises that target multiple muscle groups at once, with a short rest between each repetition and set. Basically, instead of working one area of your body at a time, you're working most or all of it at once. It's tough, but it is totally accessible to and doable by people of all fitness levels - including beginners. And most importantly, it's incredibly effective for developing strength, balance and flexibility. In short, it's a fantastic full-body workout.
Strength training typically involves exercises where the body moves in a single plane as you work your arms, legs, shoulders, chest, or your back specifically, one muscle group at a time. However, if you think about it, that's not how your body works in real life. In real life activities and athletics, your muscle groups and joints as well as your core, are all working together in a wide range of motion with your body moving about in multiple planes. If you are running, cycling, skiing, or climbing stairs - your body is engaged in multi-planar movements. It's working in concert. The suspension training concept allows for this "real life" variety in planes of movement - TRX exercises are multi-planar just like actual athletic movements. One of the greatest benefits of this approach is avoidance of overuse injuries of a specific part of the body.
So what does this mean for you? Well, to begin with you'll get a total body workout - with a particular emphasis on core stability - that effectively improves flexibility and strength, and will undoubtedly work up a sweat and burn major calories. It is cutting edge fitness philosophy, proven effective, and something new and different for those bored with the same old fitness routines.
