“It has staying power because it has good education and programming behind it. “With so much emphasis put on core and functional training, the timing is right” for suspension training, said Kathie Davis, the executive director of IDEA Health and Fitness Association, a trade group. It advocates strengthening muscles synergistically, rather than in isolation. Interest in suspension straps is also high because a theory called functional training has been making slow but steady inroads in the fitness business. Suspension training is having a moment partly because some trainers and clients are bored with the ubiquitous balance equipment like stability balls.
TRX BACK EXERCISES SERIES
To Andean flute music, participants are led through a series of stretches and a handful of strength-training moves. At Equinox a mellower class called Inka focuses more on flexibility. The BodyWeb With TRX class - which involves lunges, chest presses and one-legged squats to high-energy dance music - is so fast paced that some say it amounts to a cardiovascular workout. This summer, Life Time Fitness will add suspension training classes at a handful of its 60 locations in 16 states.
By mid-March, Equinox plans to offer TRX or Inkaflexx classes in Boston, Los Angeles and a new Manhattan club on Park Avenue.
TRX BACK EXERCISES FULL
At Crunch, a class called BodyWeb With TRX is in full swing at two San Francisco outposts, and so is a pilot class featuring Inkaflexx equipment at Equinox in Darien, Conn. Group classes for suspension devotees have begun to crop up nationwide. Roughly 10,000 $150 sets of straps have been shipped. Personal trainers use TRX equipment at over 1,000 gyms nationwide, according to Fitness Anywhere, its maker. On the other hand, critics warn that the instability of suspension straps can result in injury, especially if you have a history of joint or back injuries, or inadequate core strength. The beauty of suspension training, its advocates say, is that you can’t help engaging your core to steady yourself. Suspension workouts consist of either hanging the legs or leaning back while gripping the straps and then performing a variety of moves. They have attracted the attention of personal trainers and group fitness directors as strengthening tools that also improve balance and flexibility. In the last year suspension training has entered the mainstream after two kinds of straps landed on the market: TRX and Inkaflexx.
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