Sport Fitness & Physique

If you’ve been working to improve your physical fitness for any length of time, you’ve probably figured out that the very best training program for you…..is the one that you are not currently doing!

Fit and Flexible -Safe and Sane

What I mean by that is, far too often we get stuck in a rut -doing the same things over and over -trying harder and harder to improve while actually getting very poor results in the process.
That’s no fun ….and it can be downright dangerous too!

So, why would we continue to repeat the same workouts over and over when they are obviously not doing what we want and could potentially lead to injury?

Great question
-But I don’t know the answer, I’m afraid.

Personally, I think we tend to gravitate towards activities that we like -activities that are familiar and activities that are comfortable or that we believe are good for us (whether they actually are or not).

And don’t think that I’m ‘pointing fingers’ here either

….I am guilty of this myself  -believe me!
I have done more damage to my body by performing exercises that I liked -but that were just not applicable to me or exercises that I lacked the flexibility to perform!

Not very bright, was it?

The reason I bring this up is to share a very simple idea with you that has changed the way I train myself and my clients.

Body-weight training!

Learning to control your own body-weight and move our bodies through space is challenging and provides practical strength and fitness.

This is basic strength 101.

In fact, we should really work on developing the strength to control your own body-weight before we ever begin to externally load your body with weights or machines.  It just makes more sense and it’s much, much safer.

Towards this end, I have been experimenting with a really neat training system called the TRX Suspension System.

Check out this video from the Biggest Loser television show:

Now how cool was that?
Pretty nifty, right?

Here’s another, more advanced video:

How cool would it be to be as fit and flexible as a surfer?

Pretty cool right?
Well, you can do that with the TRX Suspension Trainer
It is totally possible and completely fun!

The benefit I appreciate most about the TRX, is that I am completely in control of my client’s comfort level.  I can begin at a very safe and effective level of resistance -even if the client lacks sufficient strength to support their own body-weight!  -The TRX actually assists the client to move their own body-weight through space until they gain the strength necessary to progress to more challenging exercises.

This system is really great!

The TRX Suspension Training System is safe, adjustable, exciting and it’s fun!

Give body-weight training a try. Challenge yourself with some yoga -try the old fashioned Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge of pushups, pullups, situps, shuttle run and the 50 yard dash….and if all that is still out of your reach…give the TRX Suspension Training System a try.

I think you’ll love it!

To your Good Health!

Paul D'Arcy NSCA, CPT, Poliquin certified BioSignature Practitioner