TRX on sale!

If you've ever thought about purchasing a TRX Suspension Trainer, now is the time!

25% off TRX + free shipping, but just until midnight Monday 11/29/10! Click here: TRX Sale. 

The TRX is a fabulous system you can use at home or on the road. Basically you can take your full body workout anywhere. You can do basics and progress, plus there are numerous resources available as ready made workouts or to help you develop your own. Overall it's one of the smartest workout tools you can own. 

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TRX FitDeck

For our anniversary we got a TRX Suspension Training System. It is hanging from a ceiling beam in our make-shift gym/garage.

We love it. It's a lot more challenging than it seems, but the cool thing is that it's fun and adds some variety to our training. Whether you've been training a while or you're a novice you can do this. Bodyweight exercising is very effective and then when you add elements such as suspension you can really get a workout. In fact, I'd suggest that anyone who has been lifting a while and possibility neglecting bodyweight exercises pick this up and try it, it can be tremendous metabolic work for fat loss. You can do interval work with it, supersets, total body, finishers, etc. The same is true of someone who is just getting started and does know what equipment to purchase. This is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment I've ever used. My favorite move right now is the atomic push-up which combines a push-up with a jack-knife to work your abs (feet are in the straps with hands on the floor). There are several free workouts floating around on the internet that you can immediately try and Fitness Anywhere has a great website. It includes an entire community of people and information. There is a blog, tips for suspension training, a newsletter you can sign up for and numerous articles. They also offer classes and instruction all over the country. My favorite feature of the website is the video library and don't forget to follow these guys on Twitter.

Today they made the TRX FitDeck available on-line and I just purchased mine. It's like a deck of cards and each one represents a different TRX exercise, for a total of 26. I think it will be great to mix and match and come up with various workouts to keep the variety up. Who knows, maybe I'll just choose a few like I'm playing Old Maid and just do it.

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Fitness Gear Review in Men's Health Mag

The April 2008 issue of Men's Health has some cool articles in it, one being a short list of "The Best New Fitness Gear." You might be wondering how I know this. A couple of years ago when I grew weary of girlie workouts with pastel weights I started digging around. That's how I found Craig Ballantyne and Alwyn Cosgrove among others. I found that Men's Health online had some great stuff and as I incorporated a few manly moves into my workout I started seeing some real changes. My husband actually gets this magazine but I usually grab it before he can even read it.

Here is the list of items and my thoughts on them (three of these are on my recommended list already)

Best Home Gym: Freemotion Ext Dual Cable Cross

Really cool and much better than fixed machines, I like using cables at the gym. However, the price at $4000 is pretty steep for home gyms of most folks I know.

Best Lo-Fi Fitness Tool: Iron Woody Woody Bag

I have not yet done sandbag workouts but would love to! Looks like a really durable item, and seems reasonably priced at $60 - $120 based on weight and also comes in packages.

Best Total Body Tool: TRX Suspension Trainer Force Kit by Fitness Anywhere

I love this, saw it demonstrated at the Arnold and my husband has been using this at his trainer's studio. Awesome for maximizing your bodyweight and gravity. Not sure I'd feel good about the door mount but the X-mount is what we will purchase when we get ours for home.

Best Stability Trainer: Valslides

These are wicked little gadgets. They point out in the article that it puts a whole new twist on lunges and squats, but I've had my butt kicked pawing my way across a gym floor in a crawling plank with my toes on these bad babies and then running back in a bear crawl position with them under my hands. Closest to puking I've ever been during a workout.

Best New Cardio Tool: Art of Strength Ropes Gone Wild

I love Art of Strength kettlebell workouts and first remember hearing about the ropes from Alwyn Cosgrove. Can't imagine how tough these are. Anthony Diluglio is a great resource. You can go to the website and see some short video clips of them in action. While you're there check out Minute of Strength.

Best Upper-Body Upgrade: JC Predator Band

I like working out with bands due to the different type of resistance (than dumbbells) and versatility. It's much tougher than it looks, and this looks like a well-made band. Wouldn't mind adding this to the arsenal.

Would love to know what others think about these products.

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