Benefits: This exercise is great for strengthening the upper back and helping open up shoulders, which is particularly important for busy professionals who work on a computer all day.
Instructions: With a slight angle towards the ground, start out holding the TRX handles with your arms extended. Slowly pull the handles away from your body on both sides while keeping your arms straight, so that the top of the repetition, your arms form a “Y”.
Tips: The steeper the angle of your body to the ground, the harder this exercise becomes. This is a tough exercise, so you don’t need to create much of an angle. Your body can be nearly upright when you start the exercise.
Targets: Chest and core
This exercise builds on an old staple — the push-up — to provide an extra element of
Sprinters are often known for their impressive display of lower body power and overall muscular physiques. This exercise mimics the starting position of a sprint to give participants a challenging mix of cardio, power and strength training in one move.
How to: Grab a
Hold the handles and lean backwards, raising your left leg (A). Squat on your right leg, tensing your core to prevent any wobbling (B). Fire back up. This hammers your glutes and quads, burning hundreds of calories.
Place your left foot into the stirrups and drop into a lunge (A). Squeeze your glutes and drive your body up, raising your left knee up to hip height (B). It’s a tough move, but bigger glutes will improve your running and posture.
For horseshoe triceps, hold tight and bend your arms so your forearms come to your head (A). Then extend forcefully to straighten your arms (B). This one burns, but it hits every fibre in your triceps for quick gains.
Benefits: This is a classic exercise that requires stabilization and back strength
Instructions: Keeping your feet out in front of
Lean forwards holding the straps (A). Hold your left arm to your chest and extend the right (B). Return to the start and repeat with your other arm. The left-right switches improve your muscle reaction times for better agility.
Grab the stirrups and squat down, allowing the TRX to take your weight (A). Drive up, spreading your arms as you rise to target your shoulders (B). Drawing your arms apart hits your rear delts, making this a full-body move.
Benefit: This is a great warm up exercise, especially for beginners
Instructions: Squat down while
Targets: Back, arms and core
This variation of a bodyweight row adds an
If you've ever done any form of olblique plank before, you know
By substituting TRX bands for a barbell in the inverted row, you constantly challenge your back muscles to keep you steady while
Pulling exercises balance out the pushing exercises, which are
The jacknife pushup works pretty much every upper body muscle: It targets
TRX straps at Mid Calf
Place one foot in
TRX straps at Mid Length
Place your working hand beside your chest, and
TRX straps at Mid Length
Start in plank position—place your feet in the foot cradles, your knees on floor, and
TRX straps at Mid Length
Place your elbows under your shoulders and
