***News
Flash-Fit For All Now has...***
Suspension
Training Equipment
In
my ongoing quest to provide my clients with the latest and best innovations in
exercise technology, I am excited to be adding Suspension Training to my
exercise programs come November 2011.
What
is Suspension Training?
In
actuality, suspension training has been around for a long time in one form or
another. Think of the rings
in Gymnastics as a form of Suspension Training. The roots have even been traced to exercise manuals dating
back to the year 1866. However,
this form of training did not make its way into the mainstream exercise world
until just a couple of years ago.
A Navy Seal developed a mechanism utilizing a pair of straps that could
be suspended from a strong tree branch or vertical pole. The Leverage Principle is then utilized to use your own body weight
to perform a multitude of exercises to improve strength, mobility, balance,
endurance and flexibility.
The
refined version of the system was eventually marketed as the TRX Suspension
Training System. Other versions of
this system have since followed.
The
real value of this system is that is will give us another tool in our arsenal
of training apparatus that excel in providing workouts which facilitate
Functional Strength, Constant Core Activation and Balance Training.
By
Functional Strength, I mean exercises that require the human body to act as an
entire unit, not just isolating out one specific muscle group (a very powerful concept). When I talk about Constant Core Activation, I am referring
to 360 degrees of trunk involvement (not just simple rectus abdominis
crunches).
This
allows us to work the body in a way that mimics natural everyday motions we are
required to perform (i.e. getting groceries out of the back seat of the car;
lift a squirming child); thus making us less susceptible to those nagging
little injuries. The equal
value to having a strong core and a central nervous system (which are trained
to connect) is that we will become even more proficient when performing the
other exercises in our program and
“Keep the Results Coming!”
As
we go forward with this new system the possibilities will be endless: from body sculpting to injury
rehab/from sports specific training to weight loss/from cardio conditioning to
flexibility.
I
have purchased the latest incarnation of this system, so it will be available
to all clients regardless of location.
