TRX System

Just a few months ago I purchased the new "must have" gym accessory, the TRX System. The TRX System consists of a pair of adjustable straps with handles fixed to the ends. The far side of the straps are joined and should be fastened to the wall. The "system" comes with a booklet with a variety of illustrations of exercises that the TRX boasts practical in its use. By the way, the TRX System costs $210.00. NAPA Autoparts sells motorcycle tie down straps for around $29.00. These are heavy duty adjustable straps and they come in all sorts of attractive colors and can be fixed to a wall too. More to the point, the TRX is one example of how fashionable it has become to claim alternative styles of training as the new educated choice of training. Terms like "core", or "functional" have proved to create a more marketability of personal trainers. My point is that vocabulary really makes little difference except that these terms have proliferated the fitness world so deep that it's almost politically incorrect to speak of weight training or resistance training. A well rounded trainer with experience need not feel shameful if the notion of ones core is ambiguous at best. Seeking out a qualified personal trainer should not be a play on words or academia rather than experience and wisdom. I've read on competitors web sites how the use of such devices such as the TRX System replaces old neanderthalithic training styles. Now let me be clear, although overpriced, these simple devices have allowed nearly every trainer their own ability to create their very own gyms filled with gadgetry such as the TRX. Somehow, the trend is to dismiss the actual equipment as obsolete, too bad. Please allow me to describe how the new trends are actually useless to a facility which has actual fitness equipment. For example, the TRX demonstrates how you can perform back rowes, chest flyes, bicep curls, etc...Isn't this just merely replacing a back rowe machine, flye machine, dumbells, and barbells? Don't be fooled by modern marketing frauds or whatever the latest rave is, remember Cybergenics, Body for Life, TyBo, Atkins? Zumba and TRX may be "IT" now but will soon be replaced. What has never been replaced are squats, bench presses, dumbells and treadmills. Train smart my friends. Obie Philbrook