Suspension Training

Introduction
Suspension Training is a new fitness training style which uses a suspended device, usually called suspension trainer, to use one's own body weight and gravity to perform multi-planar, compound exercise movements that develop strength, balance, flexibility, and joint stability simultaneously.

Suspension Training was a concept created and practiced by a Navy Seals 13 years veteran , Stanford MBA graduate Randy Hendrick. You can find recently published articles introducing TRX Suspension Trainer and Suspension Training on many well known national online/offline magazines such as Time Magazine, Outside Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The New York Times , and Men's Health.

There are many ways to learn suspension training. A company called Fitness Anywhere, Inc. offers a one day Suspension Training Courses nation wide (USA, sometime at UK, Japan and other countries).

A bit more in depth knowledge

Suspension Training harnesses your own bodyweight to create resistance as you train. That's all you need - the Suspension Trainer and your own body. No additional weights required.

Unlimited Versatility

We're all unique. Not only is each individual's body built a little differently, but we each fill our lives with a mix of physical activities that can require specific training. Suspension Training allows you to instantly adjust not only the level of difficulty for each exercise, but you can easily customize any workout on the fly.

Maximize your training time

You can easily switch from exercise to exercise in less than 15 seconds. This allows you to maximize your training time and enables circuit style workouts.

Build core strength

Killer abs are great, but more importantly, having a strong core will prevent injuries, improve posture and increase overall strength. This is because all of our movements are powered by the torso - the abs and back work together to support the spine during everyday activities and exercise. Suspension Training builds core strength with every exercise by creating an element of instability that calls on your core to provide balance and coordination.

Life doesn't happen sitting down

In real life, our bodies move to the side, backwards, forwards and diagonally. Shouldn't we train the same way? Unlike traditional weight training that tends to be linear and follow one plane of movement sagittal, Suspension Training encourages multiplanar training frontal, sagittal, transverse which integrates all your motions and mimics real life movement. This will bring a muscular balance to your body, increasing performance and preventing injuries.

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