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Check Your Ego and Move Your Feet!

OK - I've heard one too many times about how the TRX rubs against your arms during the chest press.

If you find the strap is rubbing against your arms you can do one of two things:
1) Simply elevate your hands until the TRX is slightly above your arms.
2)  To use a lower hand position, drop your elbows and slightly externally rotate your arms

Using either of these techniques will enable you to do the chest press without any friction at all.

If you've applied these two techniques and still the TRX is rubbing against you then perhaps... just perhaps, you are not as strong as you think. The primary reason for rubbing is that a user will choose an angle that is too steep for their ability so the body seeks another way to stabilize the action. Pulling the straps into your body provides that stablity but at a cost - Rubbing. This is especially true with strong, heavier individuals who have been training using a traditional approach and often lack the requisite stability.

So - Check your ego and move your feet! 

Think of it this way - I can't bench press 300 lbs. If I'm dumb enough to load the bar up with 3 plates a side and then get stuck underneath it, is it the bar's problem or mine?

In this way you can get a super challenging chest workout that is easily tailored to your ability and offers a way to integrate a number of interesting set arrangments like drop sets and giant sets that can be more cumbersome using other methods. 

 

Published Mar 26 2009, 08:00 AM by Fraser

Comments

 

Gravity Guy said:

Great tip on one of the most popular exercises with TRX, the chest press. I find that once there is enough strength established, doing suspended push ups (and variations of) really take it to the next level....but yes, master the standing TRX chest press first!

Thanks Fraser for another outstanding tip!

April 2, 2009 11:19 AM

About Fraser

Fraser Quelch, BPE, CSCS, Fellow of Applied Functional Science (Gray Institute) Fraser is the Head Coach and Director of Training and Development for Fitness Anywhere and is the creator of the revolutionary TRX Suspension Training Program. He has presented at conferences and events all over the world in the fields of functional training and endurance athletics, and is also a featured fitness author, with over 20 published articles. He thrives on bringing new ideas to the forefront of the industry, stretching the minds of his audiences and providing relevant and effective training solutions in a practical setting.

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