Army MWR Provides 'Fitness Anywhere' Kits for Deployed Soldiers

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, June 11, 2008) - The Army has purchased 3,205 TRX Suspension Trainer “Fitness Anywhere,” kits to help deployed Soldiers get complete-body workouts wherever they can find a beam, doorway or tree limb to anchor the resistance-training device.

"It was a big surprise to just see how much stuff we could do," Sgt. Tavares Wilson said. "Not just the different exercises, but the different exercises for every body part. I'm going to go home and show it to my wife and we're going to work out at home. This will save us some trips to the gym."

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I saw that article too.  This one seems like a no-brainer to me.  The TRX was created out of deployment-inspired necessity; it's about time the Army officially got on board.  Now we just need them to start buying more sets to leave on base so we can keep the workouts going after redeployment, since I'm assuming the pilot program guys aren't going to leave so much as the instructions behind for the rest of us when we get home!!