Hi all

 I got a TRX this week after trying one at my martial arts club. The gym at my fire hall is pretty pathetic and this is something that I can easilly bring to work with me. There are plenty of things to use as anchor there.

 I also bought an X mount for home as all my walls and ceilings are finished, so I have no exposed studs. I also don't have an ideal spot with a door to use the door anchor.

 Now here is my question. I see in some pictures the TRX mounted from the ceiling and I see some mounted from the wall. What is the best way? It seems like some exercises require the use of the base of a wall or a post while some require that you be in the middle of a room sort of thing. 

 I am just looking at the most efficient and versatile way be fore I start putting holes in my cielings or walls.

 Thanks for your help

 I also just received my TRX and love the thing.  I have my girls working out with me too.  I anchored my TRX in my garage shelves with an eye bolt.  I plan on moving everything to the basement and plan on purchasing the X mount.  Even not having an exposed stud you can use a stud finder and attch it with long screws into the stud.  I ALWAYS use much longer screws than needed when anchoring anything to a wall that will hold any weight.  To answer your question though my TRX is hanging directly against a 2 x 4 which could be viewed as a wall and I have done all the exercises in the express workout and the core work out.  Hope this helps.

Dean 

Rescue,

I don't have an overhead anchoring solution available to me, I strap mine up to a metal container in our motor pool.  I have been able to do pretty much any exercise that I want and have had excellent results.  That said, I would prefer to use an overhead anchoring point if I could.  There are certain exercises that I feel you don't get the full benefit from if you use a wall mount.  For instance, with the Deep Chest Press, I am limited by how far I can extend the TRX straps and the fact that I am a tall guy; if I had an overhead anchor, I wouldn't be limited and could conduct a chest press in every possible angle from the TRX in neutral (think about doing pushups on a set of hanging gymnastics rings) to stading straight up.  Also, exercises like dips and even muscle ups could be done if your overhead anchor is high enough.

Bottom line, either anchor is going to work great for you for 99.9% of the exercises.  In my opinion, the overhead will give you a little extra flexibility to be creative with your workouts.

Good Luck!

Mike

I think the height of your ceilings could also alter things, you want the TRX to just reach the ground when fully extended, so what you could do is attach the TRX to the X-mount, and then get on a step-ladder (unless you have really low ceilings/are very tall) and see if when the X-mount is against the ceiling  the bottom of the foot strap is brushing against the floor.

I think so other exercises that would benefit from it being attached to the ceiling would be the body saw (no bumping your foot into the support) the tricep press (steeper angles possible). Also allows you to go behind neutral on some exercises if you find them too challenging. One negative would be when doing the elevated backrow, you would need to get something to press your feet against to keep them off the ground, but it'd have to be something with a good grip so it wouldn't slide away (as funny as that might be to watch). But it is easier to put that in that remove a wall for other exercises.

Thanks for the replies everybody. I will go with an overhead anchor.

 Thanks

Just curious why you suggest having it brush against the floor?  I thought I'd read something about 12 - 18 inches above?   My ceiling is quite high and I installed the x-mount in the ceiling; the foot straps are just over 2 feet off the ground when fuly extended which is just too high for several exercises although I've managed some.  I have gotten tube webbing (they didn't have any climbing slings) from the outdoor store and made a loop using a water knot backed up by an overhand knot on both free ends.  I was planning to use a turk's head on the x-mount with another turk's head for the main TRX strap to go through, figuring the turk's head would distribute the stresses.  I have plenty of webbing but had planned to make the loop length to get the bottom of the foot cradles 12" off the floor... should I be aiming lower?  And does my solution sound like it will be safe?

 

 

I don't know where you heard about it being 12 - 18 inches above the ground. The foot cradles should reach the ground when fully extended.

Maybe you misremembered the height they should be for suspended exercises: 8-12 inches off the floor. But you'll want it lower for some exercises. Having it just reach the floor means you have full adjustability of where the foot cradles are.

 Yes, that's what I mis-remembered - I went back and read the paperwork again.  Do you think the climbing webbing is a good solution to lowering teh anchor point?

 Climbing webbing will work perfectly to extend your anchor point. A key to remember is that anchor points higher than 9 feet generally need some type of extension and anchors higher than 10 feet require slightly more space than normal because of the extra length associated with the extension to get the foot cradles to hang 3-4" from the ground when the TRX is fully extended which is the optimal position.