Courses

Are there full body TRX training programs similar to P90X?

BigV76 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:33:24 GMT

I have P90X but one drawback is that P90X requires either bands or weights (I don't like bands, so I'm using weights in my gym).

However, I'd prefer to have all of the exercises done via TRX.

Is it doable?

WHERE CAN I HAVE A COURSE?

THOMI — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:41:17 GMT

I LIVE IN GREECE, I HAVE A GYM AND I WONDER WHERE I CAN HAVE A COURSE TO BE TRX TRAINER?

Kansas City GSTC 8/30/09

Katie C — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:16:28 GMT

Woodside Health and Tennis Club is hosting a GSTC Sunday, August 30. To register and get more details contact Kate Chaney, 913-831-9663. Enhance your TRX experience!

Stoughton STC July 2009

lvirant — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:33:36 GMT

Hello.

Thank you all for an energizing teaching experience in Massachusetts. i hope you are all taking your hands on TRX learning experience and turning it into fun and effective workouts for yourself and your clients. As you well know, the course was just the beginning of your TRX journey. We hope you will continue to learn and grow in your knowledge, use and excitement of suspension training! Start by responding to this post and let us know how you are doing with the TRX. Your questions and ideas are welcome!

Lynne Virant

DC STC June 7th

labrecquea — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:54:41 GMT

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for participating in the STC at Results Gym last weekend. What an awesome group and by far the most athletic group I have seen in an STC. Amazing!

I had an awesome time sharing the TRX and Suspension Training with you and I hope you are finding it useful in your own workouts and with your clients. Use this forum to share ideas with your STC classmates. It can be a great tool for enhancing each other's training and your business.

Take care and be well,

Aimee

Miami STC July 2009

lvirant — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:12:16 GMT

Hello!

I hope you have all kept up the contagious enthusiasm for TRX and fitness that I witnessed in Miami! I was thoroughly impressed by how well you all worked together throughout the course. As you well know, the STC course was just the beginning. Hopefully, you will use this forum as a way to connect with other TRX enthusiasts. Start here and now by joining the forum and letting us know how you are doing! Any questions or new ideas? Post them here as well. Share the wealth... and stay in touch.

Lynne Virant

Question on Training / Course Training

samuraisun — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:56 GMT

Hello everyone,

I know this question as been stated before. However, I need to ask it for myself, and hope to get some answers.I am a 48 year old men, and have been in and out of gyms for the better part on 20 years. I am currently running about 20 miles a week.I love training with the Trx system, and have stopped going to the gym, I feel, I have much better core.

I live in the Central valley near Fresno. I would like to start training others in the TRX system. My question is two fold, first, How would you rate the courses offered, and second, could I officially train others after attending?

Thanks for reading,

How to spread the word?

Blueline — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:05:26 GMT

I'm a full time Canadian Police officer who's fallen in love with the TRX Phenomenon. I'm looking to get qualified as a Fitness Trainer and begin putting TRX Programs on in my region. I'm in Nova Scotia ( Above Boston for those not familiar! ) Anyone have tips or suggestions as to what Certifications would be appropriate and how to begin developing this Phenomenon in my area? Ideally I'd like to get the rest of the Emergency Service World on board and go from there!

BLUELINE

NYC STC May 30th

labrecquea — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:45:38 GMT

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for participating in the class on Saturday. It was great to have such a talented, fit and FUNNY group of people to spend the day with. Please use this forum to share ideas with each other about how you are using the TRX. Since we spent 8 hours together, we're all good friends now ;)

Be fit and well,

Aimee

STC Course Burnsville, MN May 16

labrecquea — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:09:39 GMT

To all the Burnsville STC Participants,

It was great having you all in the class on Saturday. Please stay connected with each other and share your training ideas and successes here in this community. I learned a lot from each of you and your individual backgrounds and expertise. I also learned that I will not be doing that crazy Suspended Lunge to Atomic Push-up combination for a while. I'm really sore!

Take care and best wishes for great success!

Aimee

Where to start - Is a STC course appropriate as an end-user?

jhsimpson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:23:42 GMT

Hook - Saw the TRX on Biggest Loser & recent copy of Men's Health

Line - Bought the TRX and some videos

Sinker - Got an e-mail announcing a STC course in a city close by.

So I pose the question, would it be advantageous to enroll in the STC course? I see that it takes a day (6+ hrs) but wondering what occurs in the course? I'm not a 'trainer' but a chubby computer nerd who know he needs to drop that 'freshman 15' that is much more than just 15.

I take the group X courses (pump and step) at my 'big name' gym. But not the type to live there - Would rather play outside and seeing the TRX that really tweaked my interest.

Is STC more tailored to the professional trainer who has the 'alphabet-soup' arrangement of letters after their name. Or for me, a nerd, with the goal of losing weight before that High School reunion rolls around again?

Thanks,

John Simpson

Dallas, TX

Kudos to Fraser and FA!!!!

Janine — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:32:20 GMT

Hello fellow trx'ers!

I just returned from IDEA's Personal Trainer Conference in DC and felt I needed to share!!! Fitness Anywhere was one of the sponsors and Fraser was there presenting. I must say, I stalked him the way most 10 y/o girls stalk the Jonas Brothers!!! :-) Sorry if I scared ya, Fraser. In all seriousness, if you have the opportunity to hear Fraser speak/teach/lecture you don't want to pass it up. I took two of his seminars, TRX Metabolic Circuits and Five Vital Elements of Function. I was also set to take TRX Sports Performance and Flexibilty until Fraser convinced me to go hear Todd Durkin speak (which I'm very glad I did. Another great motivator.)

A common theme throughout the convention was on "training for function" vs functional training. Training movement not muscle. On using our assessment info to drive the client's exercise program. Letting the body work the way it was intended to. Finally!! And what better piece of equipment to use to accomplish this?? ;-)

I was already a huge fan of metabolic training before the conference, reading anything I could get my hands on. Fraser did a great job of tying in this type of training w/ the TRX. Teaching everything from exercise selection (mulitplanar training) to safety to (my personal favorite) the "training triage". Plus, I got EIGHT new TRX metabolic workouts!!!! That was worth the conference fee right there, for me. :-) F., I will get you back for the "single handle hell', though. It's been 2 days and my legs STILL aren't recovered.

For those of you with a passion for understanding the body's connectedness, biomechanics, and designing a movement driven program you would have loved the Five Vital Elements of Function. In a nutshell, this course has changed the way I structure workouts for myself and my clients. In fact, I am reinventing my client data tracking sheets this week to mimic the changes I've learned from this course.

Whenever I attend a conference or seminar I am always looking for what I call a "golden nugget". A golden nugget can be anything from a new exercise, to a thought process, idea, quote, etc. Something that revolutionizes the way I either think or train. I consider a conference/seminar extremely successful if I walk away w/ one "golden nugget". I am THRILLED to say that after this conference I came home w/ THREE golden nuggets. Two of which, came from Fraser!!!! The third came from Diane Vives (another "rockstar" in my book, worthy of "stalker-status"!!).

All in all, the speakers and courses were phemonmenal!! It was well worth the money and time invested. Fraser will be presenting again at IDEA's Fitness Fusion conference in Rosemont IL Apr. 23-26. I HIGHLY recommend you make the effort to attend.

Job well done, Fras!! Keep it up. And for the rest of the TRX community, I look forward to hearing more of your ideas, thoughts, and workouts.

P.O.W.E.R. ON!!

janine

Janin McGann, M.S.

Owner, P.O.W.E.R. LLC

Suspension Trainer Course in St.John's

CoreHealth — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:29:30 GMT

hey there,

This is my first post on this site, although i have been following the community since last october. First of all, i am an TRX addict. I have been training steadily since last october, and i am blown away with it. I am a personal trainer and also run an health spa in st.john's, NL (www.corehealthspa.ca).

i believe i could pull together about 10 or so other trainers to do a course, and have access to our provinical training center. What needs to happen to get this moving forward.

thx,

phil alcock

Courses London UK

xbootneck — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:35:14 GMT

Does anyone know if there is likely to be any courses held in London?

No Certification Necessary!

JR TRX Master Trainer — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:39:26 GMT

A common question arises whenever I'm teaching a Suspension Training Course regarding being TRX-certified after completing the course. There is no such thing! You don't need a TRX certification to train with the TRX - and that's the way it should be. You need only education on how to use the TRX properly with a full spectrum of individuals. You have all the certifications you need once you have a single personal training or group exercise certification from an accredited organization. After that, you can stop feeling the need to accumulate more certifications. Instead of additional certification, persue additional education.

Think about it like this...Do you need a dumbbell certification? How about one for treadmills? Ellipticals? What about medicine balls? Do you need a barbell certification? No way, and it's as crazy as it sounds. Companies that create a product and then create a "need" for a certification in that product are doing it for the money - nothing more. It's unethical and greedy.

Certainly, the more technically complex the equipment is, the more there is a need for high-quality education, such as what we deliver in any TRX Suspension Training Course. But the notion that you need to be certified in every piece of equipment that comes out is nonsense. You may need education to use kettlebells, but a certification is pointless. Of course, you need to know how to use the TRX, but there's no point in a certification for it.

Rather than additional certification, it is additional eduction - and the consistent application of that education - that makes us grow as professionals.

Jonathan Ross
TRX Master Trainer
www.AionFitness.com

Thanks to Columbus Participants who braved the weather!

labrecquea — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:49:57 GMT

I just wanted to say thank you to my Columbus participants (Randy, Kim, Liz, Cassandra, Diana and Vicki) for braving the lovely Columbus ice storm to participate in the STC on Saturday, January 10th. Despite the nasty weather outside, your attitudes and ethusism (along with the great facility provided by Urban Moves) helped to make the class a toasty success.

Please let me know if I can provide you with any help or direction implementing the TRX into your personal workouts or your professional business.

Good luck!

Advanced STC

ronstenger@mac.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:27:14 GMT

When and where does Fitness Anywhere expect to offer its first Advanced STC? Thanks, RS www.onlinepeakperformance.com

It's Just Movement!

JR TRX Master Trainer — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:57:52 GMT

Here's the best part about teaching a TRX Course: Having a group of attendess that are from vastly different parts of the fitness universe come together to train on the TRX. There are professionals who train everyday people, mixed martial artists and boxers, athletes, runners and triathletes, and who use a variety of methods from yoga to Pilates to good old fashioned free weights and everthing in between.

There aren't many fitness products out there that pull us all under the same roof, and that's a shame, but it's why I love the TRX.

Invariably during a course I'm teaching, while demonstrating a TRX exercise, one of the attendees might comment with something like: "That's a yoga move." "That's a move in our boot camp." "That's like Pilates." "We do a move like that in my stability ball class." And I offer a knowing smile. These comments are correct on one level but reflect the unfortunate history of our industry. But the TRX finding success with such a diverse group of people is a great sign because it shows that our industry is moving in the direction of understanding that it's all movement.

No exercise is exclusively a Pilates exercise, a yoga exercise, or even a TRX exercise. Underneath it all, it's just the human form moving on the earth. Movement has been around longer than the TRX, longer than Pilates, and even longer than yoga.

Our developement in this direction needs to continue. When we understand that we are all teaching the same thing, we need no longer to jump into one exercise philosophy or follow one guru, and eschew other disciplines - all of which have value on some level for understanding human movement.

Jonathan Ross
TRX Master Trainer
www.AionFitness.com

Thank You!

Efrain Larenas — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:03 GMT

I wanted to thank Jonathan Ross and Lynne Ritumalta for an outstanding Suspension Trainer Course yesterday at Washington DC's Results Gym. Their presentation and delivery of the course content was very detailed and their enthusiasm for teaching us this awesome piece of equipment is greatly appreciated.

Take care all and I look forward to attending the Team Sports Trainer course next year.

Sincerely,

Efrain, E Class Personal Fitness Training

"Do something you love everyday"

What is an STC course?

nema76 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:16:32 GMT

Hi, I am Neil Malllinson CSCS and Master TRX instructor. I have been working with the TRX since 2005 and I love the product. I believe it is one of the most effective and useful tools that ANYONE can have to get in incredible shape or rehabilitate ANYONE. It has made my training business so much easier and more efficient.

TRX is also a great way to make some money for your business and for yourself! Do you want to make some money?

What is the STC course all about?

- You will learn EVERYTHING there is to know about the TRX suspension training system. This comprehensive 8 hour course allows every attendee the chance to experience the TRX first hand. You will leave the STC knowing more than you could ever imagine and it will open your eyes to the possibilities that TRX can create.

Throughout the course, you have the opportunity to learn how to do all kinds of exercises that you would never think could be possible. I will breakdown all the exercises and show you the right way to train on the TRX.

You will learn about the products and services that Fitness Anywhere offers from mounting solutions, DVD's, marketing TRX in your studio or on your personal website, the affiliate program where you can make serious money, and the TRX community

Got questions? Email me at nema76@aol.com (www.neilmallinsontraining.com) and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. I look forward to meeting you and helping you learn all about TRX! Stay strong and hang tough!

Neil Mallinson CSCS

TRX certification in NY last weekend...

Evo Steph — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:25:17 GMT

I have to tell everyone that I attended the TRX cert. at Asphalt Green in NYC. Absolutely amazing!!!! Like many of you I have been in this industry for many years and have attended many many conferences, seminars, and certifications. This one ranked up there as one of the best. The amount of information is overwhelming which is the way I like it. To many times the certs. are filled with fluff and maybe a few cool tips and new exercises. This one has enough ideas to reinvent any trainer that is looking to spice up work outs. I already am applying just a few of the pricipals and exercises that I learned and the client feed back is extremely positive. If you are looking to learn from two of the best in the biz, then attend any course given by either Chris or Jonathan who lectured in NYC. Two of the most energetic and intelligent guys I have seen. Talking about professional? I can't say enought about them. Just go.....Listen and learn and you will see. If you can't then this is the wrong biz for you.....Enough said! Thank you to denise as TRX for recommending me to go....