Monthly Challenges

TRX Throwdown. Give this TRX protocol I created as part of my cycling/road racing training a shot

Hal Wallace — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:18:03 GMT

I've been involved in competitive cycling off and on for 20 years. Currently I'm training to compete in some ultra xc mountain bike races.

I have used the TRX during my off season functional training program in the past but this year I have carried on with TRX training (whereas in the past it was just bike work and the stability ball once a week, if that, for some core work).

I've been experimenting with different workouts. Here's one I created and tried last week. I was anchored to a wooden beam/crossbar on a jungle gym in direct sunlight, 90-degree heat, 100% humidity (was on the road, I am not used to that kind of heat/humidity).

The following protocol took me 2 hours and 20 minutes to complete. I'm sure that time is beatable, but I found this to be very challening. If you aren't familiar with 10-1 pyramids, you run through the entire sequence of exercises consecutively, no rest, starting first with 10 reps for the entire circuit, then 9 reps for the entire circuit, 8, 7, etc.

That's a basic 10-1. My pyramid was 19 reps, 15 reps, 11 reps, 10 reps

You will end up completing 55 reps of each of the following exercises (and 55 reps per side on the single-sided exercises).

You can check out other cycling-oriented TRX/BW/sandbag/KB FST protocols I've come up with at the website where I'm chronicling my training experiments, www.drillit.tv

Give it a shot and post your time or offer any feedback you might have. Thanks!

BW Xover lunge
Bw squat
TRX Pushup
TRX Oblique crunch
TRX Piked pendulum
TRX rotating oblique plank
TRX SA High bi curl
TRX SA high reverse curl
TRX High rotation
TRX Postural squat
TRX rotating reverse turnaround
TRX SA row
TRX Supine pullthrough
TRX Kneeling rollout
TRX Windshield wiper
TRX Leg raise
TRX V up
TRX situp
TRX SL squat
TRX Sprinter's start (plyo)
TRX ham
TRX hip
TRX muscle up prep

Fundraising Challenge

Blueline — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:59:24 GMT

I'm looking to designing a Fitness Challenge that will also raise funds for Charity... Does anyone have ideas? or past proven challenges that would be effective?

BLUELINE

TRX Spring Fitness Challenge - Rules and Conditions

ihackett — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:15:59 GMT

To enter the TRX Spring Fitness Challenge:

Step 1: Register for the TRX Community.
Step 2: Post your starting number today in the Fitness Anywhere Community Forum: Spring Fitness Challenge: Suspended Burpee
Step 3: As you progress with the Spring Fever Workout post your comments to show other how you are doing.
Step 4: Have fun , train hard and beat Fraser's 13-Suspended Burpees.

Rules & Conditions:
1. The contest will begin April 1st 2009, and will run through April 30th 2009. You can begin the contest at anytime during the month of April.
2. You must post a video of your Suspended Burpee in the forum by April 30th 2009.
3. The winner will be chosen and contacted via email by May 15th 2009.
4. The Spring Fitness Challenge: Suspended Burpee is open to anyone that will accept the challenge.

The Prizes:

1. Top overall performers will receive a TRX Gear Kit – includes the NEW TRX T-Shirt, Hat, Water bottle and DVD of their choice.

1 - Top Male
1 - Top Female

2. Age Group Winners will receive the New TRX T-Shirt and a DVD of their choice

Age Groups: Top Male and Female in the following age brackets:

18 and under
19 – 29
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
60 +

3. To be fair, anyone that matches Fraser’s 13 Suspended Burpee’s will receive a New TRX T-Shirt.

Disclaimer:

1. Please consult your physician before beginning this or any exercise competition. The instructions given in this or any other forum are not intended to be a substitute for medical counseling. This or any other exercise competition may result in injury. Any participant of these competitions assumes the risk of injury resulting from any use of equipment or preforming any of the exercises shown or discussed.
2. There were many ways to select the challenge format as there is not one standardized way. Each exercise in the test maps to a fundamental and integrated movement. If you have any ideas about how we can improve this in the future, please let us know.
3. Don’t forget - have fun.

New Year's Training Challenge

Fraser — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:37:55 GMT

Use this forum to track your client's or your own progress with the New Year's Training Challenge, Stay motivated, share your results and acheive your goals in 2009!

Good luck everyone!

Competition Disclaimer

Fitness Anywhere — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:37:32 GMT

Please consult your physcian before begininning this or any exercise competition. The instructions given in this or any other forum are not intended to be a subsitute for medical counseling.

This or any other exercise competition may result in injury. Any participant of these compeitions assumes the risk of injury resulting from any use of equipment or preforming any of the exercises shown or discussed.