- Suspension training
Suspension training is an approach to
fitness training that uses a system of ropes and webbing--called a "suspension trainer"--to allow the user to work against their own body weight.Description
Suspension training is a type of
bodyweight exercise in which a variety of multi-planar, compound exercise movements can be performed. These are done with the aim of developing strength, balance, flexibility, and joint stability simultaneously. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/fashion/01Fitness.html New York Times article] Suspension training might also be classified as an example ofresistance training as well.Origins
Randy Hetrick, a former
Navy Seal andStanford MBA graduate, developed TRX equipment and associated exercises in the 1990s, and started marketing it in 2005. Kurt Dasbach, a former soccer coach in Chile, developed a rival product, Inkaflexx, around the same time. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/fashion/01Fitness.html]Benefits and criticism
Proponents of suspension training argue that it develops core body strength, as well as joint and muscular stability.Fact|date=August 2008 Some sports scientists have expressed concern that weaker individuals may not have the core stability or joint integrity to use the system safely and effectively. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/jun/05/healthandwellbeing.health3 Does it work? - Suspension Training, The Guardian]
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