TRX Training Course

Just got back from the TRX training seminar in Louisville Kentucky. It was definitely informative and well worth the $250 to attend. The location wasn't too hard to find and it suited the class pretty well. However...it was a little smelly as it was a MMA gym that seemingly hasn't heard of mopping it's mats.

The instructor knew her stuff and did a good job of going around and giving helpful feedback. I was a little disappointed that it wasn't Fraser Quelch, but oh well. Deb (the instructor) was knowledgeable and had a good background to be able to teach the material while being in pretty good shape herself.

Most of the people there were personal trainers or some other kind of instructor. There were actually a few other people from Anytime Fitness there, so that was cool. Something that I found odd was that Fitness Anywhere supplied new TRXs for the class. These could be bought after the class at a discounted rate. Why they don't just use "training" TRXs and sell new ones is beyond me.

Aside from the instruction, I found the Course Manual was almost worth the price of admission. This manual had not only all kinds of exercises with better descriptions than the training dvds, but also programming instructions. These programming instructions are what I found to be the meat the course. In fact, I would almost like a whole seminar fully on that. Which brings me to my next point...

Being an exercise science major, I've kind of gotten in the habit of wanting to know more about the exercises and the bio-mechanics behind them. The class, being mostly introductory, lacked this information. But because this is a mostly introductory class, I can't complain too much. Perhaps in the advanced class they're planning will go over the physiological benefits of TRX resistance training and the effects of tensile resistance on the muscles.