TRX Bodyweight exercises

[Stupeo]

After gaining a few pounds over the previous few months and purchasing home gym equipment, I am going to get back into strength training. However, our garage needs removing of some crap before I can full setup all the equipment. This I plan to do in the next 2-3 weeks when our new garden shed arrives.

In the meantime, I want to get started on some bodyweight exercises using the TRX straps. Can anyone recommend any good full body work outs?

Thanks.

[popeyewhite]

You won't be doing bodyweight exercises with the TRX system. Generally bodyweight exercises involve shifting your entire bodyweight, not just a percentage of it. So pullup = bodyweight exercise, press up = doesn't as you only push about 40% of your mass. Nothing wrong with pressups though!

[CarlosFandango11]

popeyewhite said:

You won't be doing bodyweight exercises with the TRX system. Generally bodyweight exercises involve shifting your entire bodyweight, not just a percentage of it. So pullup = bodyweight exercise, press up = doesn't as you only push about 40% of your mass. Nothing wrong with pressups though!

Press ups are a body weight exercise. Just because they're not shifting the entire weight of the body doesn't mean otherwise.

[popeyewhite]

CarlosFandango11 said:

popeyewhite said:

You won't be doing bodyweight exercises with the TRX system. Generally bodyweight exercises involve shifting your entire bodyweight, not just a percentage of it. So pullup = bodyweight exercise, press up = doesn't as you only push about 40% of your mass. Nothing wrong with pressups though!

Press ups are a body weight exercise. Just because they're not shifting the entire weight of the body doesn't mean otherwise.

One is a term to describe the nature of the weight being lifted (bodyweight pressups), the other describes a type of exercise - bodyweight. In the latter case this generally refers to full bodyweight exercises.

[CarlosFandango11]

popeyewhite said:

CarlosFandango11 said:

popeyewhite said:

You won't be doing bodyweight exercises with the TRX system. Generally bodyweight exercises involve shifting your entire bodyweight, not just a percentage of it. So pullup = bodyweight exercise, press up = doesn't as you only push about 40% of your mass. Nothing wrong with pressups though!

Press ups are a body weight exercise. Just because they're not shifting the entire weight of the body doesn't mean otherwise.

One is a term to describe the nature of the weight being lifted (bodyweight pressups), the other describes a type of exercise - bodyweight. In the latter case this generally refers to full bodyweight exercises.

wikipedia said:

Bodyweight exercises are strength training exercises that do not require free weights; the individual's own weight provides the resistance for the movement. Movements such as the push-up, the pull-up, and the sit-up are some of the most common bodyweight exercises.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyweight_exercise

[popeyewhite]

Yup, wiki's the gospel.

Do yourself a favour - if you ever want to be taken seriously in a grown up gym, don't describe a pressup or situp as a bodyweight exercise.

[addey]

popeyewhite said:

Yup, wiki's the gospel.

Do yourself a favour - if you ever want to be taken seriously in a grown up gym, don't describe a pressup or situp as a bodyweight exercise.

Are you for real? Pretty poor form to try belittling someone to cover up the fact you are wrong.

So tell me what percentage of your bodyweight is bring lifted in pull-ups, as that seems to be your criteria for whether or not its a "bodyweight" exercise? You can do the same for any other exercises you also consider to be bodyweight?

[Stupeo]

Thanks all.

If a push up is using 40% of my bodyweight, that's still the best part of 100lb - so some muscle fibre tearing will definitely happen

[shakotan]

If you want bodyweight exercises, try Mark Lauren's You Are Your Own Gym.

[CarlosFandango11]

Stupeo said:

Thanks all.

If a push up is using 40% of my bodyweight, that's still the best part of 100lb - so some muscle fibre tearing will definitely happen

It's quite easy to vary how hard push ups are, especially with TRX, by varying how high your feet are compared to your hands.

[CarlosFandango11]

popeyewhite said:

Yup, wiki's the gospel.

Do yourself a favour - if you ever want to be taken seriously in a grown up gym, don't describe a pressup or situp as a bodyweight exercise.

A quick search on Google will provide plenty more links describing a press-up as a body weight exercise.... Feel free to post anything that backs up your point of view.

If you're the sort of person who goes to an "adult gym" then I think I'll give them a miss.

[popeyewhite]

CarlosFandango11 said:

Stupeo said:

Thanks all.

If a push up is using 40% of my bodyweight, that's still the best part of 100lb - so some muscle fibre tearing will definitely happen

It's quite easy to vary how hard push ups are, especially with TRX, by varying how high your feet are compared to your hands.

TRX is a fad for complete beginners and naive PTs who've fallen for the promoter's hard sell. So maybe the OP is fine as a beginner (pardon the assumption OP), though muscle fibre tearing is generally best for hypertrophy which will occur at a much lower rep range than any kind of press up, especially one performed with legs suspended in straps.

[MC Bodge]

popeyewhite said:

Yup, wiki's the gospel.

Do yourself a favour - if you ever want to be taken seriously in a grown up gym, don't describe a pressup or situp as a bodyweight exercise.

I'm so glad that I have no need to be taken seriously in a grown-up gym -whatever that may be.

TRX suspension trainers or rings add extra instability to exercises that utilise the effect of gravity acting upon the mass of the body. Nothing wrong with that. Improved Conditioning is a good thing and core strength and balance are transferable to many sports.

-Not everybody needs to lift massive barbells for their sport. I prefer bodyweight and other awkward shaped weights.

I made a door-mounted setup from some gym rings and straps, but I have only used it once. I need to fix a mount to my garage wall.

Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 21st May 19:27

[popeyewhite]

MC Bodge said:

TRX suspension trainers or rings add extra instability to exercises that utilise the effect of gravity acting upon the mass of the body.

Olympic rings are much, much harder to perform on than some straps attached to a static frame and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence.

[silversurfer1]

TRX is an excellent system pretty much everything you do on it is also working the core, i use it combined with some HIT work outs and pure body weight stuff i.e. various types / styles of pull up, viper and kettle bell stuff I'm also a bit of a roadie.

I have however in the last couple of years starting to change my training as i got older (now 46) started in the gym in 1988 after a pretty decent few years on the junior Judo circuit.

I just can't face the bench press, curls, squats and such anymore and i also don't want to be a beef cake just want good conditioning so it works for me.

I think if your wanting to put on size then stick to the weights.

Good luck and don't ever stop

SS