Posted on July 12, 2017 by Jenny Cromack

The TRX, what a simple but awesome piece of kit. As a personal trainer, I use the TRX in my sessions a lot. I love the versatility of the TRX and the challenge of using your body weight for the exercises. For most of the TRX exercise, the closer you are to the pivot point the harder they become so for the workout below, adjust the intensity accordingly.

trx workout

Some benefits of the TRX are:

  • Suitable for all levels of fitness & strength
  • Versatile you could do the TRX workout below indoors or outside
  • A total body workout with a good focus on use of core muscles for most exercises
  • Brilliant for developing strength, tone and fitness

This HIIT and TRX workout I’m going to take you through below is a great all-rounder:

  • Fat burning
  • Cardiovascular fitness
  • Strength
  • Muscle Tone

If your goal is to focus on fat burning and smashing through as many calories as you can I want you to push yourself 100% on each of the HIIT exercises (H) and minimise your rest times, but still make sure you still execute each exercise with good technique. If you want to work on your strength and tone, then rest for about 30s between each exercise so you can really give 100% to each of the strength exercises (S) and get that technique bang on.

Take a read of our previous blog about how to warm up correctly then you’re ready to begin! Perform each of the circuits below x 3-4 rounds before moving on to the next one.

Circuit 1

  • Squat Jumps x 12-15 (H)
  • TRX Squat & Wide Row x 12-15 (S)
  • TRX Chest Press x 12-15 (S)
  • TRX Knee Tucks x 10-12 (S) if you can’t do these, then hold plank x 30-60s

Circuit 2

  • 2 x Star Jumps, 1 x burpees x 10-12 (H)
  • TRX Bicep Curls x 12-15 (S)
  • TRX Neutral Grip Rows x 12-15 (S)
  • TRX Roll Outs x 10-12 (S) if you can’t do these then perform x 10-12 ab crunches

Circuit 3

  • TRX Single Leg Lunge x 10 e/leg (S) – back foot elevated in TRX
  • Power Lunges x 16-20 (H)
  • TRX Hamstring Curls x 12-15 (S)
  • TRX French Presses x 12-15 (S)

Take a read of our cool down blog and have a good stretch at the end. If you need a hand with any of the exercises then feel free to drop us a line and we will be glad to help.