TRX Suspension Trainer Basic Kit + Door Anchor
3TRX Suspension Trainer Basic Kit + Door Anchor
- Includes TRX suspension training P2 Model
- TRX Door anchor, TRX storage bag
- 2 Bonus workouts TRX endurance circuit and TRX metabolic blast
- 65-Minute basic training DVD & full-color 35 page workout guide (guide located inside DVD case)
- 30-Day, 100% satisfaction guarantee
You don’t need a home gym to enjoy a total home fitness program. This system provides everything you need to build strength, increase your flexibility, spot-train, and fit in a comprehensive, healthy workout anytime you want, anywhere you want. So all of your fitness bases are covered in this TRX starter kit, we’ve included the following: TRX Suspension Training P2 Model which features all new modular anchoring interface; TRX Door Anchor; 65 minute Basic Training DVD and full-color 35 page Worko
List Price: $ 199.99
Price: $ 153.00
Chris LaVesser “Goofball on bowed legs”
Great tool for on-the-go workouts,
In the few short weeks I’ve owned it, I have been able to take the TRX Home Training Bundle on a camping trip, on a business trip, and to work with me for a 2-day IT system crash event.
While camping I was able to use trees and the rafters in a pavilion to support the TRX system, and found both made easy platforms for great workouts. At hotels and while trapped at work for two days, I was able to use the door mount to sneak in some workouts, and I found that platform to be stable as well.
So it seems to me you can almost always find a place to mount the TRX system, as long as you exercise a little common sense about doing so safely. And once it’s mounted securely, the TRX system is quite versatile, and allowed me to perform many exercises to get a completely taxing strength workout. The system is simple to use and well-marked for making quick changes between exercises. For the configurations that are less intuitive, the included book provides good illustrations, tips, and tricks.
The only reason I withheld a 5th star on this review is because of the way the TRX system is constructed. The materials and workmanship seem solid to me. But the product is finished in such a way that very little of the system is modular. That is to say, if you were ever to wear out a pad on one of the handles, replacing it would require a lot of craftsmanship, not just a simple swap-out. So I expect that needing to replace any component on the TRX system would likely be met with having to replace the whole kit and kaboodle. I think a modular design would allow me to be more aggressive with the unit while making me comfortable I could replace parts fairly inexpensively. (‘Cause let’s face it, nearly $200 for nylon and ingenuity is pushing it anyway).
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|Royden
Great Workout … Consider where you use the Door Anchor,
1. The strap is very well made and worth the expense. Some commenters have said “you can run down to Home Depot and pick up X, Y and Z and build your own strap for $X.” Not really. The padded handles, quick adjustability and DVD instructions cannot be replicated using a home brew replacement. If your budget is strained and you’re a good handyman, a home built piece of equipment is OK (maybe make a couple straps of fixed length to get around the adjustability issue). But if you can find the cash flow for TRX, I’d go in that direction.
2. Not a big fan of the DVD. It’s OK, but not great. If you can get in-person instruction, I’d opt for that. I learned TRX at a YMCA group class. A good instructor monitors you and gives you continuous feedback on your technique and also some motivational commentary. I get the impression the difference between a good and bad TRX workout is whether you have good technique. Even though I have TRX at home now, I will still try to make the YMCA class once a week to keep my style in line.
3. I didn’t think through the door anchor before I purchased. You need workout floor space where the door opens AWAY from you. I have a large house and not one door had suitable workout space where the door opened away from you. The places where the door opened away were cramped spaces or had furniture in the way. I’m going to have to buy the wall anchor now, which I really prefer not to mount. Oh well.
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|James G Mullen
The “TR” in “TRX” stands for Total Ripoff,
There are several devices on the market that are infinitely superior to this or significantly less expensive — usually both. So rather than buy into the marketing hype (I despise hype) let me provide you with two less expensive, but more effective alternatives (there are more, but these are ones I’ve tried).
These include:
1). GoFit Gravity Bar Body Weight Training System With Exercise Dvd & Portable Flipbook: With it you can do everything you can do with the TRX, and more because you have the ability to add different attachments to the straps – something you CANNOT do with the TRX. Additionally, the foot straps on the Gravity Bar are much more comfortable – and if you don’t like them they can be replaced with something like Stroops foot straps or something more to your liking. You do have to mount the gravity bar, but you also end up with a straight bar (you can also use the handles) for pullups.
I made the mistake of purchasing the TRX some time ago, and after spending approximately $150, I promptly sold the TRX on Craigslist* and got the GoFit Gravity Bar and never regretted selling the TRX. The Gravity Bar was much easier to adjust, and as for the cost: $35-49 versus the TRX at $175. I’ll take the extra $100+ dollars over marketing hype anyday.
2). Original Suspension Exercise Strap with attached handles: This is definitely the way to go. Not only does it have the mount anywhere capability of the TRX, not only does it have the ability to put any attachments that you want on the straps, but it also comes with 2 Marv Pro handles – one of the most unique and innovative strength devices on the planet. Serius Straps retail for $39 versus the TRX at $175 saving you over $100. It also gives you better options, more exercises, and of course, the unique Marv Pro handles, which alone are worth the $39 price.
Bottom line: From someone who has used the TRX, versus some of these other devices, I can say unequivocally that the TRX sells at an incredibly inflated price, and is only for people who wish to spend their money on marketing hype, rather than effectiveness.
* One other thing: If you thought of buying Fitness Anywhere’s TRX, trying it out, and then reselling it on Ebay, you can forget it. The reason you won’t see any for sale on Ebay is because the property rights lawyers at TRX force Ebay to cancel any auctions selling the TRX. So in short, you can’t sell a product you’ve bought because TRX wants to charge customers at the highest price for an inferior product.
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