We hike up into the backcountry of Colorado to show you how to use the TRX Suspension Trainer in an outdoor setting. Proving that you dont need a gym to work out - you just need to get outside and move around. This is the first in a series of workout videos demonstrating how to use a suspension system. Many more to come! Drop us a line with any questions or comments!
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
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Backcountry Kettelbell Workout Series 1
10 Swings, 5 Goblet Squat, 2 overhead press - repeat 10-15 times. You dont need a gym, make the outdoors your gym. We are at 11,000 ft training at one of our favorite backcounty splitboarding / skiiing spots. You can train anywere!
Contact me with any questions on how to perform this workout or how to use Kettelbells.
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Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
TRX Mobility Drill Part 3 - Hip Drop
This is part 3 of our 4 part Mobility Drills we do using the TRX. We have all of our clients perform these before their workouts.
The Hip Drop is used to open up the hips, obliques, lats and lower back. It helps prepare these areas for the workout ahead.
To perform the Hip Drop - stand facing 90 Degrees from the anchor point, grab the handles and keep your arms long. Let your body drop at the hips, under control at all times. You should feel a nice stretch in your sides. Use these muscles (not your arms) to pull yourself back to start. Repeat for 10 repetitions.
Stay tuned for the next TRX based mobility drill!
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Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
Kettlebell Mobility Drill 2 - Halo
This is a great exercise to prep the shoulders for pressing and pulling as well as help wth alignment of the spine. To perform this you will need a light kettlebell (5-20lbs). You can use other objects you might have around the house - a gallon of water or milk is 8lb - FYI.
Grab the kettlebell in the "bottoms up" position - meaning the bottom of the kettlebell is facing up. Then try to circle your head with it - as if you were tracing a circle around your head. Slow and control at all times. No need to rush through it or use a heavy weight. Perform 5-10 Halo's in each direction.
Drop us a line with any questions!
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
TRX Mobility Drill Part 2 - Hip Hinge
This is part 2 of our 4 part Mobility Drill we do using the TRX. We have all of our clients perform these before their workouts.
The Hip Hinge is used to open up the hips, hamstrings and lower back. It helps prepare these areas for the workout ahead.
To perform the Hip Hinge - stand facing the anchor point, grab the handles and keep tension on them, creating tension by engaging the posterior chain. Take a very wide stance and press your butt out while allowing your hands to come forward. This will elngate the spine and open the hamstrings. Repeat for 10 repetitions.
Stay tuned for the next TRX based mobility drill!
Get your TRX here - http://tinyurl.com/jtys8l3
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
Kettlebell Mobility Drill - Prying Goblet Squat
This is a great drill to do before using kettlebells. It opens up the hips, ankles and preps the knees, gluten and quads for a safe and strong workout. Do 5 reps at beginning of workout (in combination with the other drills we have shown - and will show).
Drop us a line with any questions:
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
Part 1 of our 4 part TRX Mobility Drill
This is part 1 of our 4 part Mobility Drills we do using the TRX. We have all of our clients perform these before their workouts.
The Wall Slide is used to open up the shoulders, neck and upper back. It helps prepare these areas for the workout ahead.
To perform the Wall Slide - stand facing the anchor point, place your hands through the stir ups (no need to hold onto the handles) creating tension by engaging the shoulder muscles. Keep your hands in line with your ears and "slide" them up and down - as if they were on the wall. Repeat for 10 repetitions.
Stay tuned for the next TRX based mobility drill!
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Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
TRX Clock Press
TRX Clock Press - How to do levels 1-3
The clock press, using a TRX, is a great maneuver that requires use of the core (to keep from rotating), chest (to push the body up), lats (to stabilize) and shoulders (mobility).
How to perform a Clock Press
Anchor the TRX above you at 9ft (we have our mounted to the bars). Stand facing away from the wall. Now this is were it gets tricky, one arm is going to perform a normal chest press, the other arm will elongate (not lock out!) to what looks like a fly position. Start with one arm going to 3 or 9 on a clock (see why they call it a Clock Press now?) alternate sides. Level 2 - same mechanics but now the outer arm goes to a 10 or 2 position. Level 3 - the hands go to 11 and 1.
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Drop me a line with any questions on how to safely perform the
TRX Clock Press:
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
Simple and Sinister - Independence Day 2016 Workout
Happy 240th birthday America! In honor of this great county, we are doing what we think is one of the best workouts ever - Pavel's Simple and Sinister workout. This is an elegantly simple and brutally sinister plan. Just 10 kettlebell swings and a Turkish get up on the right and left. Repeat. That is it. In the video I am on my 5th round of this and you can see the sweat all over me, as well as my form getting a bit sub par. Not bad enough to call the workout, not bad enough not to post this. Just enough to show you how effective the workout really is. The weights used in this are 24kg for swings (could have easily gone up to 36kg) and 18kg on TGU (usually use a 24kg, but was geting pretty worn out :P)
Drop me a line with any questions:
Sean@ColoradoPersonalFitness.com
TRX Backcountry Beer Workout Series - One Arm Row
Just because your camping in the backcountry does not mean you can't get a good TRX workout in. We will have several exercises based on using the TRX in outdoor settings. The One Arm Row is a wonderful exercise that challenges the core as well as the back. This is a great movement to incorporate into your workouts and its a lot harder than it looks!
How to do the one arm row. Start by hooking up your TRX (in this case we looped it around a tree) 9ft up or so. Grab one of the handles and face the anchor point (in this case the tree). Take a moderate angle (not as much as you would for a regular row, obviously). Engage your core to keep your body for rotating and lower your self until your arm is straight. Pull yourself back to starting position.
Repeat the motion for 12 reps on each arm. Repeat for 3-4 sets. Check in for more backcountry TRX based workouts on our website.
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