Wolf Pack Airmen's fitness goes mobile with TRX suspension training

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  • By Senior Airman Roy Lynch
  • 8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  Wolf Pack Airmen now have a new portable tool in their fitness arsenal that they can use anytime, anywhere.

Total Resistance Exercise is a mobile fitness system that uses a suspense harness and your own body weight to workout.

"Suspension training is a revolutionary method of leveraged body weight exercise," said Benny Miguel, 8th Force Support Squadron fitness center director.

TRX is portable, easy to set up and use. All you need is a door frame, pole or something else to wrap the harness around for use.

"Anybody right off the bat can use this system," said Staff Sgt. Chris Hart, 8th FSS fitness director. "TRX is designed for anybody that wants to improve themselves."

Sergeant Hart said TRX was created by military personnel using resistance band training while deployed. Fitness centers were not readily available, so some military personnel found another way to do a quick workout, in between convoy missions.

"TRX is a challenge," said Tech. Sgt. Troy Daland, 8th Operation Support Squadron. "It gives you a great workout with using a lot of different exercises in a limited amount of time."

With the TRX system you can safely perform hundreds of exercises that build power, strength, flexibility, balance, mobility, and prevent injuries, while exercising at the intensity you choose, he said.

"TRX is the ultimate easy total-body workout," said Sergeant Hart. "Airmen say how easy it looks, then they try it and see how great of a workout it actually is."

"We incorporate it into our circuit training and Beast classes," said Sergeant Hart. "You get an all around muscle flex while using the TRX unit."

Kunsan just started TRX two months ago and it is "the new hit thing that's out there," Sergeant Hart said. "It works, it's easy, it's portable and it gives you results. You can also use the TRX system to train in any kind of environment. The best part about TRX is, you're training your body with what you currently have."