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All About TRX Suspension Training
Rope training has been around as early as the 1800s.
Randy
Hetrick, developed the Total Resistance eXercise (TRX) equipment and
the associated Suspension Training bodyweight exercises in the 1990s,
and started marketing it in 2005. Kurt Dasbach, a former professional
soccer player in Chile, discovered an ancient Andean conditioning system
that utilized ropes[non-primary source needed] while playing in South
America and developed a rival product, Inkaflexx, around the same time.
In 2009 Fabio Martella MMA coaching wrote the first TRX technical manual in Italy. Another alternative is the aeroSling ELITE made in Germany. This "Suspended Pulley Trainer" also contains a pulley system. The Hook Isometrics/Suspension Trainer by Sierra Exercise Equipment enables the user to use it for either suspension training or isometrics training. Evolution has continued with TRX and other companies improving designs to minimize risk