Here, TRX Instructor and MMA coach Doug Balzarini shows us five two-part movements that involve alternating between two TRX exercises. Want to find the perfect compound exercise combinations for your fitness level? Take our quick assessment quiz to get a personalized training plan. You will perform one rep of one exercise followed by one rep of another exercise and continue to alternate back and forth for the desired number of reps. Using the interchanging sequence requires a bit more coordination and core stability.
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1. TRX Biceps Curl to TRX Low Row
This is a pretty popular interchanging sequence you may have seen before. Perform a TRX Biceps Curl with your palms up and your upper arms parallel to the ground. After one rep, rotate your hands to a neutral grip and perform one rep of a TRX Low Row with your elbows down by your sides and your spine neutral throughout.
2. TRX Single Leg Squat to TRX Single Leg Balance Reach
When performing the TRX Single Leg Squat, keep your arms relatively straight and try to keep your weight on the heel to the mid foot while maintaining an upright posture. After each rep, hinge from your hip, apply pressure into the handles, extend your heel towards the back wall and lower down into a balance reach or deadlift position and maintain a neutral spine throughout the exercise.
3. TRX Crossing Balance Lunge to TRX Step Side Lunge
Begin by lowering down into a TRX Crossing Balance Lunge and reaching the rear leg diagonally behind you. On the way up, bring the rear leg out to the side, line up the ankle, knee and hip joint and sit back into a TRX Step Side Lunge. Head and chest should remain upright and feet should remain forward throughout the exercise.
4. TRX Burpee to TRX Scorpion
After the push-up portion of the TRX Burpee, you will perform the TRX Scorpion by rotating your torso and bringing the free leg under your body and then rotating your torso the other way to bring that free leg over your body. Next, return to the push-up position and drive that knee up before standing tall to complete one rep.
5. TRX Low Row to TRX Triceps Extension
Keep a neutral grip for the TRX Low Row and pull explosively enough to carry you through and under the anchor point where you will go right into a TRX Triceps Extension. This will also be done in an explosive nature so that you can return back to the row position. Make sure the TRX is fully shortened, and only suggest this exercise to healthy and experienced TRX users.
Want more? Check out the TRX Performance: MMA Workout featuring UFC fighter Brandon Vera and TRX inventor and former Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick
Doug Balzarini works at Fitness Quest 10 (www.fq10.com) as a personal trainer, strength coach and Operations Director for Todd Durkin. A Massachusetts native, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with a minor in Business Management from Westfield State College. Since moving to San Diego, he has completed some graduate work in Biomechanics at SDSU, obtained an ACE Personal Trainer certification, the NSCA-CSCS certification, a Spinning certification, TRX instructor training, EFI Gravity instructor training and FMS training. He has also appeared in eight fitness videos, written numerous fitness articles, completed a MMA Conditioning Coach certification program and has competed in multiple grappling tournaments.
