My TRX hung in the cupboard for 6 months gathering dust…

Here’s the thing nobody tells you about suspension trainers…

Having one doesn’t automatically mean you’ll get results.

I know that sounds obvious, but hear me out.

Back in 2014, I bought my first TRX suspension trainer.

I was still working as a personal trainer in London at the time, surrounded by all the gym equipment you could want.

But I’d seen these suspension trainer things and thought “that looks cool, I’ll grab one for home workouts.”

So I did.

Hung it up in my flat. Watched a few YouTube videos….

Gave it a go…

And… nothing.

I’d work up a sweat, sure.

I’d feel like I’d “done something.”

But my body wasn’t changing. At all.

Meanwhile, I was still getting some results at the gym with weights.

So I figured suspension trainers were just good for “maintenance” or “cardio” or whatever.

The TRX slowly migrated to the back of my closet.

Fast forward to 2016.

I’d made the decision to leave the gym world and travel South America.

Long story (I’ll tell you that one another time), but basically I wanted to prove I could build muscle without being chained to a gym.

I grabbed that dusty TRX from the closet and committed to actually figuring it out.

And that’s when I realised why it hadn’t worked before.

I’d been using it completely wrong.

Not wrong in the sense of “bad form” or “incorrect position.”

Wrong in the sense that I was using the same approach everyone teaches…

What I now call “movement-centric technique.”

Let me show you what I mean with a simple example.

Try this right now if you want (or just imagine it):

Do a push-up.

Just a normal push-up, the way you normally would.

How many can you do?

Maybe 10? 15? 20?

Now do another push-up, but this time…

As you push up and down, actively try to push your hands TOGETHER against the floor. 

Like you’re trying to fold the floor in half.

You can’t actually move your hands.

But you’re creating that inward pressure the entire time.

How many can you do now?

Most people can barely do 6.

Same movement….

But feels completely different, right?

That’s because you just shifted from movement-centric to muscle-centric technique.

In the first push-up, your chest, shoulders, triceps, and even your back were all sharing the load.

It’s easier.

You can blast through reps.

But your chest muscle specifically is only getting a fraction of the work.

In the second push-up, you isolated your chest.

You forced it to do most of the work.

It’s harder. You can’t do as many reps.

But your chest muscle is actually getting a proper stimulus to grow.

This is exactly what was wrong with how I was using my TRX.

I was just mindlessly moving….

Pulling, pushing, hanging….

Getting through reps…

Working up a sweat.

But I wasn’t isolating specific muscles.

I wasn’t creating enough tension on any single muscle to actually trigger growth.

Once I understood this, everything changed.

I started using slower, more controlled movements.

Really focusing on squeezing the target muscle throughout every rep.

Placing my mind INSIDE the muscle and feeling it work.

Within a few weeks, I noticed my body was actually changing.

Not bulky gym-weights changing…

But functional, lean muscle defintion changing.

And I was doing it all with just that TRX and my bodyweight.

The difference wasn’t the equipment.

It was the technique.

If you’ve got a suspension trainer collecting dust because “it doesn’t work”…

it’s probably not the equipment’s fault.

You just haven’t learned muscle-centric technique yet.

And honestly, why would you?

Every app, every YouTube video, every TRX class teaches movement-centric technique.

They focus on:

• How many reps you can do
• How fast you can move
• How many exercises you can squeeze into a workout
• “Feel the burn!”

Nobody teaches you how to actually isolate muscles to create a proper growth stimulus.

That’s what I spent 18 months figuring out while traveling.

Testing. Documenting. Refining.

I even became known as the “TRX Traveller” because I spent 3 years across 32 countries building lean muscle with just a suspension trainer.

Want to see if this works for you?

I put everything I learned onto my YouTube channel – Fitness Freedom Athletes

There’s videos that walk you through:

• The exact difference between movement-centric and muscle-centric technique
• How to use your mind-muscle connection (the “squeeze”)
• ‘Muscle-centirc technique for every single exercise and body area (55+ exercises)
• Do it with me ‘muscle-centirc suspension training workouts’

All completely free. No strings attached.

Honestly, just watching a couple of the videos will probably change how you think about training.

Try the techniques with your suspension trainer.

See if you notice a difference.

If you do, and you want the complete system with step-by-step workouts, nutrition guidance, and video demonstrations of every exercise… that’s what my programs are for.

But start with the free YouTube content.

Get your TRX out of the closet….

Give it another shot with proper technique.

I’m willing to bet you’ll be surprised at what’s possible.

Coach Adam
Founder, Fitness Freedom Athletes

P.S.

If your suspension trainer is still in the package and you’re thinking “maybe I should just return it”… don’t. Seriously, give the muscle-centric technique a proper try first.