TRX Suspension Training

[Dogmama]

I do still like it. It's a lot less expensive than the TRX and I think it has better features. You can separate the ropes whereas the TRX is attached in the middle. The foot cradles are easy to get it & out of & they easily double as hand holds. I've had it in my patio in the desert heat & it is still as good as new!

[Catrin]

I do still like it. It's a lot less expensive than the TRX and I think it has better features. You can separate the ropes whereas the TRX is attached in the middle. The foot cradles are easy to get it & out of & they easily double as hand holds. I've had it in my patio in the desert heat & it is still as good as new!

This is good to know, thanks! I don't have enough room in my current apartment, but my new one WILL have enough room.

[Catrin]

Dogmama, or anyone else who has the Jungle Gym XT. The website, and the company (I called them) strongly recommends that this only be used on a door that opens away from you. Have you found that this matters? I've spoken with the company who makes the TRX and they do not have the same requirement - they focus more on making certain no one opens the door while you are using it (obvious).

I saw my new apartment yesterday - I wish that I had waited until they resurfaced the kitchen counters but that is another story. The way the door/closet is designed in the room that I will use for such activities, I will actually need to use it in the hallway rather than in the room itself. Unless, that is, I can figure out how to attach it on a sliding closet door - though my guess is the sliding door wouldn't be strong enough.

[tealtreak]

on the "strong enough" comment- the facility director at our Y made a huge deal about "no, we can't put the trx cables there".... (were we wanted them) because there was no supporting beam.....though 8 sets is a different load than one..be careful!

[Dogmama]

They probably want the added reinforcement of the door frame to hold the Jungle Gym. Because you're putting yourself in some really dangerous positions if it fails - I would tend to agree with them.

[Catrin]

I've not yet made my mind up, but I don't have room in my current apartment for either suspension system. I will probably get the Jungle Gym for the price, and the way my new apartment is laid out I will either be in my hallway between the bedrooms.

Thanks for the input!

[ridebikeme]

I own the Jungle Gym XT and have it installed via bike hooks, and have used it that way for well over a year. Although I would say that you could also use their wall mounted unit as well. I also teach a suspension straps class, and I had a bar installed so that it is actually tied into the roofing supports. You can certainly use either system on a door, but you tend to lose alot of steeper angles when you start to progress... and with your background with lifting I would defintiely think you would want that. Is there any chance that you could install a pull up bar other than as a door mount and attach straps to that?