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Jamie Tout
Coaching Director
XLR8® International
XLR8® SPORTS HOUSE
24a Acheron Drive, Riccarton,
CHRISTCHURCH
12 November 2008
Dear Jamie,
As you are aware the New Zealand Defence Force has been using the TRX Suspension Trainer whilst on operations in Afghanistan. The environment in Afghanistan is such that some of the Forward Patrol Bases (FPB) have small weight rooms with limited equipment.
During my deployment as a Physical Training Instructor to Bamyan, Afghanistan we utilised the TRX Suspension Trainer with a Kiwi team that had a remote FPB and also at Kiwi Base in Bamyan. My job entailed making sure the deployed personnel had the opportunity and ability to maintain their level of fitness ensuring that they were ‘fit to fight’.
The Kiwi Team that utilised the TRX Suspension trainer, used it as an alternative to the weights that they had in their location. It also gave them an option of taking it out on patrol with them away from their
FPB. This was able to be utilised to do a full range of exercises by hanging the suspension trainer from a tree or from a vehicle.
In Kiwi Base I ran circuit classes and
incorporated the TRX Suspension trainer as an exercise station to progress any exercise. On a day where we only
had four participants in the class I used two TRX Suspension trainers for the entire workout. By using the options and short rest periods that I did this workout proved very challenging for all
participants.
The TRX Suspension Trainer is a great tool that can be set up in minutes, with minimal space and not other equipment needed. It can be attached to any number of solid objects tree’s, doors, vehicles, shipping containers and I even attached it to a HESCO wall. The options to progress any exercise was great for challenging even the fitter individuals that used it. Due to the TRX Suspension Trainer being of robust, sturdy construction it survived the harsh environmental conditions in Afghanistan with out any issues at all.
The TRX Suspension Trainer would be a great tool in New Zealand for individuals or personal trainers to create or contribute to a workout in a park or other outdoor location or for an individual to have a complete workout in the privacy of their own home with out any other exercise equipment. The TRX Suspension trainer would also make the perfect piece of exercise equipment to take on holiday whether that holiday is staying in a hotel/motel, with family or friends or camping/tramping staying in a hut or tent.
The TRX Suspension Trainer was well received and utilised by personnel deployed to Afghanistan with me. The TRX Suspension Trainer is a strong, reliable piece of equipment that survived everything we threw at it in some of the harshest environmental conditions in the world. The versatility of the TRX Suspension Trainer is fantastic, enabling almost any exercise to be adapted or modified to create a workout that is challenging based on the participants current level of ability and fitness.
Yours sincerely
R.D. BOARDMAN
Sergeant
Physical Training Instructor
Specialists
in
Childrens Fitness, Speed and Agility Training, Power Training, Quickness and Sports Training Equipment, Rugby.
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