100 TRX Power Pulls

The core. That's where it all begins. All movement begins at the core. If you're looking to improve your daily function, your endurance, your strength, your athletic performance, train the core and you'll make incredible gains.

There are misconceptions about the core, so let's take a minute to straighten that out first. Many people hear "core" and immediately think of their abs. While the abs are part of the core, there's more. The core is defined as the lumbo-pelvic hip complex and the muscles that attach to it. It's the rectus and transversus abdominis, obliques, hip flexors, hamstrings, glutes, spinal erectors, and latissimus dorsi. It's basically the torso with exception of the extremities. Get a strong core and you'll be able to do more.

There are many tools available to train the core and for this exercise complex we're using the TRX Suspension Trainer. The workout is simple in terms of the number of exercises and the complexity of those exercises, but it's not easy. There are just five exercises in this complex designed to challenge many of your anterior and posterior chain muscles and engage your core throughout the workout. You'll do all of the reps for each exercise before moving on to the next exercise. Your goal is to do the prescribed number of reps in as few sets as possible.

Here goes:

100 Atomic Push Ups
100 Low Rows (deep angle with feet under the anchor point)
100 TRX Chest Presses (feet under the anchor point)
100 TRX Power Pulls (50 per side)
100 TRX Rollouts

Pull out your TRX Suspension Trainer and give it a try. Time yourself and use that time to gauge your progress.