What are the 8 training gears that trainers are looking at right now? Page 4

7) “Yoga Works Yoga Block

A “yoga block” is a yoga aid that helps you hold stable and correct poses. It is basically used for yoga and stretching when you cannot reach the floor with your fingers or to increase the intensity of your yoga practice, but depending on how you use it, it can also be used for core training. In other words, it is a versatile item that can be used for light exercise as well. Yoga blocks are available in a variety of materials, but considering that men use them with their body weight on them, a durable cork or wooden type would be a good choice. Since they do not take up much space, they are an item that should be added to one’s home body maintenance kit.

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8) “TRX TRX Suspension Trainer

The ” TRX,” which is also used in major fitness gyms, is a belt-shaped muscle training item that allows users to perform various types of training using gravity and their own body weight. Originally designed by the U.S. Navy to allow people to train in hiding, the TRX is harder than it looks, but if you know how to use it, you can perform hundreds of different types of training. Another reason for its popularity is that the intensity of training can be freely adjusted by simply changing the position of the body and the length of the cable, without the hassle of changing the load of the weights like with dumbbells or barbells. Because the number of users of this item is increasing worldwide, it is very encouraging that there is a wealth of reference training videos available on video platforms such as YouTube.

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Profile of Yuto Kurikawa, the personal trainer who supervised this article

Hayato Kurikawa has been involved in the fitness field since he was a university student. After graduating from university, he worked as an exercise instructor in Australia and is an accomplished personal trainer who has worked with more than 2,000 clients in just six years of activity. He uses his experience to explain muscle training, dietary guidance, and body maintenance in various media.