I have worn my Reduxx Trimsuit in so many different situations and I am always looking for new workouts I can perform while wearing a weighted exercise suit. I believe I have found a series of workouts perfectly matched for the TrimSuit. The program is called the Eternal Beach Body Workout. I found the program in Men’s Fitness Magazine a few years ago when I received my first suit (a proto-type). I trained with the program wearing my TrimSuit for the recommended 12 weeks and saw incredible results. I had not experienced results from any type of workout or exercise since my late teens and early 20’s (more than 20 years ago). I feel so strongly and am so excited about these results, I feel I should “re-share” the Men’s Fitness Magazine exercise program with you adding in my own adjustments for the resistance involved when wearing the TrimSuit weight suit.

From the Eternal Beach Body Workout article by T.R. Goodman in Men’s Fitness Magazine:

Directions for Phase I [My Edits and Additions in Bold Italic]

FREQUENCY: Perform each workout in numerical order with a day of rest between each. The program includes three workouts per week. Each workout is a circuit that may include exercises from previous workouts but the sequence will be different.

HOW TO DO IT: Perform the exercises as straight sets, completing all the prescribed sets for an exercise before moving on.

WEIGHT: Unless otherwise stated, use the heaviest weight that allows you to complete all the prescribed repetitions for each set. For most of these exercises, you’ll need to be conservative. Focus on keeping perfect form and completing each rep without momentum.

Workout 1/Week 1 of our 12-Week Series

1.  External Rotation on Bench

Sets: 2 Reps: 12 Rest: 45 Seconds

Hold a light dumbbell or weight plate in your left hand and lie on a bench on your right side. Bend your elbow 90 degrees and allow your arm to rest against your left side, your left hand over your abs. Keeping your elbow against your side, rotate your forearm toward the ceiling. Reverse the motion to return to the starting position. That’s one rep. Complete 12 reps, switch arms and repeat. The weighted exercise suit adds additional resistance to this exercise with the placement of weights against the upper arm.

2.  Lying Rotators on Bench

Sets: 2 Reps: 12 Rest: 45 Seconds

Hold a light dumbbell or weight plate in your left hand and lie on a bench on your right side. Allow your arm to hang down to the floor, so it’s draped over your torso and the back of your hand faces away from you. Leading with the heel of your hand, raise your arm straight up and overhead until it’s perpendicular to the floor, and then return to the starting position. That’s one rep. Complete 12 reps, and then switch arms and repeat. The TrimSuit adds resistance from upper arm weight and partially from the shoulder weights.

3.  Lying Superman with Alternating Arms

Sets: 2 Reps: 12 Rest: 45 Seconds

Elevate a flat bench with some weight plates or boxes so that when you lie facedown on it, your arms won’t touch the floor. Hold a light dumbbell or weight plate in each hand and lie facedown on the bench. Raise both arms behind you so that they are close to your sides. Now raise one arm straight up in front of you until it’s in line with your torso, but hold the other arm where it is (you should look like Superman flying through the air). Lower that arm back to your side, and then raise the opposite arm. That’s one rep. The placement of arm weights in the Reduxx TrimSuit enhances this exercise without adding additional strain on joints.

4.  Bench Dip

Sets: 2 Reps: 12 Rest: 45 Seconds

Place your hands behind you on a bench and rest your feet on another bench or box in front of you. Bend your elbows and lower your body until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Push yourself back up to the starting position. That’s one rep. Wearing the Reduxx TrimSuit adds almost the entire 10 pounds to this particular exercise.

5.  Triceps Pushup

Sets: 2 Reps: 10 Rest: 45 Seconds

Attach a rope handle to the top pulley of a cable station. Hold an end of the rope in each hand, and tuck your elbows tight against your sides (this should put tension on the cable). Without allowing your elbows to move forward, squeeze your triceps and straighten your arms. Reverse the motion to return to the starting position. That’s one rep. Wearing the TrimSuit causes you to tighten your core during this exercise to avoid bending over or losing form.

6.  Bent-Knee Hip Rotation

Sets: 2 Reps: 12 Rest: 45 Seconds

Lie on your right side and bend your hips and knees 90 degrees. Without moving your hips, rotate your left leg toward the ceiling (it should look somewhat like a dog raising his leg at a fire hydrant). Reverse the motion to return to the starting position. That’s one rep. Complete 12 reps, and then switch legs and repeat. This exercise is especially enhanced by the weights positioned on your thighs by the TrimSuit.

7.  Rollouts (High Groove)

Sets: 2 Reps: 15 Rest: 45 Seconds

Lie on your right side with your right leg straight and your left hip and knee bent 90 degrees, suspended over the floor. You can place your left palm on the floor for support. Keeping your right hip bone in contact with the floor, rotate your hips to your right and extend your left hip so that you’re reaching with the left knee, trying to touch it to the floor without losing contact between your right hip bone and the floor. Reverse the motion to return to the starting position. That’s one rep. Complete 15 reps, and then switch sides and repeat. This exercise is enhanced by the upper thigh weights on the TrimSuit.

8.  Bent-Knee Static Bridge

Sets: 2 Reps: Hold for 90 Seconds Rest: 45 Seconds

Get into pushup position, and then bend your elbows 90 degrees so that your forearms are resting on the floor. Bend your knees as well so that they rest on the floor to support you (raise your feet in the air if you want to make the exercise more challenging). Your body should form a straight line. Hold the position for 90 seconds. That’s one set. This exercise will be very intense because of the TrimSuit’s placement of all weights across chest, shoulders, arms and legs.

9.  Bent-Knee Static Oblique

Sets: 2 Reps: Hold for 90 Seconds Rest: 45 Seconds

Support yourself on your right elbow and forearm and bend your knees 90 degrees and rest them on the floor. Your body should form a straight line. Hold the position for 90 seconds, and then switch sides and repeat. That’s one set. As in number 8 above, this exercise will be very intense because of the TrimSuit’s placement of all weights across chest, shoulders, arms and legs.

You have completed Workout 1/Week 1 wearing your Reduxx TrimSuit. The workout is relatively intense even without the weighted exercise suit. Adding the TrimSuit with targeted resistance to specific muscle groups provides more benefit than performing the exercises alone. Check back for Workout 2/Week 1 and call 1-800-434-3344 to get your Reduxx TrimSuit to provide a powerful resistance training suit to your workout!

Tom Coleman, Managing Director