Today’s blog will show you the benefits of adding suspension training to your coaching toolbox. As a fitness professional, your value comes from being adaptable, knowledgeable, and creative in how you help clients reach their goals. One of the most versatile and underrated tools you can add to your coaching skillset is suspension training.
Using only body weight and adjustable straps, you can deliver challenging, effective, and safe sessions across all fitness levels. Whether you’re training one-to-one, in small groups, or with special populations, suspension training can elevate your coaching and improve client results.
Here are seven benefits of adding suspension training to your coaching toolbox:
1. Versatility Across All Fitness Levels
Suspension training is fully scalable, making it suitable for beginners, athletes, and everyone in-between. You can regress movements by adjusting body position or progress them for greater intensity. This means you can adapt sessions on the spot to meet the needs of each individual.
And yes, you can reach complete muscular overload throughout any repetition range.
2. Core Engagement in Every Exercise
The suspension training straps create an unstable environment, clients must engage their core muscles throughout every movement. Unlike traditional resistance training, where the core may only be indirectly involved, suspension training develops deep core strength and stability with every exercise.
3. Functional, Real-Life Movement Patterns
Suspension training mimics how the body moves in daily life by engaging multiple muscle groups at once. Pushing, pulling, rotating, and hinging are integrated naturally, which translates into improved functional strength and better movement quality for clients.
4. Portable and Space-Efficient for Mobile Personal Trainers
With suspension training, you don’t need a full gym to deliver effective workouts. Suspension straps are lightweight, portable, and can be anchored in small spaces, making them ideal for personal trainers working in studios, client homes, or outdoor environments. One set of Suspension straps can train 2 people at the same time, they literally are a one-stop portable gym.
5. Builds Balance and Coordination
The unstable nature of suspension training challenges proprioception and balance, which helps clients improve coordination. This is especially valuable for older adults, athletes, or anyone who wants to move more efficiently and reduce the risk of falls or injuries.
6. Enhances Small Group and Bootcamp Training
Suspension training works brilliantly in group settings because exercises can be quickly tailored to each participant’s fitness level. This inclusivity makes it a perfect addition to bootcamps, small group PT, or circuit sessions.
7. Cost-Effective, High-Impact Tool for fitness instructors
For fitness professionals, suspension training is a low-cost investment with a high return. It expands your service offering, allows for creative programming, and demonstrates to clients that you have a wide range of tools to keep sessions engaging.
Qualify as a Suspension Training Instructor, Face to Face
These benefits are best learned and applied through face-to-face, practical training.
Suspension training isn’t just about understanding the theory… it’s about experiencing the movements, practising safe coaching cueing, and learning how to regress and progress exercises in real time.
A practical learning environment gives you the chance to experiment, make mistakes, and refine your coaching skills, which isn’t possible by learning passively online through a laptop. This hands-on approach builds confidence and ensures you’re prepared to use suspension training effectively with clients.
Become A Suspension Trainer Instructor in Milton Keynes
We run the face-to-face suspension training course twice per year at our Milton Keynes Academy. Click the link below to join us. You’ll leave this one-day course with 2 certificates with your name on it and buzzing with ideas and enthusiasm to integrate into your current FITPRO practice.
https://courses.parallelcoaching.co.uk/products/level-1-suspension-training-instructor-course
Summary
Suspension training is a powerful addition to any fitness professional’s coaching toolbox. It’s versatile, engages the core in every movement, promotes functional strength, and works across one-to-one and group settings. With its low cost and high impact, it’s a skill that enhances your value as a coach and helps clients achieve better results.
👉 Want to expand your skills and offer more to your clients? Learn more about our suspension training courses at our Milton Keynes Academy and start building confidence in this versatile tool today.
https://courses.parallelcoaching.co.uk/products/level-1-suspension-training-instructor-course
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Hayley “Suspension Training in Milton Keynes” Bergman
Parallel Coaching
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Sources
- American Council on Exercise (ACE). The Science Behind Suspension Training.
- British Journal of Sports Medicine (2020). Functional fitness and instability training in applied settings.
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Suspension Training: Benefits and Applications.