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    Get Fit

    Hang tough: Hot suspension workout builds strength and endurance

    Tarra Gaines
    Jan 8, 2014 | 11:25 am

    Every New Year thousands of Houstonians make a resolution to get in shape, but many might give up quickly when faced with the sheer abundance of workout programs, titled with cute names that are far from self-explanatory. So how do you know which fitness routine is right for you? CultureMap takes the mystery out of some of 2014’s hottest workouts. Our first report: TRX.

     

     What is TRX?

     

     TRX is a form of suspension training that allows exercisers to use their own bodyweight as resistance to build strength and endurance. Many of the individual exercises completed — or at least attempted — during a TRX session are rather basic. Exercises that are central to a TRX routine, like squats, lunges and push ups, you probably first learned to do in junior high gym class.

     

    What makes TRX based conditioning different is the suspension. Adjustable straps, anchored into a wall, ceiling, door, or a steel frame, help to suspend different areas of the body so that gravity works against you, but in a good way.

     

    Hold on to the handles at the end of the straps while doing a squat and suddenly you can go much deeper into the stance or even modify the squat and lean away from the anchor to add an upper body row as you pop up. Place one foot in both handles while doing lunges or both feet while doing a push up or pike and simple exercises become significantly more challenging.

     

     Fitness levels

     

    A TRX program or class can be modified for beginning to advance fitness levels. Most of the the exercises can be intensified or lightened merely by changing the angle of your body.

     

     Motivational origin story to inspire (or guilt) you into moving

     

    While resistance and suspension training are about as old as the push up and rope climb, TRX is packaged for the 21st century with a story that will likely resonate with both the chronic couch potato and devout gym rat. The TRX system was created by a Navy SEAL commander who wished to find a new way to train and stay fit in close quarters with little equipment. He sewed together the very first prototype himself using a jiujitsu belt and parachute webbing.

     

     Where to find it

     

    According to the official website there are no studios in Houston that exclusively focus on TRX, but there are trainers who specialize in the system and gyms that offer classes throughout the city. Many of those classes do require an additional fee on top of membership dues. I took the class at the Tellepsen YMCA downtown.

     

     Hands (and feet)-on experience

     

    What I like the most about the suspension trainer is its versatility and adaptability. Instructors have to attend special seminars to become experts on using the equipment and designing their own classes, but then they are free to use that knowledge to adapt the exercises for the specific needs of students and clients. Creativity does count.

     

    One instructor might design a intense cardio class, another might use the straps to focus on strength training. One of my favorite classes at Tellepsen is a TRX yoga class.

     

    I tried a TRX class for the first time over a year ago, and have easily stuck with a routine because I usually leave a class knowing I’ve gotten a good worked out without it feeling like tedious work. Navy SEAL origins aside, there’s a bit of a playing around on the swing set and monkey bars nostalgia to the exercises that’s simply fun.

     
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    2 Houston-area counties sail to the top of Texas boat owners

    John Egan
    Jul 17, 2025 | 10:00 am
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    Ahoy, Houston! With access to bodies of water like Lake Conroe, Lake Houston, and the Gulf, it would make sense that Harris County sails into the No. 1 position for the most boat owners in any Texas county.

    Data from Cushman & Wakefield Recreational Property Advisors shows 48,015 boat registrations in Harris County — leaving the state’s 253 other counties in its wake. Tarrant County, anchored by Fort Worth, motors into second place with 28,331 boat registrations. Paddling into third place is Montgomery County, with 27,694 boat registrations. Not only is The Woodlands located in Montgomery County, it is also home to the 21,000-acre Lake Conroe.

    Cushman & Wakefield says 632,306 boats are registered in Texas. That works out to 19.85 boats per 1,000 residents — a rate far below boating-obsessed states like Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Michigan.

    The Discover Boating website calls Texas a “perfect” location for boating, thanks to its more than 3,300 miles of coastline, over 7,000 lakes and reservoirs, and 15 major rivers.

    “With a vast network of boat ramps, docks, and marinas, anyone can enjoy the sport of boating [in Texas] — no matter their experience,” Discover Boating adds. “It’s no wonder so many people own boats … there!”

    According to Cushman & Wakefield, these are the top 13 Texas counties for boat ownership, each with at least 10,000 boat registrations. Only one of the 13 counties is outside a major metro area.

    1. Harris County (Houston) — 48,015
    2. Tarrant County (Fort Worth) — 28,331
    3. Montgomery County (The Woodlands) — 27,694
    4. Dallas County (Dallas) — 24,477
    5. Travis County (Austin) — 24,327
    6. Denton County (Denton) — 20,300
    7. Bexar County (San Antonio) — 18,898
    8. Collin County (McKinney) — 15,997
    9. Galveston County (Galveston) — 14,038
    10. Williamson County (Round Rock) — 12,270
    11. Brazoria County (Pearland) — 10,831
    12. Fort Bend County (Sugar Land) — 10,742
    13. Smith County (Tyler) — 10,182
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