In this episode of One Exercise Two Modalities, we review a row with the ViPR and Rip Trainer. This exercise can be great for working balance and teaching clients how to unilaterally load while holding a weight. These exercises can be great for senior clients and athletes.
What is the TRX Rip Trainer?
The TRX Rip Trainer is a versatile fitness tool featuring a resistance cord attached to a bar, designed to create asymmetrical loading and rotational resistance. This unique setup challenges core stability, balance, and overall strength by forcing the body to resist and control unbalanced forces during dynamic movements. Personal trainers use the Rip Trainer to improve clients’ rotational power, functional strength, and coordination, especially for sports or activities involving twisting motions. Similar training tools include the ViPR, which combines loaded movement with grip variation, and landmine attachments, which also allow for rotational and pressing exercises with a barbell.
Movement Cues & Tips
With the Rip Trainer version of the chop, start with an over-under grip with the hand closest to the attachment near the middle of the handle. Moving the hand closer to the attachment will decrease the mechanical advantage and make the exercise easier for your client. With your client’s stance, have them start with the feet staggered, and the same foot closest to the anchor is forward. Initiate the exercise by lunging down and extending the rip trainer towards the anchor. As your client stands up, have them pull the Rip Trainer past the hip.
There are similar cues for the ViPR version of this exercise. Start the client in an offset stance with the ViPR on the shoulder with an offset grip. Have the client imagine chopping across the body and finishing off the opposite hip.
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