TRX, boot camps, spin bike etc

the TRX is a fancy/slightly different version of calisthenics.
these will top out.

I ask you, will you build superior muscle/physique with pushups?

yes, I'm talking from a female perspective, I'm assuming you like muscle on females, and not the anorexic look.

even kettle bells. they will overdevelop some areas, and underdevelop others.

what wins? weights, diet, cardio.

and not a combo. combo = trx, spin bike, boot camps etc.

remember, winning in my terms here is physique. as in to LOOK the best, not perform for a bike tour or to "go for a run" im talking purely LOOKS.

anaerobic = without air. extreme would be one rep max.
aerobic = with air. extreme would be slowest walk possible.

classes and the like try to do both at once.

remember when michael jordan tried to play baseball? and he failed horribly? exactly. he tried to do 2 things at once. pick a goal, and have that be the goal.

general fitness? TRX.
figure competition? diet, weights, cardio

you WILL go from point A to point B with TRX kettlebells etc in terms of physique, but if lets say F is your goal, you're going to have to do other/better things to get there.

also to address you saying you "feel it" better than your "regular" workouts.

first off, you need to assess your regular workouts.

what are they? how are they monitored? what were you doing? is it physique oriented? are you beginner? intermediate? are you bringing up problem areas? do you have good techinque? are you doing the correct rep range?

but, i use the snowboarders as an example.

soreness is NOT INDICATIVE OF A GOOD WORKOUT. I've touched on this before. I made some of my best mass/strength gains feeling perfectly fine the next day. once you get good at a movement, other indicators must present themselves as progression. being sore for days on end is not a good indicator. if anything, its telling me you're not recovering either my means of not eating enough, training for long/frequently, too much training volume etc.

snowboarders, GREAT snowboarders, when they come back for the first go of the season, most are so beat up and sore they can't walk.
does that mean they're bad at snowboarding? no.

lets take the same GREAT snowboarder and make him play football. now he's sore all over again.

does that mean he's getting better at football? not necessarily, he just did something he wasn't used to. either a range of motion, a rep range, different muscles. etc.

so there it is. a general outlook from MY perspective on the current hub-bub on TRX, bootcamps, kettlebell classes and the like.

summary: great for the average person looking to be in more shape, and the more out of shape you are, the better results you'll have with these methods.

but do NOT expect to achieve superior results with these methods (EVEN WITH A SOUND NUTRITION PROGRAM!!!)

for PURE LOOKS/AESTHETICS -> weights are split up from cardio. weights should not be cardio, and cardio should not be weights.