SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.

HANGING out at the gym has been given a whole new meaning. Suspension workouts, or 'yoga on ropes', is the latest trend to hit the health clubs in America and now it's coming over here.

By JANET CROMLEY, LOS ANGELES TIMES Dangling like a monkey from two industrial nylon straps slung over a workout cage, former professional volleyball player Chad Convis is demonstrating how to do a dazzling array of exercises on a newfangled contraption called the TRX System.