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Importance of KLT Technique to Spot Reduce
May 10, 2000
News: Time seems to fly by these days; swimsuit season is just around the corner! So for the next three newsletters I will try to help everyone understand how to spot reduce their target areas of concern.
Check out: http://www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/
Fellow T-Tapper Wenonah provided photos for us to track her progress so the whole world can see how the T-Tapp System is changing her body. Even her husband has joined in and both have lost inches in just one week! So I invite you to join the team of T-Tappers with Wenonah... it is amazing how fast motivation can inspire others. I strongly believe that when you GIVE, you RECEIVE... so thanks Wenonah! You are on your way – keep up the good work!!!
Contest Winners: Congratulations to Suzanne Pukall-Smith, Diane Westfall, and Christina Cacic who receive their choice of Target Pop Videos Secret to Plies without Building Bulk or Thread the Needle for waist-to-knee spot reduction. Be sure to email your selection with mailing address. Prize sent first class mail. Now Target Pop Videos are available on the shopping cart!
Congratulations to Kimberly Hembry and Susan Scheskie who receive their choice of T-Tapp Mini Max Workouts 1, 2, 3 or 4. These videos are concentrated T-Tapp Workouts without any instruction or breaks and have new and/or advanced movements, plus all under 30 minutes! Email your selection or call 1-800-342-0717. Next drawing will be 20th of May and due to overwhelming response, 5 more winners will be selected. Be sure to re-register since names do not carry forward. Winners that win video they already own can choose whatever Target Pop or Mini Max video they desire.
Secret to Successful Spot Reduction Inch Loss: Most in the fitness industry stress that "spot reduction" cannot be achieved, but it can and does with the T-Tapp Workout. The reason why my workout can achieve this when others can't is because of my special "KLT (knee little toe) technique" along with comprehensive, compounded use of muscles.
Muscle density and proper body alignment occurs with regular workouts involving KLT and comprehensive compound movement. Therefore, muscle density, not bulk, is achieved with "girdle-like" strength to "hold in" and maintain a smooth silhouette – even if you sit all day at work.
With time, natural aging results with less muscle mass/strength and the skeletal structure starts to shift – especially in the hips, knees and shoulder joints. What results? Shoulders roll forward, upper spine weakens, lower tummy protrudes, lower spine weakens, and knees roll inward which weakens hip joints and fat pads start to appear. Even though a person consumes the same number of calories with no change to diet, they start to notice that their body weight starts to "shift" to new areas – especially inner thigh, upper hip pad, saddlebags, upper arms and lower tummy – even "back fat"! Then aches, pains and injuries start to prevail... especially with knees, hips and back.
Most women stand with weight on one leg into their hip. When doing this stance, take notice of how the knee of the leg supporting your weight rolls inward, which causes your hip joint to also roll inward. This "bad habit" actually promotes saddlebags if you are a long torso/short leg and for those with short torso/long legs – it promotes the lower tummy to pooch.
Feel the Difference with KLT: First of all, assume a stance with both feet equally balancing body weight. Now look down at the feet... notice how your feet naturally "turn out" and depending on your age or body type, as much as 27%? This reveals how much your knees are rolling inward. Now force your toes to be straight forward (feet should be approximately 12 inches apart). You might feel a little "pigeon-toed" but this is correct anatomical alignment. Now slightly bend your knees. Feel how the thigh muscles tighten attaching to the knee joint? Now straighten them. Feel how the thigh muscles relax? Now bend the knees again and push them "outward"... thus knee to little toe (KLT). Feel how the outer thigh at hip joint tightens as well as the butt muscles? This demonstrates first stage of KLT technique.
Comprehensive, Compounded KLT: Assume correct anatomical alignment explained above, but make sure to tuck your butt when you initially bend the knees and then push knees outward. Feel the difference? Feel how your abdominal muscles are activated? And if you concentrate on body awareness you'll feel the innermost abdominal muscle, the traverse abdominals tighten.
The muscles are all being worked utilizing both insertions – knee joint attachment as well as hip joint for quadriceps and hamstrings spinal attachments as well as pelvic/hip joint for gluteal and abdominal muscles. This demonstrates comprehensive (full use of muscle tissue) as well as compounded (more than one muscle group utilized) muscle movement. This is the basis of every movement created in the T-Tapp Total Workout and allows each and every layer of muscle to get worked to the max. I call it "maximum benefit/ minimal movement"
Now back to the way you normally stand on one leg... here's how you can sneak isometric KLT daily without anyone knowing it and help melt down those stubborn saddlebags and/or lower tummy: slightly bend the knee just until you feel the muscles tighten (no one else can tell what you're doing), then slightly tuck the butt as you push knee outward to little toe. Feel it? It really works! You might initially feel some knee muscle "awareness" or aching, but don't worry this movement isn't hurting anything. In fact, KLT is actually very rehabilitative. I've taught KLT to models nationwide to instantly make their little saddlebags disappear in swimsuit shoots.
Apply KLT every time you go up and down stairways. Whenever you exercise, apply KLT and you won't bulk up! Why? Because most all exercise (weights and aerobics) only work one insertion and the belly of the muscle tissue. Which is why many women "bulk" up with excessive training but if you do the T-Tapp Workout, you will not build bulk – actually, you can reverse bulk! So start thinking about applying my KLT technique throughout the day and remember one key form check: tuck butt and push out knees during plies and lunges BUT be sure to tuck and push out even harder as you go UP against gravity! AND never allow your thigh muscles to relax at the top of plies or lunges OR you lose comprehensive, compounded effect AND you can lose the benefits on long, cut muscles. Who wants bulk when you can be long and lean? Be your best with KLT… another T-Tapp secret!
Best wishes until the 20th!
Teresa Tapp
May 10, 2000
News: Time seems to fly by these days; swimsuit season is just around the corner! So for the next three newsletters I will try to help everyone understand how to spot reduce their target areas of concern.
Check out: http://www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/
Fellow T-Tapper Wenonah provided photos for us to track her progress so the whole world can see how the T-Tapp System is changing her body. Even her husband has joined in and both have lost inches in just one week! So I invite you to join the team of T-Tappers with Wenonah... it is amazing how fast motivation can inspire others. I strongly believe that when you GIVE, you RECEIVE... so thanks Wenonah! You are on your way – keep up the good work!!!
Contest Winners: Congratulations to Suzanne Pukall-Smith, Diane Westfall, and Christina Cacic who receive their choice of Target Pop Videos Secret to Plies without Building Bulk or Thread the Needle for waist-to-knee spot reduction. Be sure to email your selection with mailing address. Prize sent first class mail. Now Target Pop Videos are available on the shopping cart!
Congratulations to Kimberly Hembry and Susan Scheskie who receive their choice of T-Tapp Mini Max Workouts 1, 2, 3 or 4. These videos are concentrated T-Tapp Workouts without any instruction or breaks and have new and/or advanced movements, plus all under 30 minutes! Email your selection or call 1-800-342-0717. Next drawing will be 20th of May and due to overwhelming response, 5 more winners will be selected. Be sure to re-register since names do not carry forward. Winners that win video they already own can choose whatever Target Pop or Mini Max video they desire.
Secret to Successful Spot Reduction Inch Loss: Most in the fitness industry stress that "spot reduction" cannot be achieved, but it can and does with the T-Tapp Workout. The reason why my workout can achieve this when others can't is because of my special "KLT (knee little toe) technique" along with comprehensive, compounded use of muscles.
Muscle density and proper body alignment occurs with regular workouts involving KLT and comprehensive compound movement. Therefore, muscle density, not bulk, is achieved with "girdle-like" strength to "hold in" and maintain a smooth silhouette – even if you sit all day at work.
With time, natural aging results with less muscle mass/strength and the skeletal structure starts to shift – especially in the hips, knees and shoulder joints. What results? Shoulders roll forward, upper spine weakens, lower tummy protrudes, lower spine weakens, and knees roll inward which weakens hip joints and fat pads start to appear. Even though a person consumes the same number of calories with no change to diet, they start to notice that their body weight starts to "shift" to new areas – especially inner thigh, upper hip pad, saddlebags, upper arms and lower tummy – even "back fat"! Then aches, pains and injuries start to prevail... especially with knees, hips and back.
Most women stand with weight on one leg into their hip. When doing this stance, take notice of how the knee of the leg supporting your weight rolls inward, which causes your hip joint to also roll inward. This "bad habit" actually promotes saddlebags if you are a long torso/short leg and for those with short torso/long legs – it promotes the lower tummy to pooch.
Feel the Difference with KLT: First of all, assume a stance with both feet equally balancing body weight. Now look down at the feet... notice how your feet naturally "turn out" and depending on your age or body type, as much as 27%? This reveals how much your knees are rolling inward. Now force your toes to be straight forward (feet should be approximately 12 inches apart). You might feel a little "pigeon-toed" but this is correct anatomical alignment. Now slightly bend your knees. Feel how the thigh muscles tighten attaching to the knee joint? Now straighten them. Feel how the thigh muscles relax? Now bend the knees again and push them "outward"... thus knee to little toe (KLT). Feel how the outer thigh at hip joint tightens as well as the butt muscles? This demonstrates first stage of KLT technique.
Comprehensive, Compounded KLT: Assume correct anatomical alignment explained above, but make sure to tuck your butt when you initially bend the knees and then push knees outward. Feel the difference? Feel how your abdominal muscles are activated? And if you concentrate on body awareness you'll feel the innermost abdominal muscle, the traverse abdominals tighten.
The muscles are all being worked utilizing both insertions – knee joint attachment as well as hip joint for quadriceps and hamstrings spinal attachments as well as pelvic/hip joint for gluteal and abdominal muscles. This demonstrates comprehensive (full use of muscle tissue) as well as compounded (more than one muscle group utilized) muscle movement. This is the basis of every movement created in the T-Tapp Total Workout and allows each and every layer of muscle to get worked to the max. I call it "maximum benefit/ minimal movement"
Now back to the way you normally stand on one leg... here's how you can sneak isometric KLT daily without anyone knowing it and help melt down those stubborn saddlebags and/or lower tummy: slightly bend the knee just until you feel the muscles tighten (no one else can tell what you're doing), then slightly tuck the butt as you push knee outward to little toe. Feel it? It really works! You might initially feel some knee muscle "awareness" or aching, but don't worry this movement isn't hurting anything. In fact, KLT is actually very rehabilitative. I've taught KLT to models nationwide to instantly make their little saddlebags disappear in swimsuit shoots.
Apply KLT every time you go up and down stairways. Whenever you exercise, apply KLT and you won't bulk up! Why? Because most all exercise (weights and aerobics) only work one insertion and the belly of the muscle tissue. Which is why many women "bulk" up with excessive training but if you do the T-Tapp Workout, you will not build bulk – actually, you can reverse bulk! So start thinking about applying my KLT technique throughout the day and remember one key form check: tuck butt and push out knees during plies and lunges BUT be sure to tuck and push out even harder as you go UP against gravity! AND never allow your thigh muscles to relax at the top of plies or lunges OR you lose comprehensive, compounded effect AND you can lose the benefits on long, cut muscles. Who wants bulk when you can be long and lean? Be your best with KLT… another T-Tapp secret!
Best wishes until the 20th!
Teresa Tapp