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Secret to Successful Inch Loss - Work Smart, Not Hard!
May 20, 2000
News: Wenonah is on her way to a better body using the T-Tapp System... if you didn't receive my last newsletter, be sure to check out:
www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/ (http://www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/).
Talk about female support! Wenonah created has provided progress reports in great detail with weekly measurements and photos as she regains control of her body after giving birth 6 weeks ago to her third son. AND her husband, Ed, is doing the T-Tapp Workout with her! Congratulations Wenonah and Ed on successfully losing inches and pounds in your first two weeks! Wenonah, your loss of 9.5 inches/5 pounds tells me that you've lost approximately 10 pounds of fat and gained 5 pounds of muscle. The inches will continue to drop, but you should experience the biggest drop in pounds after the 6th week... but remember to focus on how you look, feel and how your clothes fit, not what the scale says (just like models in the fashion industry do). By the way, your forum message boards, for all of us to interact and support each other, are great!
The next T-Tapp fitness event is going to be held June 2nd-3rd outside Charlotte, North Carolina at Sandra Hammond's horse ranch. Nearly 100 women with their horses are gathering to learn how T-Tapp Workout can help them stay slim, fit, and centered for better riding. They will also learn how to keep chiropractic adjustments longer (important for those who "jump"). On Friday, June 2nd, I will give a 90-minute nutritional seminar and deliver a 60-minute workout. On Saturday, June 3rd, another T-Tapp Workout will be available followed by a technique/form workshop. The horses get professional massages (with workshops for their owners to learn how to massage correctly), the latest in equine magnetic therapy, and lots of venders for the latest in fashion for both horse and rider! Sandra has organized this event for horse riders BUT she has opened her doors for any T-Tapper who wants to attend... at no charge! Sandra attended a T-Tapp Fitness Retreat last year and realized the importance of technique/form workshops with T-Tappers sharing/motivating each other. If you would like to attend this special event, just call Sandra at 1-803-684-2722 to reserve your spot for fitness and fun. (Horse events are on Saturday.)
Contest Winners: Congratulations to Barb Osterhout, Annie Tseng, and Teresa Jacober who receive their choice of Target Pop videos Secret to Toning Arms without Weights or Thread the Needle for waist-to-knee spot reduction. Congratulations to Leslee Moss and Julie Roegge 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. All are less than 30 minutes but deliver a full body workout. Winners please email your selection with mailing address or call 1-800-342-0717. Five more winners will be selected on May 30th - be sure to re-register - names do not carry forward. Winners, who win video they already own, can choose whatever Target Pop or Mini-Max video they desire.
Secret to Successful Inch Loss/Spot Reduction: Last week I discussed the importance of KLT Technique to spot reduce, but another secret to successfully achieving inch loss in specific areas is to work muscles comprehensively along with isometric isolations.
Standard exercise technique usually works one insertion of the muscle with emphasis on the "belly" of the muscle. For example, make a fist and do a couple of bicep curls. As your fist comes close to the shoulder, "squeeze" the fist as close as you can, then extend forearm back out. Repeat - curl in/extend out. Feel how the middle or "belly" of your bicep muscle contracts as you curl in and extend? Feel the tension in your elbow when your fist is squeezing in to the shoulder as well as during the extension? Now lift your elbow up to shoulder height (hand is resting on shoulder) and concentrate to tighten the arm muscles between shoulders to elbow... DO NOT DROP the ELBOW lower than the shoulder!!! Feel how the triceps and deltoid muscles tighten both in the shoulder and in the elbow? By isometrically isolating your upper arm, both bicep and triceps muscles comprehensively work (from end to end) to develop muscle density, not bulk, for long cut muscle fibers.
This is also why I stress use of a bent knee during movements throughout the T-Tapp Workout. For example, stand in anatomical correct position (feet apart approximately 12 inches, with toes forward)... bend knees, and then straighten them. Feel how when you bend the knees, your thigh muscles contract at the knee? Also feel how your thigh muscles relax when you straighten your knee? By keeping knee slightly bent AND pushing outward for correct KLT technique (discussed in last newsletter) your quadriceps and hamstrings get worked comprehensively. Now repeat with knees slightly bent, KLT and tucked butt. Feel how the gluteal muscles contract? Tucking your butt helps to isolate your pelvic area, which is important for comprehensive use of muscles that attach to hip ball joint.
So now, when you're doing movements from the T-Tapp Workout, ALWAYS remember to apply Isometric Isolations, KLT technique AND think about comprehensively working each and every muscle. Concentrate on using both points of muscle attachment.
This is just another secret to achieving successful inch loss/spot reduction quickly. I call it working smart, not hard – these T-Tapp techniques deliver maximum benefits in minimal time. Which is why, with the T-Tapp Workout, you never have to increase reps or add weights to effectively work your muscles – they will never "adapt" and your muscles will ALWAYS get a full workout when correct T-Tapp technique is applied. Standard exercise works muscles by adding reps, sets, and weights with each plateau.... but not with the T-Tapp Workout... the stronger you get, the more you'll get out it, and the less you'll have to do it to maintain results.
How can that be? Well, the stronger you get, the more you will be able to isolate your muscles and increase range of rotation of your knee, hip and shoulder joints, as well as your spinal torque/flexibility. This is why the same movements work for advanced level exercisers as well as for beginners or even for those in rehab. It takes comprehensive muscle strength to do T-Tapp movements and the fitness challenge is the same... when aiming for correct form.
Next week: I will discuss another important factor of linear alignment and neuro-kinetic flow for successful inch loss/spot reduction... another "basic for a better body" the T-Tapp Way.
Best wishes until next week,
Teresa Tapp
May 20, 2000
News: Wenonah is on her way to a better body using the T-Tapp System... if you didn't receive my last newsletter, be sure to check out:
www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/ (http://www.t-tapp.com/mommyfitness/wenonah/).
Talk about female support! Wenonah created has provided progress reports in great detail with weekly measurements and photos as she regains control of her body after giving birth 6 weeks ago to her third son. AND her husband, Ed, is doing the T-Tapp Workout with her! Congratulations Wenonah and Ed on successfully losing inches and pounds in your first two weeks! Wenonah, your loss of 9.5 inches/5 pounds tells me that you've lost approximately 10 pounds of fat and gained 5 pounds of muscle. The inches will continue to drop, but you should experience the biggest drop in pounds after the 6th week... but remember to focus on how you look, feel and how your clothes fit, not what the scale says (just like models in the fashion industry do). By the way, your forum message boards, for all of us to interact and support each other, are great!
The next T-Tapp fitness event is going to be held June 2nd-3rd outside Charlotte, North Carolina at Sandra Hammond's horse ranch. Nearly 100 women with their horses are gathering to learn how T-Tapp Workout can help them stay slim, fit, and centered for better riding. They will also learn how to keep chiropractic adjustments longer (important for those who "jump"). On Friday, June 2nd, I will give a 90-minute nutritional seminar and deliver a 60-minute workout. On Saturday, June 3rd, another T-Tapp Workout will be available followed by a technique/form workshop. The horses get professional massages (with workshops for their owners to learn how to massage correctly), the latest in equine magnetic therapy, and lots of venders for the latest in fashion for both horse and rider! Sandra has organized this event for horse riders BUT she has opened her doors for any T-Tapper who wants to attend... at no charge! Sandra attended a T-Tapp Fitness Retreat last year and realized the importance of technique/form workshops with T-Tappers sharing/motivating each other. If you would like to attend this special event, just call Sandra at 1-803-684-2722 to reserve your spot for fitness and fun. (Horse events are on Saturday.)
Contest Winners: Congratulations to Barb Osterhout, Annie Tseng, and Teresa Jacober who receive their choice of Target Pop videos Secret to Toning Arms without Weights or Thread the Needle for waist-to-knee spot reduction. Congratulations to Leslee Moss and Julie Roegge 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. All are less than 30 minutes but deliver a full body workout. Winners please email your selection with mailing address or call 1-800-342-0717. Five more winners will be selected on May 30th - be sure to re-register - names do not carry forward. Winners, who win video they already own, can choose whatever Target Pop or Mini-Max video they desire.
Secret to Successful Inch Loss/Spot Reduction: Last week I discussed the importance of KLT Technique to spot reduce, but another secret to successfully achieving inch loss in specific areas is to work muscles comprehensively along with isometric isolations.
Standard exercise technique usually works one insertion of the muscle with emphasis on the "belly" of the muscle. For example, make a fist and do a couple of bicep curls. As your fist comes close to the shoulder, "squeeze" the fist as close as you can, then extend forearm back out. Repeat - curl in/extend out. Feel how the middle or "belly" of your bicep muscle contracts as you curl in and extend? Feel the tension in your elbow when your fist is squeezing in to the shoulder as well as during the extension? Now lift your elbow up to shoulder height (hand is resting on shoulder) and concentrate to tighten the arm muscles between shoulders to elbow... DO NOT DROP the ELBOW lower than the shoulder!!! Feel how the triceps and deltoid muscles tighten both in the shoulder and in the elbow? By isometrically isolating your upper arm, both bicep and triceps muscles comprehensively work (from end to end) to develop muscle density, not bulk, for long cut muscle fibers.
This is also why I stress use of a bent knee during movements throughout the T-Tapp Workout. For example, stand in anatomical correct position (feet apart approximately 12 inches, with toes forward)... bend knees, and then straighten them. Feel how when you bend the knees, your thigh muscles contract at the knee? Also feel how your thigh muscles relax when you straighten your knee? By keeping knee slightly bent AND pushing outward for correct KLT technique (discussed in last newsletter) your quadriceps and hamstrings get worked comprehensively. Now repeat with knees slightly bent, KLT and tucked butt. Feel how the gluteal muscles contract? Tucking your butt helps to isolate your pelvic area, which is important for comprehensive use of muscles that attach to hip ball joint.
So now, when you're doing movements from the T-Tapp Workout, ALWAYS remember to apply Isometric Isolations, KLT technique AND think about comprehensively working each and every muscle. Concentrate on using both points of muscle attachment.
This is just another secret to achieving successful inch loss/spot reduction quickly. I call it working smart, not hard – these T-Tapp techniques deliver maximum benefits in minimal time. Which is why, with the T-Tapp Workout, you never have to increase reps or add weights to effectively work your muscles – they will never "adapt" and your muscles will ALWAYS get a full workout when correct T-Tapp technique is applied. Standard exercise works muscles by adding reps, sets, and weights with each plateau.... but not with the T-Tapp Workout... the stronger you get, the more you'll get out it, and the less you'll have to do it to maintain results.
How can that be? Well, the stronger you get, the more you will be able to isolate your muscles and increase range of rotation of your knee, hip and shoulder joints, as well as your spinal torque/flexibility. This is why the same movements work for advanced level exercisers as well as for beginners or even for those in rehab. It takes comprehensive muscle strength to do T-Tapp movements and the fitness challenge is the same... when aiming for correct form.
Next week: I will discuss another important factor of linear alignment and neuro-kinetic flow for successful inch loss/spot reduction... another "basic for a better body" the T-Tapp Way.
Best wishes until next week,
Teresa Tapp