From the Inside Out
by Margaret Barry
Many of us make “resolutions” for the New Year, and most of those are centered around self-improvement. Exercising more, eating healthier, and achieving a more trim physique are common intentions set by those of us who want to better ourselves. For many of us, it’s difficult to keep these resolutions, much less continue them longer than just a few months after the New Year. We lose motivation because we don’t see results fast enough or we feel like we just don’t have the time to exercise.
But what if there was a method of exercise that rebuilds the body from the inside-out, getting you fit and energetic in as little as 15 minutes a day? T-Tapp exercise techniques are more than just a workout, it’s a method of mindful movement that can be implemented in your day-to-day life. T-Tapp exercises are an efficient and effective method for strengthening the muscles and stretching the fascia throughout the entire body. All T-Tapp workouts center on the spine, with full fiber activation of all the muscles that attach from the spine to the shoulder, as well as the muscles from the spine to the hip. This is how you can build strength and flexibility.
Muscle Activation the T-Tapp Way
In addition to facilitating body-shaping inch loss without the need to diet, T-Tapp techniques can supercharge your bodies’ ability to burn fat and increase muscle mass. The exercises systematically target 5-7 muscles at a time with equal tension from origin to insertion throughout the entire movement. This creates "Full-Fiber Fitness”, the kind of movement that builds long and lean muscles, without bulk.
Although most experts in the fitness industry focus on how much calories a workout might burn, T-Tapp never does. Instead, T-Tapp workouts are designed to rebuild the body from the inside-out, increasing neuro-kinetic connection while balancing any imbalances within the body.
Coordination and balance can also be improved due to simultaneous activation of the left and right side of your brain during T-Tapp exercises.
It also helps your body become effective at decreasing excess blood sugar, enabling it to burn more carbohydrates as fuel instead of just storing them as fat. Why? T-Tapp helps your body develop muscle density. Muscle is more metabolically active than fat tissue, which means the more muscle you have, the more calories and glucose it can burn at rest.
Focus on Fascia for Fabulous Results
Not only does T-Tapp strengthen, lengthen and “cinch in” the muscles as described above, but it also works the fascia. Fascia is a sensory network of fibrous tissue. From the thin and slippery tissue underneath the skin to the to the more fibrous tissue that makes up tendons and ligaments, fascia is one continuous network of tissue, woven from head to toe. In addition to wrapping around each muscle in your body, anchoring it to the bone, fascia also encases each individual muscle fiber. In fact, did you know that there are more nerve endings found in the fascia than in your muscles? When fascia it is healthy, it "slides and glides" through movement. However, as we age, it can become rigid and stiff. This hinders movement, increases inflammation and can cause pain. Teresa Tapp understood the importance of this connective tissue in her workouts and focus on fascia has been woven within every T-Tapp move from the very beginning.
Improves Lymphatic Circulation
The full-fiber activation of multiple muscles and fascia also optimizes lymphatic circulation. As the “garbage disposal” of the body, the lymphatic system collects and carries lymphatic fluid so the toxins contained therein can be eliminated safely from the body. The way it is sequenced, and extra focus on body alignment allow you to engage the primary lymphatic storage centers at the clavicle, armpit, thoracic duct, and groin. This not only assists in decreasing inflammation and increasing immunity, but it also boosts your body's ability to burn more fat during movement.
Want to try the T-Tapp Method total-body moves for yourself? Here are some specially selected moves for you to try right now! These 3 T-Tapp moves deliver a total body, fat-burning workout. In addition to increasing heart rate, strength, and flexibility, they also increase fascia activation and lymphatic circulation.
1. Stir the Pot Squat Full Body Move
This body sculpting exercise involves full fiber activation of multiple muscles all over your body at the same time. While maintaining a plie squat with tailbone tucked and knees pushing out at all times, your upper body does a series of arm movements that also activates all muscles in your upper back while you "stir the pot.”
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2. Fascia Stretching Exercise called "Turbo W-V Squats."
This move will deliver results everywhere! Due to its extra focus on weight distribution, muscle and fascia activation, this special T-Tapp move also builds better core balance and posture. It can also target trim inner and outer thighs, flatten the tummy, decrease back fat, budge armpit pudge and lift your derriere. It can help decrease trap dominance, improve muscle imbalance between the shoulders, and strengthen your posture!
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3. Release “Tech Neck” Fatigue plus Tighten and Tone Your Body, All while Sitting in your Chair!
This special sequence of mindful movement with an extra focus on fascia activation delivers full-body results, all while sitting in a chair! In addition to increasing strength and flexibility within your spine, this exercise also body sculpts inches away from your waist, torso and back, as well as giving great relief from “tech neck” and tight shoulders. Best of all? It feels so good!
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As you can see, these moves are comprehensive, efficient, and if you tried them for yourself, much harder than they look! The T-Tapp Method is about working smarter, not harder. With using just your brain and your body, you can achieve strength and flexibility from head to toe!
