With Every T-Tapp Move

"With every T-Tapp move, you use the full length of your muscles, plus you move mutiple muscles at once.  In fact, every exercise works five to seven muscles simultaneously, layer by layer from the inside out.  It is comprehensive muscle movement."  Most traditional exercises are isotonic, meaning they target one particular muscle, eg. traditional bicep curls.  A t-tapp bicep curl starts with placing your fist on your shoulder and bringing your elbow up to shoulder level (amrs out to the side and elbows behind your ears), now tighten as you curl up and uncurl (don't drop the elbow).  You are tightening bicep, tricep, delts, lats, and the traps.  Five muscles, full activation, full fiber use using your own body weight and resistance (no weights, no equipment).  It will build long lean muscles and you never have to do more than 8 repetitions to get results!
.....Tapped again this morning, along with a 2 mile walk!....

Hey!...Where did Saturday go?

I just got through with Sunday's post and noticed Saturday went AWOL!  Well, just to satisfy your curiosity, I went for a walk outside with my husband and our dog over to East Valley Middle School/ High School softball fields to watch Vanessa (Marshall's girlfriend) play in a softball tournament.  Probably a 15 minute walk over to the fields and a 15 minute walk home....Wah-La!....done-ski!!

I Have the Tapp Crazies

I have been going t-tapp crazy!  I want to take little bits of her workout and post them so, if you are following along, you have some idea of what I am talking about!  Lets start by saying it is a rehabilitative approach to fitness created by Teresa Tapp.  She spent nine years creating the moves and over two decades perfecting it.  Some would call it a fusion of dance, yoga, pilates and more, as it incorporates elements of each.  It can be done anywhere, you need only 4 square feet of space to do it in, and you do not need a single piece of equipment!  The moves look fairly simple, but there is alot going on in each move.  It helps the body rebuild primary body functions-such as neurokinetic flow, reseting glucose utilization rate, and lymphatic function...it is rebuilding from the inside out...I did 15 minutes of this workout tonight and 15 minutes of a walk dvd, but I am sending off for Teresa's 45 minute total workout dvd tomorrow!

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Lumpy Bumpy

I finally recieved a book yesterday I ordered on the Internet, Fit and Fabulous in Fifteen Minutes by Teresa Tapp.  Naturally, I could not read it fast enough overnight and dive into it first thing this morning.  I wanted to know how to be fit and fab, now!  This exercise program relies heavily on the proper form for it to work, luckily it came with a dvd!  I popped in the dvd and did it twice to meet the minimum of 30 minutes, but there is alot more work to be done on the proper techniques and perfecting form.  I am getting close to the half way point of the Julie/Nancy Project (182.5 days), and although I have lost pounds and a clothing size, I still feel lumpy, bumpy.  I can't wait to see the results of the T-Tapp workout...

The Results Are In....

Yesterday I did an 8x4=32.  This was an experiment on the 8 minute series of exercises.  Eight minutes each of abs, legs, buns and arms.  Today, I report on the results and I will give it a soreness rating.  For the 8min abs, I would report a soreness factor of 4 out of 10, with 1 being the least amount of soreness and a 10 being the worst or most soreness, so overall I would say thats pretty good, I expected to be a little more sore.  As for the rest of the 8 minute series, legs, buns, and arms, I am feeling no soreness at all!  I guess I have been whipped into shape by Leslie, Jillian and Bob!  Today, I did 8 minute abs again but then added a 3 mile Leslie Walk to it.  I am going to try to add the 8 minute abs in to my everyday exercise routine.