What's Tapp's secret? We did a little investigating and discovered...

Why these moves work magic.
After a nasty fall left her with chronic backaches, Tapp, an exercise physiologist and rehabilitative trainer with 24 years of experience, started experimenting with moves that might bring her relief. She hit on a regimen - a blend of modern dance, Pilates and yoga - that not only left her pain-free, delightfullyully flab-free, too. "In weeks, I was 2 sizes smaller," she reports. "Eventually, I began having some of my patients try my routine and they got the same results." After extensive research, Tapp began to understand why. With her exclusive routine: You grow an internal "girdle."

Tapp set out of create moves that would build supportive muscle along the spine. That meant finding ways to activate muscle deep inside the body-- something most exercises don't do, notes Heigh. The pro got tricky; many of her positions, for example, cause you to wobble in such a way that you must use little-used muscles on either side of the spine to keep yourself standing. T-Tappers are also instructed to picture their muscles moving and "heat" going up the spine during the workout -a concentration technique found by one research team to make muscles 17% stronger than exercise alone. The result: you build muscle deep within your body that cinches you from the in - like a girdle, only more powerful!

   
"I kept losing the weight even though I was eating the same foods," says Margie, who skinnied down two sizes in a month.

An added bonus: "Because muscles use fat for fuel," Tapp explains, "the more fully you work your muscles, the more fat you burn."

Starting with her very first workout, says Margie, "I could tell it was really toning my muscles and pulling everything in!" You build muscle density faster, so you raise your metabolism. Because T-Tapp moves work whole muscles to their deepest points, they're much more efficient than traditional exercises - which means they also build muscle faster. How much faster? While many workouts would build, say, 5 pounds of muscle in a month or two, Tapp has found that her workout builds 5 to 7 pounds of muscle in as little as 1 week. And because each new pound of muscle burns an extra 50 calories per day, T-Tapp raises your calorie-burning power by 250-350 calories per day - even on days when you don't work out!

"After just a few workouts, I started pulling out clothes I hadn't worn in years," remembers Denise. "Teresa said I had broken through to a new level of calorie burning. It was unbelievable!"

One note: "It's best to measure your results in inches and sizes," advises Tapp. "When you build muscle, your body shrinks even though your weight may not go down that much."

You stretch muscles so they're long and sleek. "With most traditional exercises, such as walking or aerobics, you never get a full extension of the muscles being used," Tapp says. "So you build shorter, fatter muscle." but since T-Tapp moves stretch as you strengthen, you get firm and slim at the same time.

"I'm about as short as they come," says Denise, "but T-Tapp has actually made me feel tall. I used to fe; now I feel graceful."

You stick with it! Once you've used T-Tapp 4 days straight to build your muscles and boost your metabolism, you only have to work out every other day for three to four weeks. Then, you only have to work out twice a week to maintain it. What's more, you can do the slimming moves anytime, anywhere; at home, in the office or even in a hotel room.

"The stronger you get, the more you get out of it, and the less you have to do it to maintain results," Tapp says. "With other workouts, like weight training, you add more reps and more weight. In T-Tapp, you never do more than 10 reps of anything."

Ready to try it for yourself? We convinced Teresa to share some of her best moves with you. Follow her workout schedule, and you can be a whole size skinnier in as little as 2 weeks!
-- Lindy Warren

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