barre without the "tuck"

[Debbie S.]

Originally Posted by SharonNYC

I haven't tucked for years, even took a special VF class at the Lotte Berk Studio in Manhattan and managed to sneak under the tuck radar. My teachers have discouraged pelvic tucking since the early 2000's. Instead I concentrate on bringing in my tailbone/engaging the perineum while maintaining neutral spine.

Isn't T Tapp another tuck discipline?

After reading Beyond Omega's post I'm not sure. My first thought was, a tuck is a tuck, and yes, T-Tapp's stance includes a tuck.

[hotncmom]

What about the tuck in Classical Stretch? I just got Season 4 and I'm pretty much a newbie to CS.

[fuzzie]

Originally Posted by hotncmom

What about the tuck in Classical Stretch? I just got Season 4 and I'm pretty much a newbie to CS.

I trained at their studio for a month and from my experience they do not emphasize the tuck position. There are a few positions/moves where you will go into a deep tuck with a rounded back to stretch the back, but otherwise the focus is very much on a neutral spine (with the core and glutes engaged to avoid arching the back).

[SharonNYC]

Originally Posted by Debbie S.

After reading Beyond Omega's post I'm not sure. My first thought was, a tuck is a tuck, and yes, T-Tapp's stance includes a tuck.

It still sounds like a tuck to me, just different. Still sounds like it would hit the lower back.

But I'll probably never know for sure...

[yahoo205]

I'm still not sure why tucking is bad. I know i feel less strain on my back with tucking, but maybe that's because i'm used to it.

[beyond.omega]

Originally Posted by SharonNYC

It still sounds like a tuck to me, just different. Still sounds like it would hit the lower back.

But I'll probably never know for sure...

You know, it does involve the lower back, but somehow it feels completely different. In fact, the new "T-Tapp tuck" is taught as relaxing the lower back down, and then tightening the glutes to kind of lock it in place (not pressing dimes between your cheek...just activate the glutes.) An additional effect of the T-tapp tuck is that by doing it properly, it draws in the pelvic floor, but not in a "Callanetics kegel" sort of way.

I dunno...I wonder if Lanette is still around...she would probably know.

[mizach]

Originally Posted by Debbie S.

After reading Beyond Omega's post I'm not sure. My first thought was, a tuck is a tuck, and yes, T-Tapp's stance includes a tuck.

Yes it's a tuck that's sustained for almost all the standing segments. Unfortunately, it was one of the workouts I was doing that sent me to a PT. And I was doing TTapp for years prior to that.

[Judith L]

Originally Posted by beyond.omega

In fact, the new "T-Tapp tuck" is taught as relaxing the lower back down, and then tightening the glutes to kind of lock it in place (not pressing dimes between your cheek...just activate the glutes.)

When did Teresa start teaching the "new" tuck -- which dvds teach this, and is it in her book? (This has been asked before by someone else in another thread but has not yet been answered.)

It seems to me though, that with her emphasis on lifting the chest the natural curve of the spine is restored even though one is tucking. As goldillocks said above "I think the key is to REALLY LIFT THE CHEST and only SLIGHTLY TUCK." No? Thoughts please.

[Danielle*]

Be careful that when you are lifting your chest you are not rib thrusting. See more info in this article on Mountain Pose:

http://www.layogamagazine.com/issue4...n_tadasana.htm

Danielle

[clh4207]

Not sure if this is the same, but what about the tuck in Turbo Jam?