Torrey Pines High School Patch workout system a winner for New York Giants/Super Bowl champ Justin Tuck

By Karen Billing

Two-time Super Bowl champion Justin Tuck, defensive end for the New York Giants, has been spending his summer prepping for the season right in Torrey Pines High School’s backyard.

For the last three summers, Tuck has been working out on the Patch at TPHS, the challenging workout system developed by Pete Egoscue of Carmel Valley-based Egoscue Inc.

The Patch is a physical training course inspired by those used by the United States Military. The Egoscue Method is a series of stretches and exercises designed to restore full natural function to muscles and joints without drugs or surgery. The Patch course was designed to focus on proper alignment, posture and muscle engagement, as well as cardio, strength, stamina, agility. The course is beneficial for football players as it uses all the different positions the body gets into while on the field.

Tuck has been working out at Torrey Pines five days a week this summer and three of those days are spent on the Patch.

He met founder Pete Egoscue in New York and heard about how the system worked for players like Torrey Pines grad and former NFL player John Lynch, and former NFL player Junior Seau.

“Players that I really respect what they do on the field coaxed me to get out here,” Tuck said.

“The years I have done it fully I’ve had some of my best years,” Tuck said, noting that his last year without Patch was one of his most injury-prone.

Not wanting a repeat of that one injury-plagued season, he was committed to set aside the time to work out on the Patch this summer.

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The workouts are a way to get back into the mode where you’re actually working hard but it’s still fun—Tuck said it reminds him of when he was growing up on a farm, following his grandfather around on his workday and having fun doing strenuous work without really realizing it.