TUT - Time Under Tension Training

[Bullmuscle7]

Hawk,

I asked Matt Wenning your question.

His response to you was:

"They both effect the tension but the time was the 5 sec negative."

Hope that helps. Nice to talk to you the other night.

 

[trainlikeaboss]

The reason tut works is because it essentially equates to increasing the volume of work. Volume being the most significant factor in training, it gives you more results. You can do tut but if you did the equivalent of your tut in extra sets and reps the results should be virtually identical.

 

[hawkeye]

Thanks, Bull! Heck, get it from the horses's mouth, right? I appreciate you giving feedback and sharing Matt's knowledge. Good to hear from you and see you on TID.

 

[UncleAl]

Shortz nailed it. I find TUT effective for both hypertrophy and strength. For size, I like rest/pause (20-rep squats, 100 rep bar only curls) and drop sets (strip the bar bench press, down the rack/stack laterals, tri extensions, hammer curls). For strength, it's a given tempo with emphasis on the eccentric and no pause top or bottom, usually 2/4/0.

As far as weight selection for TUT goes, piling plates on matters more for strength training. You can get growth with any weight as long as you fatigue the target muscle(s).