Best Research for "Time Under Tension"

ucimigrate

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Hello Everyone,

What is the latest research on "Time Under Tension" say?

1. Body for Life, Hypertrophy Max, Mi40, have it as their focus, with 40-60 seconds of tension per set...no less, no more.

2. Some other studies say that time under tension is over-rated.

Is there a clear answer, for this point on progressive overload?
 
For me when I start hitting plateaus tension training and extreme negative motion focusing always helps me to start feeling sore the next day again.

But like any routine, after 8-10 weeks my gains start to slow down and the soreness stops coming.
 
I went through a phase of incorporating TUT into my routines with the goal of hypertrophy without the joint killing high reps. What I found is that while it increased soreness, it was killing my joints as well and with little benefit from my perspective. The worst was normal concentric pace and slow eccentric phase.
 
From my understanding, TUT is good for safe lifting/less risk of injury/less jarring on joints and ligaments.
 
Thanks.

Hypertrophy Max seemed liked a well-designed system. A focus on Tension was the first month, followed by a month on density, etc.

Granted, we see the focus was musle hypertrophy, not strength of fat loss. If nothing else, Hypertrophy Max set a clear goal, and periodization changed again every month, with wave loading involved. A lot of guess work was taken out.
 
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