What Time Under Tension Means In Fitness And How To Do It During Workouts Marissa Miller
If you’ve long been quickly trying to squeeze in as many reps as humanly possible before your muscles fatigue, you might want to literally slow your roll. There’s a new(-ish) strength-training practice to get familiar with, and it has nothing to do with speed, and everything to do with slow, controlled movements. Learn this phrase:
time under tension (TUT).
Trainers everywhere agree the time under tension (TUT) technique is one of the most effective ways of increasing
hypertrophy, the term for increasing strength and muscle.“TUT is a type of exercise technique that aids in stimulating muscle fibers and leading to a more sculpted physique,” says Jessica Mazzucco, certified fitness trainer and founder of The Glute Recruit.“Instead of focusing on the number of reps of an exercise, TUT training aims to make athletes slow down and perform an exercise with less moment