So your saying for packing on muscle I would be technically doing more work and causing more growth Slowly lifting 25lbs vs. exploding with 45lbs? Sorry you guys use too much technical Mumbo Jumbo for me. I was always told 75% of the gains come from the explosion part of a lift and 25% on the negative and control. No?
I am saying one of the top mistakes ppl can make and that I see is guys or gals will take a weight and lift too fast. There is little to no time under tension. Little stimulus.
So if you are using 300 pounds and lifting it quickly with the time under tension at .35 seconds (less then a second) and I am doing the
same weight and doing it for 1.5 seconds, I will be working a lot harder then you. After 10 reps you would be at around 3 seconds of total tension, while I would be at almost 9 seconds of muscle under tension. Extrapolate that data into what it would mean after 15 sets!
You gave an example of different weights (25 pounds vs 45 pounds).
That wasn't my premise.
I couldn't say using a light weight for long holds will get you huge. Bc I don't believe it will bc the weight IMO is light. You can make a light weight feel "intense" by going slow, but it just isn't going to be heavy enough to make you huge.
Also I mentioned goals. When you talk about exploding with a weight you are bringing in a speed component.
Speed (you are referencing a measure of time) and IDK how fast you are talking, impacts power.
Power equals work divided by time.
So as I fist said in my post, if your goal is Power, then lift that way bc you will need to do that to improve. Reach your goal.
There are a lot of studies about time under tension. Some propose you can get more hypertrophy using a lighter weight with more time under tension then using a heavier weight for less TUT. Seen some suggest raising a weight from 2 to 6 seconds. IDK bro, it's obviously what works for you. I can't believe lifting a 10 pound dumbell really slow will get my 20 inch arms. lol.