Hi everyone!!! I hope you all have had a WONDERFUL Sunday!!!😍 Lesson 2 of my classroom is now up! I hope whoever watches, that it helps you understand all that you're going through🥰 More lessons to come in the next few days, with the next lesson being on how nutrition and diet affect your hormones and aging! If anyone EVER has any questions or needs an ear I am ALWAYS here for you~ Have an amazing night and can't wait to chat tomorrow!💜

Have you ever tried slowing down your lifts when working out?? 🤔 ….it is a GAME CHANGER! Time under tension workouts benefit muscle growth (hypertrophy), strength, and muscular endurance by keeping your muscles under a prolonged load. This way of working out can lead to more muscle fiber recruitment and damage ( yup u wanna damage them! that's where they grow😃), which stimulates the body to repair and build stronger muscles!!💪🏼 Time under tension also enhances your mind-muscle connection- (which realllly thinking about that muscle you're working on is key to its growth!) , improves your form, and can also help overcome training plateaus!! Benefits: - Increased muscle growth ...By keeping muscles under tension for longer, time under tension creates more metabolic stress and micro tears, which stimulate greater muscle protein synthesis …and growth! - Improved strength and endurance: Slowing down reps engages more muscle fibers for a longer duration, which can lead to both greater strength and improved muscular endurance. - Enhanced mind-muscle connection: Controlling each rep forces you to be more aware of your movements and the muscles you are working, leading to better form and reduced risk of injury!! - Training plateau breaker: this way of working out helps you break through plateaus and continue making progress, just by changing your workout's tempo! - Calorie burning: The greater muscle damage from this type of workout means your body will burn more calories during the recovery period as it repairs the muscle tissue... sounds like a BIG bonus to meeee!!!😍😃 - Reduced risk of injury: time under tension allows you to use lighter weights and still achieve muscle fatigue, which can spare your joints and ligaments from excessive stress.  So, for example, instead of a quick one-to-two-second rep, a time under tension rep might take three to six seconds... or longer. Go as slooooooowwwwwww as you like- the benefits are insane!🤩 Let me know if you'll give this a try next time you lift!❤️