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!❤️

Did you now that building muscle is THE anti aging hack that actually works best for literally everything your body and mind needs?💪🏽😃 It's a fact!💯 It keeps your metabolism high. It keeps your joints and bones strong. It stabilizes your blood sugar. It helps keep your hormones balanced. It makes your skin more clear and glow. It raises your serotonin - the happy hormone.😍 It reduces the risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease along with all cause mortality. And bonus....muscle is denser than fat- so one pound of muscle takes up less space than one pound of fat. This means that building muscle while reducing fat results in a leaner more "toned" appearance. So - when you start to build that beautiful muscle- even if the scale stays the same - you will look more fit and like you lost weight- and your clothes will start to fit better too!! No hacks. No shortcuts. Just consistent work that pays off and will make you feel like a million as you age!🥰