Length of workout

[Slow n Steady]

Hi all, I have only recently joined here and through what I've been reading have re designed my workout into particular muscle groups for each day. However, my work out takes over an hour and a half each day. I seem to get bored with it after an hour and a quarter; so my question is this, how long does your workout take each day ?. Should I drop some of the lesser parts of mine out so it takes just over an hour ? or should I split it so I do a morning workout then an evening one ?. ( I prefer to do a morning workout before my brain can figure out what's happening )

Thank you.

[mattypyuu]

if your training for muscle growth, it's all about TUT (time under tension); use ~60sec rest between each set.

if you're workout is still longer than 1.5hrs, then...you're probably doing too much.

Usually my sessions are 45min - 1hr.

[Android]

if your training for muscle growth, it's all about TUT (time under tension); use ~60sec rest between each set.

if you're workout is still longer than 1.5hrs, then...you're probably doing too much.

Usually my sessions are 45min - 1hr.

I've tried that TUT thing for 45 secs and srsly I can't lift 8-12 heavy reps that slowly.

A PT once forced me to try and even with light 12kg dumbbell weights I couldn't do slow shoulder presses for more than 40secs

[Riccardo]

People misunderstand time under tension, TUT across the workout is more important than during the set. There are generally considered to be two ways ways of stimulating protein synthesis during training:

1. Vascular occlusion and build up of waste products from muscle contraction eg lactic acid. "The pump".

2. Tension within the muscle fibers.

High amounts of tension generated within the fibers is better at stimulating protein synthesis than a pump, which is why we generally lift heavy and explosively on our big compound lifts and accessory exercises are best performed at a slower tempo with higher reps to get 'the pump'.

As for the original question it depends entirely on your goals, strength athletes can train for hours because they are more concerned with neural adaptation than hypertrophy. However a typical bodybuilding routine with more assistance (pump) work induces more myotrauma and doing hours on end of bodybuilding type training is pointless. You wanna do enough work to induce protein synthesis and hypertrophy, anything above that is superfluous.

[shane]

If your training longer than a 40-50 minutes your wasting your time go hard then go home :grin:

[mattypyuu]

if your training for muscle growth, it's all about TUT (time under tension); use ~60sec rest between each set.

if you're workout is still longer than 1.5hrs, then...you're probably doing too much.

Usually my sessions are 45min - 1hr.

I've tried that TUT thing for 45 secs and srsly I can't lift 8-12 heavy reps that slowly.

A PT once forced me to try and even with light 12kg dumbbell weights I couldn't do slow shoulder presses for more than 40secs

same here, i like to lift heavy and just push the weight without counting the seconds. IMO i feel that's a better way than lifting light while counting 4 seconds. The more important thing is keeping your rest times between 45-60seconds (imo).

[Pseudonym]

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Kudos'd.

What I've been liking lately for chest is to go heavy and explosive on DB bench for under 10 reps, then later move to incline barbell and do highish reps (12-15 reps) and super super slow - say 5 seconds down, 5 seconds up. You can only do a fraction of the weight, but damn, I've been sore the next day!

Maybe that gives me the best of both of Riccardo's worlds?