[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]Doyle wrote:
I also think it is definatley reliant on load as well, no point having slow tempo if the weight you have to use is excessivly light.[/quote]
So in other words, it’s a pointless “variable” to be aware of 
IMO, these are the sort of things that distract a person from real progress…[/quote]
I agree for the most part.
BUT
Some days I just don’t have it. I’m not going to hit a weight PR or a Rep PR no matter how fucking hard I grind. Some days you just suck.
Those are the days I shoot for TUT or Form PR’s. Avoid lockout, super control of the rep. NOT SLOW SPEED ON PURPOSE, but TUT from lack of lockout, shortened ROM etc etc etc…
This doesn’t happen often, but fuck it, it is something to progress with.[/quote]
Yeah that’s fine for those days/periods…although I would just call it working on form/quality/controlled tension rather than TUT - TUT is literally timing your sets and aiming to fail at 30 seconds instead of 20 seconds or whatever.
Apart from that, I don’t know whether there’s all that much merit in “monitored” TUT training at all (it takes the focus away from progressive overload). I don’t suddenly get diminished growth from doing fast and controlled sets (where they last around 15 seconds) compared to slower sets of 40 seconds where I have to lower the load (apparently, 30-40 seconds per set is supposed to be the optimal TUT for hypertrophy…that’s very SLOW reps and a LONG set).
TUT training doesn’t take into account force (load x speed = force). The greater the force, the more stimulation. So if you speed up a lift, it actually gives MORE force…whereas TUT advocates would have you believe that a slow lift is better. Obviously, there is a cut off point with speed/load (and it has to be controlled).