So after reading a few things in and out of this sub, the general consensus seems to lean to “ more time under tension means greater gains I.e hypertrophy based workout” - if I missed the point let me know.

I have started to time my sets and gauging how many reps I get in each set - 50 seconds seems to be 12 - 15 reps - if I am getting too many reps in too quickly say 15 in 40 seconds then I’m lifting too lightly and it’s time to go up in weight - is this the right strategy ?

Also I found a lot of the compound exercises are lower rep more sets - is this because you want to focus on strength on those larger muscles to help with stamina on the smaller ones ? I have started to lift slightly lighter on bench, squat, row and RDL to get more reps - should I be focusing on strength rather than hypotrophy for these muscles ?

Cheers