Concept: Growth Ratio?

Hey Horsehung what is your routine like? If you don’t mind me asking.

At my last measurement, I had a gain ratio of 2.75:1 (bpel:eg). But part of the bpel gains were from loss of fat pad.

Here are some figures re. clamping and the length to girth ratio (not including joe_smith’s since he’s only just started collecting data).

The examples from the patent have the following ratios (maths isn’t my Strong suite, so if you can correct me please do).

The first subject detailed in the application had a length to girth ratio gain of almost 3:2

Two other subjects form the patent examples had length to girth gain ratios of 1:1

aristocane reported a length to girth gain ratio of 2:3

Therefore it’s entirely possible that when it comes to clamping there might exist a girth to length gain ratio of 1:1

Mr. Fantastic - Patent Pending Chemical PE

…my advice would be not to try to hang too heavy too soon, since you probably really don’t need to as long as you increase the weight a little at a time so as to maintain your ‘maximum rate of gain’

I’d estimate the basic maximum rate of gain to be about 1.5eighths of an inch per month— I really don’t think it’s possible to gain at a faster rate than this.

My personal maximum rate of gain is 1eighth of an inch per month (about 1mm a week).

If you can match those ‘maximum rate of gain’ figures at a lower weight, there’s really no point in trying to hang heavier— you’d just be causing yourself more problems, including inhibited gains (there’s an argument that suggests that hanging very heavy weights can cause the collagen in the structure to knit in a way that can stop growth entirely. Collagen can knit in a certain way that it becomes as strong as tensile steel (run a search on xenolith’s threads for more information on collagen and gains)).

Mr. Fantastic - Intense Hanging

This seems to be a common rate of gain for many hangers around here (1mm per week and the 1/8” per month). So your probaly right in concluding the basic maximum gain rates for hangers (clamp/vise style, don’t have enough info on vacuum hanging yet) people would be those rates. :)

LoveMachine - Intense Hanging

Bud_do reported a 1.5eighths of an inch gain rate, but that was hanging much much heavier weights than I personally could possibly handle.

I think a realistic average would be the 1/8” (1mm per week).

Mr. Fantastic - Intense Hanging