Well I mean, it makes sense… if you sever the ligs they’ll probably let your flaccid drop down right afterwards.. because you did cut something off that was holding them back. But then a month or so later when it heals back up (and it will) it will return to normal length, possibly a little longer if using an ADS or hanging in the healing process (which by the pain I suffered during healing I consider impossible)
Yeah, it’s a bad idea. I hadn’t known about Thunders or Bib or MOS at the time, and thought it was the only way. Stupid newbie.
But now, after all is said and done and it’s been many years and hang sessions after the surgery, I believe that the healed up tissues that resulted from that surgery make affecting the ligs that much harder, because now I am dealing with scar tissues to stretch instead of just ligs. I mean - I’m sure it’s not impossible to stretch ligs with BTC hanging after surgery, but I’m almost certain it will be harder. And that’s what I’ve seen using BTC anyway.
If I had a digital camera.. (going to ask Santa) I would post pics. The fatigue is unheard of.. the first time I hung with the RSDT it was a cerebral pain that lingered like hell for a week. I’m sure I popped a 1/8th inch out in that week alone. I don’t think any other angle targets the septum in the same way (others hit it, like OTS) but with the RSDT it’s like an ant and a magnifying glass on a hot Texas afternoon. I think what’s great about it is that you can keep expanding the size of the fulcrum and the curve it generates and still target the septum after being conditioned at a certain depth. No need to increase weight. I do think more weight makes it that much more effective, but it’s not necessary. It’d be the difference between 1 set or 2.
All you guys that are having difficulty with making one.. I think you’re thinking too hard. If you understood the concept of the gentle bend fulcrum I’m sure you’d be like “Ohhhhh” and make something that works for you. Try this - take one of those 99cent Glade air freshener canisters (or a shaving cream canister) or something, and rest the top and bottom on your left and right leg, close to the balls. Arrange the hanger so it’s pulling SO, but drape your shaft over the Glade canister. Now let the weight dangle off the chair, and hold. That’s a fulcrum stretch. All the RSDT is is a big ball of rice that can give you that same arched fulcrum by simply placing it on the chair and hanging over it. Guys get advanced with it and make valleys and use plastic and all kinds of stuff, but I don’t think it’s necessary. All you need is that arch, and it has to be tall enough to give you that without much adjustment. Just strap it on and go. You can make it bigger by making additional passes of duct tape or by adding things like mousepads and newspapers.
~L
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