Originally Posted by marinera
There isn’t such a thing as ‘lig gains’, not at a significant level.
Marinera I think this might be one of those days that I disagree with most everything you say.
Without reviewing something that shows where the majority of the tension goes and the effects on those tissues I can only go off of what I feel first hand.
I know that it is probably impossible to concentrate the tension in one place 100%. No matter what angle the skin, the tunica, the ligs are going to take a certain degree of the overall load.
However, when I go into BTC I feel the overwhelming load directed at my ligs. I never even knew I had ligs until I started hanging. I don’t mean I didn’t know the body had ligaments. I mean I had no awareness of them until I started hanging. Similar to doing your first pushup or bench press and feeling those muscles for the first time.
With the exception of doing an irregular routine I feel my ligs taking the majority of the tension when I hang BTC. My ligs are sore the next day.
I am not saying they are what is causing my growth with absolute certainty. However, when I’m putting in my sets correctly I feel them and almost only them. I am only able to go off the sensations that my body gives me.
Hate the PE to weight lifting comparison but sometimes it is the only analogy I can draw on. When I really work my triceps the next day or two I feel them. I am not feeling the soreness in my calves.