Originally Posted by Monty:
The problem here is yes your going to get some gains and yes the heavy weights will create micro tears but if you find yourself in a plateau, you have no where to go. I think a more conservative approach is to do just enough weight to give gains in the first place. Stay at that weight until your gains slow down then if techniques such as fulcrums, angles, and such don’t produce gain returns then you have somewhere to go with weight increase, otherwise you could find yourself up in the 30 and 40 pound area in no time and some real possibility of injury.
I managed to stay under 20 pounds for three years and my gains continued all of that time. I don’t see a reason to get into upper poundage unless you have nothing else that will work.
I pretty much would have to agree Monty.
But I think that doing the Heavy 1 or 2 sets a day approach could be something to consider for some. But of course, that means definitely being careful and not trying to do too much too fast with heavy weights, but working your way up. People have to consider conditioning the soft tissues to work up to that weight. I’m thinking more along the lines for someone that wants to hang but really doesn’t have time to hang up to 4 or 6 sets or more a day. I think working your way up to heavy hanging 1 or 2 sets with an ADS could be a routine that may work for some. Or even doing like Dashdeming did on MOS by hanging 1-2 sets per day and some jelqing as well.
I’m currently following Bib’s advice and I do about 6 sets a day. That means usually 3+ hours a day hanging including my breaks and warm-up time with rice sock a day! That is a big commitment to try and pull off for 6 months let alone a year. But I’m sticking with it for a year to see what happens. I’m just into my 2nd month. Haven’t gained yet but I’m patient with it. If I don’t get any gains over a year, I plan on looking into the hardcore hanging, but I think I will be able to meet my goals after a year. They are modest. I just want to see if this stuff will finally work for me. I had too many privacy issues, and some injuries in the past to knock me out.
My current routine:
Warm-up rice sock 10 minutes, followed by 6 sets for 20 minutes. 10 minute breaks in-between.
I do have some weights I purchased from you Monty a while back, I’m hoping to start using them in a few more weeks when I feel more comfortable with my routine. Right now I’m just not ready for them.