Bib, some direction please.

I will do my best to explain what is going on lately. I have increased my sets dramatically in hopes of staying away for the higher weights. I am currently hanging an average of 3 hours per day,and some days closer to four. This has worked beautifully, I have had a really good round of soreness. The soreness actually feels like there is good things to come,when I cough I feel the pressure, when I suck in my stomach I feel it, when I bend over I feel it.

The soreness seems to be fading after a good week of hanging (32 hrs), I realize the simple answer would be to add weight until I am comfortable with the soreness again. This is what I am prone to do as I have in the past. Bib, my question is when you were hanging, did you go up only after all soreness dissipated, or was there a certain degree of soreness you aimed for? I know it is probably not valid,but can you describe the levels of soreness you experienced?

Currently, I feel the soreness described above with some shaft soreness from not switching the attachment point on my shaft(I do know better).
Others reading this, I am in no way advocating jumping the time to this degree,I’ve been at this a while and am well conditioned compared to my first month. I couldn’t imagine then I would even be hanging these hours.

Thanks,Alice

I’m jealous that you can find that much time to hang. In fact, if I had that much time to hang since last October, I’m sure I’d have another inch by now!!

AH,

>The soreness seems to be fading after a good week of hanging (32 hrs), I realize the simple answer would be to add weight until I am comfortable with the soreness again. This is what I am prone to do as I have in the past. Bib, my question is when you were hanging, did you go up only after all soreness dissipated, or was there a certain degree of soreness you aimed for? I know it is probably not valid,but can you describe the levels of soreness you experienced?<

That is a tough question. I really was interested in the quality of the stretch I was feeling. When I hung, if I was using the correct max weight, I could actually feel individual fibers at different places, different parts of the ligs/tunica, letting go. When I could no longer hang that max weight during a session, I would drop the weight, and continue to stress those areas that had let go. This would usually result in some amount of soreness after I was finished. Sometimes great soreness, and sometimes only moderate. So I guess the short answer is, I was more interested in the stretch, and the soreness was a by-product, proving that I had deformed tissue.

>Currently, I feel the soreness described above with some shaft soreness from not switching the attachment point on my shaft(I do know better).<

Yes, I always tried to keep my attachment points in good shape so that the upper shaft soreness did not preclude me hanging. When/is I had too much upper shaft soreness, I could always put the hanger closer to the base and stretch skin.

All in all, if I did not feel the stretch I wanted for a few sets or a session or two, I would increase my max weight by a pound or so. BUT, I was never afraid to drop the weight if needed. IOW, I might only hang for a set or two at the higher weight, then have to drop down to my previous max. No problem.

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Thanks for the input, Bib. I have started attaching the hanger closer to the base, interestingly enough, there wasn’t as much skin stretch as I thought I may experience. I sure hated those skin stretch sessions,that is probably the reason I was hesitant, but I found out I have more skin than thought.

CC, I had to do something, I really don’t want to be doing this 5 years down the road. I would rather have a much bigger stick,being a witness to the benifits to hanging. I am lucky to have this much time and I hope to make the most of it.
ALice