Could upper shaft girth be actually beneficial to hanging gains?

Excellent Thread.

WannaB9x7,

Wow…almost 40 lbs from Oct. to March! I think if memory serves correct BIB topped out at 45 lbs over 19 months. IMO, you might want to slow it down…It’s about time, not about weight.

Thanks for the indepth reply. I never knew the Bibs were 3” long. Don’t know what happened to my sketch. I think it was the same as what you describe. It could be called interlocking ridges/fingers as opposed to 2 halves which are mirror images i.e. the ridges hit each other face on rather than going in between each other. I’ll have a go siliconing some ridges on my current hanger.

BBS, I agree that this is an excellent thread, thanks to trigger for starting it and for Bib’s advice. But I realize now that I probably should have begun a new thread rather than diverting attention from trigger’s original post. Thanks, trigger, hope you didn’t mind too much.

About me getting up to almost 40 lbs, I’m actually pretty surprised myself for being able to do it, and I know I got some terrific stretches during the six weeks or so I kept hanging at that level. I could really feel the fatigue set in, and I hated not to be able to take advantage of that for as long as I had hoped. However, my leaving on vacation would have prevented me from doing any substantial hanging anyway. Now I’m looking forward to resuming hanging after the vacation is over in early June, and finding out if I get some quick gains like others have reported here following a long rest period.

WannaB,

Have fun on your vacation. When you get back, be sure to start out low, especially with the first few sets. It will take a while before your soft tissues recondition to handle anywhere near your previous max weights.

Bigger

After toying with this a bit (wrapping for upper shaft/head expansion) I’m beginning to believe it might be one of the most under-appreciated PE techniques to ever come along.
There is related info here in SS4’s tutorial:
Wrapping for hanging, girth and traction

Bigger,
Thanks for the great reply. I think there is gold to be mined from this effortless technique. I do, of course have a few hundred questions but will hold off until I’ve given it more time to sink in.
For now all I can say is - wow!

-Cap

Hey Cap, check out this thread if you haven’t already.

Hobby,
I skimmed that thread way back when, but this is the perfect time to genuinely absorb it. Thanks a million for the reminder.

-Cap

Bigger, yes sir! Start low and don’t rush the weights. I’m actually looking forward to starting over with my Bib hanging. We’ll see how it goes and I’ll report back later. Thanks again.