Originally Posted by varna
Finally all my equipment apart from the heat pad is here and I did a small test tonight (I’m a slow starter.) Following 5.5squared’s advice, I put a 0.5l bottle in a bag and tried to do my first ever hanging. He told me to go in the cup with a semi and a cockring made from the silicone sleeve as I’ve told him I’ve had issues with turtling so I did it. Got into the cup, pulled the silicone sleeve over my penis and then took the grenade-looking (don’t know the name sorry lol) thing and squeezed until my glans were fully expanded in the cup. I then attached the bag to the cup and the feeling at first was that it was heavy, then 5 minutes later it felt completely normal. Thing was I think my penis was trying to turtle while I was hanging and I had the feeling the thing was gonna slip out, it never did. Just to mention, my silicone sleeve doesn’t cover the full length of my penis, is that necessary? How I found out that it was trying to turtle was my cockring was out of position, slightly going forward. I’m really unsure how to feel now and how to know if I’m doing it right. After the initial 5 minutes I felt comfortable, it’s only 0.5kgs I know, apart from the feeling it was going to slip away. I really wanna have a way to know that I’m doing it right, is there something to check/do to ensure? Promised myself I’ll start my own log inspired by 5.5 if I get it right at first and if I’m sure I’m doing it the proper way. Just unsure how to be 100% that I’m not messing it up.
Just listen to your body. If you think 0.5 kg is over the weight your penis is going to hold without turtling, split your weight in two and add 0.25 kg every five minutes.
Strangely, I never felt such a thing, even with hanging 2,5 kg and adding heat.
Here is a think you can do.
Start by adding 250 grams. Hold 5 minutes. Add 250 grams and hold 5 minutes. Repeat until 1 kg in the bag, or the equivalent of 0.10 MPa from Kyrpa’s load calculator. Then add the heat. Hold for 15 minutes, then add a 250 gram weight to the equation. For cooldown, just add yet another 250 grams.
When your penis gets accustomed to progressive loading, you can cut some slack and go 8 minutes at 0.5 kg intervals. This would be beneficial for your situation, I believe.