Hanging 101

Hi guys, I am looking for your advise.

I started hanging again early this year:

Restarting PE

Currently am hanging SD and following Blinks routine religiously, slowly increasing the weight, as suggested.

I am making some gains but I am aware of the fact, that the gains will stop at some time using the same angle.

I understand that this will be the time for changing the major angle of attack, and I am planning to try straight up then.

What I don’t know is this:

1. What will be the correct weight to start with at the new angle? Back to small weights or continue with the high weight achieved??

2. Maintenance routine at the initial SD angle: same (high) weight or less?

Thank you for your input.

3t

tickticker,

I’m a bit curious about the same thing as I’m considering changing from SO to pure fulcrum hanging.

Do I move from 8 kg and down to say 3-4 kg when I start fulcrum hanging? I know I will have to reduce the weight. But will that reduction in weight somehow affect my gains from SO?

I’m considering maybe doing say 2-3 sets of fulcrum hanging at lower weights and finishing off with 1 set at full SO weight.

So for starting weight in new angle, I guess that depends. Much of the reason of moving slowly up in weight is for the soft tissue to accomodate the attachment of the hanger, I think. Not necessarily the pull itself. So, depending on angle, you might try to resume with your prior weight fairly fast, although it’s probably smart to do a few test sets at lower weight.

Thanks renholder,

I think that sounds reasonable.

However, blink indicated explicitly how to start with the first angle, usually SD. However, there is n indication how to continue with new angles. I will attack SU.

Any other comments how to start the new angle ideally and how to cement the original angle?

Thanks for your input!

3t

I don’t know much more, tickticker.

What weight are you currently at? A pretty low weight if I’m not mistaken…? I’m sure you can keep gaining in SD for a while if you increase weight.

If I move on to a new angle (will reconsider over the holiday), I will probably try to maintain one set per day on my prior angle (SO) at my max weight for a while.

Has anyone found it necessary to go over 20 lbs or 2 sets per angle? I have been doing 4-5 sets for 20 minutes at 20 lbs now for a month and have stayed at the SD and BTC angles for nearly 10 months now. How will I know when it’s time to switch angles up and how can I cement the gains I’ve received from the two angles I’ve been gaining with? My results have been outstanding but I would like to make them permanent eventually.

What about your results?

I’ve gained about an 1.5 inches in length over about a year now but it’s stopped. I’ve stopped at 20 lbs and 4 hours for the two main angles (SD and BTC). I’ve been doing the same routine at that weight and time for about 2 weeks now and it feels like no more growth is happening now. Should I put more weight on or go over the 4 hours or start working on new angles? If I should go to new angles how do I cement my gains?

Also, it’s becoming more painful at the higher weights. The Bib hanger is the only hanger that doesn’t have extreme pain and is ok at high weights but doesn’t feel great.

El Cultivador what’s up? I think we are literally at the same junction. I’ve been using bib hanger for ~9-12 months and I got up to 20lbs and suddenly the sensation has changed and it’s become much more painful. It almost feels like the ligament is being detached now when I hang with a lot of weight whereas it used to feel more like a stretch. I seem to have stopped getting the fast gains too after gaining ~1.5inches. I just discovered fulcrum and built my first version today. I think I’m going to start switching to that to see how it goes. I also got a vacutech pump and am starting to use that more along with bathmate.

I do wonder if I keep going SD and BTC with the ~20lbs if it will still continue to stretch over time or if it just locks up? I thought I had a high tolerance for pain but it just gets so painful now it’s hard to continue.. But I need to get another 1.5inches somehow! :D

Are All your gains from hanging.

Hey dsdany, yes all from hanging although I did get in the habit of doing (now up to 15 mins but started ~5min) using bathmate immediately after each session. I went pretty hard since last summer with hanging and was doing steady ~5 sets/day, sometimes more, sometimes less.. At first I didn’t think it was possible, and that I must have just measured wrong in beginning.. But it’s like watching your pet grow, it’s harder to notice them getting bigger but easy if you see a picture. I have pictures that show the growth from ~6.5BPEL to 7.5BPEL but I also am almost positive I was ~6 BPEL before any PE.. In fact I remember one time I measured my dick and it was 5.5 erect which is what led me to start doing PE seriously in the first place. That was ~2 years ago and I’m not positive how hard I pressed in. Now I have a ruler I bought for consistency.

Anyways.. It does work and I’m right at 8.0 BPFSL which is my personal yard stick.. Pushing past that has been a challenge so far but going to press on.

I can relate to some of the stuff that’s been said above. I’ve maintained consistency with at least 5 days per week, but have had some days with less than 3 sets unfortunately. I’m pulling my penis every time I can during the day and wearing an ADS when I can, so I have been hoping it’s enough to gain coming out of a long deconditioning break.

But, it seems like after getting up to 8 kg (17,6 pounds), my BPFSL have been retracting a little. Like it’s too much force? I wonder if that’s possible. Maybe more volume at lower weights is the way to go.

It might also be that straight out is a tough angle to gain in. I will try to stick with it for at least one month longer and evaluate again then. But I think perhaps I will have to try and make some lig gains instead by hanging SD. Just a little frightened that my erection angle will drop…

Renholder, I wonder if you really can continue to stretch the ligs out overtime even after the initial ~1inch stretch that is probably what most of us gain first.. It becomes way more painful but I wonder if they’ll keep stretching if you’re consistent? I’m in same boat.. I don’t even care about angle as much though if it keeps growing.

Sadly, I’m a little short on theory and anatomy, but do think that given enough time and tension, your tissues can deform quite a bit and certainly longer than 1 inch. A 2 inch gain does not seem uncommon on this site. Bib hung for 8 hours per day for quite a while and seem to consider 4 sets EVERY day a bare minimum for the rest of us.

My current problem is lack of time and conflicting goals. I simply have to wait until a time where I can dedicate substantial amounts of time each day if I am to succeed reaching my final goal. So, as of now, I’m tapering off on hanging.

I’m right there with you.. It’s very hard to put the time in when in a working phase of life, even despite that I work from home.. I can’t hang heavy weights while I work or it’s impossible to focus.

On a related note, in terms of changing things up as Reinhold intends-Do any of you think switching from one clamp style hanger to another could somehow make a difference on gaining more from ligs or so- or they’re really the same with regard to this aspect? Even opinions are appreciated.