Thal’s right about the necessity for routine consistency except if you use an ADS between your hanging sessions. This is the real secret to long term light hanging.
Although I do experience ligament tenderness regularly it is not bothersome. With the use of an ADS you won’t have to worry about missed sessions or sporadic hanging routines. I had privacy problems that sometimes meant that I might only be able to hang 3 days a week but when I did a data base of my gains I found that it didn’t matter how often I hung but over the long run the number so sessions I had made gains for me regardless of routine. What I mean by that is that 20 sessions amounted to X amount of gain. It didn’t matter if those 20 sessions were over a 2 week period or a month. 20 sessions gave X gain. I’m sure if you took this to the extreme and hung daily for hours the principle would be hampered by physiological growth limitations, but I think you get the idea here.
I would start with an ADS and begin with very low weights and exhaust the gains you can get from them alone and then progress to the Bib when you need more weight.
There just isn’t any sense to hanging really heavy weights (20 to 30lbs) if you don’t have to. I’m still hanging in the 9 to 14lb range after 2 1/2 years and still gaining. I’ve managed to keep the weights down due to an ADS daily for several hours. The reason an ADS works is that it keeps the ligs from healing between sessions which toughens the ligs and tends to heal them back to a normal or original length. This is a normal body function that we need to combat for gains.
There are dietary supplements that can aid in gains as well. An aspirin a day is a good principle. Helps reduce healing speed. Vinegar is another one (I like pickle brine) Helps soften cartilage.
So your hanging career is just beginning but it will be an exciting one. Much to learn about how your body will react. Some heal very fast and others very slowly. Both will gain at different rates. The fast healer will have to be more diligent at his routine. In PE is doesn’t pay to be extremely healthy and have a pumped up immune system because it can lead to a plateau if you lower your guard to the healing process.
Just try to as consistent as you can.
Rambling. Sorry