I hung hanged for the first time today.

I managed another 10 minutes with 7 1/2 pounds followed by 10 minutes with 5 pounds sitting this afternoon and I’m pleased with myself for being able to slip a set in on saturday and sunday, meaning that I’ve been hanging for 12 day straight now.

I did the same workout as yesterday and I pleased that I’m able to keep up the pace and be disciplined enough to not add more weight too fast.

I found a 1 1/2 pound weight that I’m going to use as an increase next week and I don’t thing I’ll even notice it.

When I first began to hang my major concern was EQ, but now that I’m a month or so into it I am having remarkable morning wood, bordering on magnificent.

I wish I could measure when I’m that hard but I think my wife would find it a little strange. 7” NBP possibly?

I am going to do some experimenting with the amount of weight I hang with in the morning.

I have hanged as much as 12 1/2 pounds for few seconds when I first began a month ago, and I agree that it is too much for a beginner, but I need to feel that the ligaments are constantly under attack and the weight I’m at now (7 1/2 pounds for standing) doesn’t seem quite sufficient to get the fatigue I feel I constantly need.

I know I probably need more sessions in a day also, but that is difficult with my schedule and living arrangement.

Is it 1.5 or 1.25? The thing about the 1.25 weight is that it will come in handy once you start to experience fatigue and need to reduce weight. Instead of going from say 7.5 down to 5, you can drop from to 6.25, then to 5. You’ll appreciate that little weight when you start hitting fatigue.

It’s a 1 1/2 pound McCoy barbell weight.

I have nearly 900 pounds of steel free weight that I’ve accumulated over the years and this is the smallest one in the collection.

I have 1 12/2, 2 1/2, 5, 7 1/2, 10, 12 1/2, 20, 25, and so on up to 100s which are my favourites.

Imagine the possibilities with all that weight!

I have hanged as much as 12 1/2 pounds for few seconds when I first began a month ago, and I agree that it is too much for a beginner, but I need to feel that the ligaments are constantly under attack and the weight I’m at now (7 1/2 pounds for standing) doesn’t seem quite sufficient to get the fatigue

I hang 5lbs/20min/set 4-sets I notice that once I hit the end of the 4th set I start to feel fatigue sometimes I struggle through 5th and 6th set trying to keep preoccupied but I end up looking at the clock instead because of the fatigue. I read some places that you should stay near fatigue and some other places that you should work up to fatigue and stay at fatigue for a set.

I don’t know what’s better to start heavy and be fatigued right off and stay fatigued your whole workout or to work up to fatigue and stay at it for a set or two?

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Dogbone, I find that If I pull hard enough early in the set I can go the whole set in tension against the ligaments to maintain that feeling of gentle tearing.

I went standing with 7 1/2 pounds for 5 minutes, increased by 2 1/2 for 5 then 1 1/2 more for five, then finished sitting with 7 1/2, which is an increase from 5 pounds sitting last week.

My ligaments felt well strained after that and even now two hours later I can feel the soreness, which I believe we are looking for.

Regarding the judge, I saw that issue some years ago and though then that he must have some mental health issues, or that he is just so arrogant he felt he could do what he wanted in “his” courtroom.

The general population of the prison will help with that trip!

I think your right about feeling the soreness. But should you feel the soreness all the time? Fatigue and soreness are different would you agree? I know that if I don’t lift weights for 6-months then get back into it I feel sore for maybe a month after that I don’t feel sore anymore I could go up on weight a bit feel fatigue where I could barley lift the weight but then the next day comes and no soreness but yet my muscles get bigger and bigger with no soreness. Fatigue is when you feel it not painful just a pulling you feel but you also feel you can’t wait for the time to end. Sort of like doing high reps on the bench your curls you hit that 16 and you are going for failure you know you could do 4-more and you push hit fatigue where you muscle fails but does not hurt. I guess my question is do you really have to feel sore all the time after you are done?

You want to start off at max weight that you can and hit fatigue as fast as possible so that you manage and ride fatigue for the remainder of your sets.

I still haven’t found the maximum weight yet, and don’t want to rush into things and rip something off.

I deadlift 400 pounds for reps and do all manner of other crazy workouts that test the outer limits of endurance, fatigue and strength. (Macebells, kettlebells etc.) and so as someone with a ridiculously high pain threshold I do have to watch loading too quickly on my unit.

I once broke my ankle in three places and played two more soccer games before going to the hospital because I was in so much pain I couldn’t sleep.

The doctor asked how I managed to play on the ankle and I told him “lots of duct tape!”

Ah I understand how do you know your max weight?

I think it’s an on-going experiment for all of us to find what’s right for ourselves. We are all slightly different, but to fell the effects of hanging throughout the day between sets is o.k. As long as the feeling isn’t distracting, sharp or otherwise painful.

And, as always, monitor EQ and other PIs as you go.

I train with a macebell and this is a workout for tendons and ligaments. You will never gain muscle with this type of training, but you will get really strong over time. Hand grip strength comes first, then hip and abdominal core strength and shoulders and back and legs. You begin with tiny weight on the end of the bar, and eventually you are swinging 10 or 15 pounds around like it’s nothing.

I liken hanging to the macebell in many ways in that it takes time to get the technique, grip and balance right. Then comes the physical adaptation and then strength increase.

The difference with your dick is that you don’t want your dick to adapt positively, you want it to get longer, so you have to never let the tissues heal and adapt, so My thought is to keep them as sore as you can with sets and as few rest days as humanly possible given your own situation.

weight vs time

I find that there are many who have had these questions before us and wrote about it on the site, as in the above thread, which gives some insight into what the correct soreness is, what weights to use and so on.

I spend a few minutes each day going through threads that are sometimes 10 years older or more, wherein members are discussing exactly what we want to find out about hanging, and I learn and am inspired by reading their adventures and results.