Is more time hanging always better with hanging?

8 sets? I’m jealous. I never had time for that many sets before the wife and kids got home. :D

If your feeling that a 1/2kg increase is feeling that much heavier then that really is a good thing. That really isn’t much of an increase (12%) but sounds like you FEEL it is and that’s the important part. If you FEEL like the additional stress is significant then that’s where you need to be.

Now, are you utilizing angles and fulcrums during your sets? If so then you shouldn’t need to increase weight very often because you’ll see your gains continue for a very long duration.

I had a customer lately that gained 2” length and 1/2” girth in 8 months. That is a phenomenal gain in such a short time and his wife was very pleased to say the least. He said he put in 4 hours a day. I could say “Get a life”, but I think he did. :rolling:

I haven’t been hanging a ton of hours every week and have been using “low” weight (6-7 lbs), and have been making gains. There are still a lot of x factors, it seems.

8 sets is not the norm. Yesterday it was one set in the morning and two before bedtime. My daily minimum is three sets and I’m willing to sacrifice sleep for that to happen. Most days I do 4-5. The most important thing I gather is daily consistency. Add piss pulls as often as I can throughout the day and I hope it will translate into gains. :)

I’m not utilizing angles and fulcrums, yet. I may have to reread what you wrote about that. Don’t you think I will gain from SO alone?

The reason I increased weight was because 4,0 kg did not feel like much. Hence my surprise that such a small increase made that much of a difference. I will stick with this weight as long as I can.

2” in length is pretty sick. What kind of angles did he use?

I don’t know my schedule in 2013 and may very well have to retire then, so I want to take what I can until then. I only want 1,5 cm, so I don’t feel I’m asking for too much. :)

Congratulations.

What angles are you using? Do you use an ADS?

Only angles I do is BTC (sitting on chair) and SD. This is mainly because of the “hit one angle as much as you can before moving on” mentality that some old-timers have. However, now I’m wondering if its more beneficial to hit all angles with a set weight, to get the most from it, before bumping up. I don’t know.

For the past few weeks, I’ve played with adding a slight fulcrum to the base of my penis, as I want to get the most from a weight before moving on.

I don’t use an ADS, but have considered using an extender in addition to hanging.

I was hanging 4 hours a day, but lately I haven’t had time. I guess trying to buy a house and start another company can take some time away from hanging. At least I’m getting 1 or 2 hours a day for now.

Hi Ren!

Didn’t read this thread yet, but I look forward to doing so when I have time.

I have to say that most of my theories apply pretty much to work that includes girth expansion during the exercises like pumping, jelquing, clamping etc. It really seems that those concepts don’t translate to pure length stress like hanging and stretching.

I defer to the experts on that!

“Hitting one angle as much as you can before moving on” is pretty old school these days. When you combine additional angles to your routine you’ll find not only continued gains from the same weight your using but you’ll find that your girth will be benefited when you get to your length goal. Adding fulcrums will also help with length AND girth progression.

Thanks, sparkyx.

I guess I’m still not sure whether there would be any benefit to take off-days or active recovery days where I simply hang fewer sets and/or lower weights.

iamaru said he would take a break after 10 days if any natural breaks did not come up. Wish he could expand on that.

27 consecutive days in a row now. BPFSL is 1,5 cm longer than my BPEL. :)

I have always been a fan of Monty’s approach.

But you’re also a fan of monitoring PIs and avoid significant contraction of BPFSL, right? Or was that just in relation to girth work?

My EQ is reduced now and I have increased hanging volume lately. My BPFSL seems to be contracting slightly and “stiffer” so to speak.

The problem for me is that my EQ is inconsistent anyway, so it’s hard to use that as a monitor. And maybe reduced EQ is acceptable for a period of time, although I certainly would have rather avoided it.

Hey Monty.

How do I utilize fulcrums? Would that be the infamous rice sock duct tape fulcrum?

You mentioned over the leg earlier. Do I just slide the hanger over my leg? Does not seem quite comfortable, but I’ll experiment when I’m strapped.

Do you think it’s a bad idea to hang SO only?

I wish I had your rings now, but they’re stuck at my parents house and I won’t be getting there until X-MAS. I don’t think I’m comfortable asking my mother to open my PE-box, take out my golf weights and send them to me. :)

I might have to do with the Xleeve until then. Hopefully, it’s enough force to accomplish what’s needed. I kind of feel stupid for not using an ADS, but I hope that piss pulls and the fact that I’m hanging both morning and evening sessions help.

Regards.

Renholder

1st of all if your hanging SO from a standing position then all that’s necessary to achieve OTL angles is to twist the hips left or right against the hanger pull and wallah! you’ve got OTL left or right. This angle doesn’t have to be maintained for long duration’s. A couple of minutes at each angle is enough to accomplish stretching the outside of the ligs which allows the SO position to be more effective.

Now when it comes to fulcrums, they can be accomplished from any position, SO, OTL even SU. All that’s necessary is to reduce your hanging weight a little and then place your thumb between your hanger and your pelvic then twist your hips and again wallah! you have a 90 deg fulcrum. You can even do a fulcrum on the top of your shaft in the same place and press down and you’ve got a 90 deg fulcrum from the SO position. What I do is slide my thumb back and forth between the hanger and my pelvis so I spread out the stress along the ligs for more coverage. Again this doesn’t need to be done for long duration’s. A couple of minutes is sufficient, then you can go back to your original weight.

Excellent. Thanks for the great advice!

In fact, I have already been doing the OTL thing, but more randomly. I will start utilizing that more consistently now.

Thanks.

Yeah, that applies primarily to girth work PE.