Hey,
thank you guys for sharing your experiences whether they were good or bad.
Wow. Seems to me there is a lot of bad routines and a lot “reading” on how to hang with a vac hanger. There is a lot more to successfully gaining a few inches from vac hanging then working on hanging 10+ pounds.
Tbh I think this is true regarding compression hangers. Vachanging seems different.
LG Hanger provides a routine and a manual on how to wear the device correctly.
Most of the logs I have seen follow the guidelines (i.e condition properly, wrap with tape etc) and the mindset is more of a “less weight, more time”-approach.
One trend I’ve noticed in the past 12 years or so is the least successful hangers all went past 6-7lbs. PE isn’t about “more equals better”.
I agree, nevertheless I used a extender longterm (about 3 pounds) and manual streching, so I am pretty sure I know the level of intensity that I need to create gains.
And in my case this is past 7 lbs .
Not everyone is a newbie anymore. And I know how to create fatigue as I have done it succesfully in the past (Bib Hanger).
First time it happened at 6 pounds. 6 pounds today wouldn’t do much for me as my conditioning progressed.
PE isn’t about “more equals better”. Always do the very least to reach fatigue.
This has been always my hanging approach too + riding fatigue.
This is the biggest mistake you could do in hanging in my eyes.
Unfortunately hanging was too time consuming for me and I stopped.
Towards the end when 6lbs wasn’t causing fatigue I did a break for about 2 weeks and switched to fulcrum hanging. Even at 2lbs fulcrum hanging will piss off your tunica.
Smart move. Did you continue fulcrum hanging only or use the other angles again after some time ?
If you use the other angles again, would you increase weight too or stayed at the 6 pounds level (because you triggered new fatigue by fulcrums) ?
I am really interested in fulcrum hanging.
How long were your sets and how much weight did you use?
Did you hang every day or did you rest on some days?
I am thinking about fulcrum hanging lately as I am too lazy to do manual stretches (20 Min plus) and I could use less weight using a fulcrum (=less risk for a blister) ;)
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