Originally Posted by kickinthemebs
Despite popular belief, I don’t believe anybody needs to hang 25 pounds with a vac-hanger to get gains. Using crazy heavy weights is a fairly redundant approach in PE for the most part. Countless members stated they overtrained when getting into the 25+ lbs range. It is often more harm than good. Especially for vac-hanging. 10 - 15 lbs is gain-heaven imo.
I myself have yet to get above 17.5 pounds after 2 years of hanging. However, when gains stop I will increase the weight. I have no intention of jumping to 25 pounds immediately, but I definitely do not gain at 10 lbs anymore. This is even with time off taken. I can definitely see myself at 25 pounds or above someday if I haven’t hit my goal first.
My personal experience has shown me that weight is only effective for a certain stage of my growth. This actually contradicts what Bib said. He claims to have gotten most of his gains in the 18 to 20 pound range and he would slide up and down weight as necessary. I haven’t put in the amount of hours that he has and I have not gotten to anywhere near the amount of weight he said he was hanging. So my experience might change. But weight under 10 pounds is an absolute joke to me now.
I read about people that put in the hours and can’t understand why they aren’t gaining. Yet they are under 10 pounds of weight. If you can’t increase time then something else needs to increase. Just an extreme example but if you hang 40 hours a week at 1 pound and you aren’t seeing gains, do you really think you will gain at 1 pound hanging 80 hours a week? Eventually another variable needs to be increased.
I personally don’t understand how people set arbitrary numbers when it comes to weight. I think Monty made some claim about 20 pounds being reckless. I could be misstating what he said. I read another guy claim that every guy who hung above 20 pounds ended up injuring themselves. I just don’t understand how 19.5 pounds can be okay but once you hit 20.1 pounds your penis is suddenly going to explode.
My attitude is the weight is just a tool. If my body doesn’t respond, I either increase weight or time. At a certain point I will max out one or both of those variables. Just hopefully not before I achieve my goals. PE isn’t weight lifting but there are some similar things in my opinion. Progressive overload being the main thing, also consistency and listening to what your body is telling you.
My initial comment was in regards to what is considered heavy weights. 10 pounds means nothing to me now. I can’t imagine most hangers that have done this for over a year or two thinking 10 pounds is heavy.