No gain after hanging on and off for 5 months

Hey all I’ve been hanging on and off for 5 months (consistently for 2 out of the 5 months) and turns out I’ve gained absolutely nothing in terms of length and girth (lol).

You can view my up-to-date progress here: Revamping The Genetics - Progress Report

For more direct view you can view the Google Sheet, which include history of my stretching and my load calculator (which I got from: 5.5Squared Log)
Google Sheet: https://docs.go ogle.com/spread … dit?gid=0#gid=0

I haven’t been the most consistent (probably only stretch consistently for 2 out of the 5 months) but still it’s a bit weird how I haven’t gained anything. Would appreciate any advice here.

have you been tracking BPFSL? you might have still gained.

To be fair — do you expect big gains with sporadic consistency?

I’ve been tracking BPEL. I’ll start tracking BPFSL as well. And yes I fully agree with your question - putting things in the excel sheet definitely has put my non-consistency into perspective. I will have to be more consistent.

Three months of dedicated, consistent effort is kind of minimum to see if actual gains are happening. Once you’re in flow and have experience with how your body responds, you can start seeing trends requiring changes in your regimen after 6 weeks, but that takes time. But in any case, close tracking, good recording of your training and results of each session, and consistent effort are required in order to know if something is working.

The basic approach is if things are not working after a legitimate effort of 6 weeks to 3 months, then increase time, tension or both, with an aim to increase intensity as little as possible to get results in order to prevent the tissues getting resistant.

Ok understood. I’ll slowly increase to 1.9kg since that should be where I should see results given the calculation. From there I’ll increase as slow as possible - thinking 0.1-0.2 kg per week if I don’t see increase in my measurement.

Can we assume ~30 mins of heat during hanging?

Seriously, adding heat during the hang made the difference for me.

It’s easy to over complicate this stuff, but less is more.

hang /w heat, add a bit more for a cooldown for 10-15 mins.

5.5Squared — good point about the heat.

I have been tracking strain by taking a pre-heat, pre hang BPSFL. I will wear heat for 10 minutes before hanging with heat until the last 10-15 minutes of hanging. I then measure my BPSFL to see the difference from my pre-hang BPSFL length. This has given me good results and I have nearly been able to predict when adaptions will happen. Here is an example of that calculation.

Post Pre
(7.3125 - 7.0625)=(.25) / 7.0625= (0.03539823)×100 = 3.54%Strain

You can use this excel formula in cell D2 if you put your pre-hang in B2 and post hang in C2. Modify the cells to your liking.
=((C2 - B2) / B2) * 100

Interpreting Strain Values:
✔ Above 3-4% Strain: High tissue deformation → indicates good potential for long-term elongation.
✔ Around 2% Strain: Moderate stretch → may still contribute to gains but could slow over time.
✔ Below 2% Strain: Low tissue response → may suggest adaptation or need for adjustments (e.g., more TUT (time under tension), angle changes, decon break).

How Strain Helps Optimize PE Training
🔹 Tracks progress & adaptation → If strain drops consistently, it may indicate a plateau.
🔹 Helps time adjustments → If strain stays high, it suggests current training is still effective.
🔹 Can guide weight or TUT increases → Higher strain might allow for longer sessions instead of needing more weight.

Similar situation. I feel like any gains I’ve gotten have just been margin of error when measuring. I’ll do on avg 3.5h a day with vacc hanger. 9-12lbs. I also don’t seem to be able to get above like 1-2% strain after hanging. One time I hit 5% with like 5h throughout the day, but now I think that’s probably measuring error too.

Sitting on edge of chair straight down / BTC I can go for 45 @9lbs and hit the "strain / fatigue / uncomfortable" stage. About 20m with 12lbs. Straight out (pulley under desk) 12lbs doesn’t hit that fatigue at all. I’ll let off the weights for a min, then hang again for another 20. Normally 1-2h a session. 2-3 sessions a day.

Does TUT only really count for when you’re in that uncomfortable stage? 80% of my sessions are working up to that.

You sound as if you are in deload territory. It may be time for you to take a 3 weeks to a month off. I cannot speak to your routine, all I can do is compare it to mine and tell you what I do. I have not been hanging long so much of my gains could be considered "newbie" gains. I hang light at the moment. 4-4.5lbs. I hang twice a day. 40 minutes in the morning SD and 40 minutes in the evening BTC. 90 minutes total in the day. The time will go up as my strain goes down. Once I reach my time limit (I have a life so I can do this all day), I add weight instead by .25-.5lbs increments. My goal was to push myself to and through the fatigue for a bit and then remove the weight. I jelq afterwards to expand into that stretched size. After my morning hang and jelqs I put on an ADS to stay in that stretched state for 6-8 hours. I don’t have the tension so tight that it is uncomfortable. I just get it stretched up to that plastic state. I have read and followed others advice in this area. One notable practitioner is 5.5Squared. He has a very scientific approach with simple explanations. I am trying to achieve near a 1/8" per month and have been successful at that so far. I have been able to achieve more than that this past month by pushing those strain values. I know if I were to hang for that long and that heavy my dick would not want to talk to me for a week. Your tunica and pelvic floor muscles may be retracting to heal or protect you from these high weights.

If you strain is not improving with either more time or more weight, I think its time to deload. Give your self time so that those tissues become more elastic again and your pelvic floor can relax. More experienced practitioners may want to weight in hear. I’d be glad to hear what they had to say.

I’ll give it a shot. I’m doing something wrong since I’m like double the time of most people and not seeing much at all.
What kind of ADS are you using? I don’t want to keep a vacc on for more than 2h or so at a time. Right now my only mild ADS is a silicone sleeve and that doesn’t work at all.

Regarding heat while hanging, it definitely seems to help. I recently switched from an IR wrist wrap (power chord broke) to a digital/adjustable heat gun. I REALLY like the heat gun. Two fan settings and temp range from 100-1100 F. Pretty much keep it on low fan and around 300/400 degrees. Then just point and shoot. Carefully… don’t burn yourself