Iwant10 said…
Originally Posted by Iwant10inches
You MUST devote a lot of time to this PE stuff in order to get any kind of significant gains.
then slack said…
Originally Posted by slackjawedyokel
I’m going to go slightly off topic here, and I apologise, but that statement is NOT true.
Now, we haven’t defined “a lot of time”, but nonetheless…
xeno opines…
I think that both of these fine gentlemen are correct when considered in the appropriate context.
Once “newbie gains” are over, one needs to put in “a lot of time” in order to get any kind of significant gains (i.e. Iwant10 is correct). Of course, the converse is also true (IMO)…before “newbie gains” are over, one does not need to put in “a lot of time” in order to get any kind of significant gains (i.e. slack is correct). Thats the way its been for me anyhow (and many others).
If we consider the rate of gains during one’s newbie phase relative to the rate of PEing used to produce those gains, where the rate of PEing is the product of the amount of time spent PEing and the intensity of the PE activities used, then based on my experience, once newbie gains are over (you’ll know when, brother, trust me), one must increase the rate of PEing (amount of time and/or intensity) in order to keep gaining. This discussion assumes that the targeted tissues remain the same.
In my case, I have experimented with post-newbie gains training and found that I must use what I think any PE practioner here would consider a “significantly” higher rate of PEing to keep gaining. Having said that, I think that I could have “milked” my newbie period for longer than I did, i.e., gained at a lower rate of PEing for a longer time (yielding greater total “newbie gains”) than I did, but alas, I wasn’t smart enough to know better/resist the accelerator at the time (note to newbs…take it slow, make it last, you’ll be glad you did).
At the risk of going even further off-topic…I think the reality of the inequity in gains relative to effort when considering post-newbie gains relative to newbie gains has been the motivation for the development of the concept of de-conditioning, a topic that warrants one of only 2 selections for my “favorites list”…feel free to check Wad’s very salient treatment of the subject by clicking my “favorites” button.
In order that there is some content of this post that is related to the thread title…
I’ve gained between 0.5-0.6 inch BPEL from hanging so far.