Hanging: Ride the Fatigue (Blink's Progress)

I measured yesterday, I am at 6 and 11/16th of an inch—which is 1/16th inch short of 6.75”.

Originally I gained .75” in just 3 months of PE. I missed that just by a hair this second time around.

June 2008: Start: 6” BPEL, 4.88” MSEG
Sept 2008: Best: 6.75” BPEL, 5” MSEG
Sept 2010: Current: 6.68” BPEL (+.688”), 5.125” (+.24”) MSEG

My old ‘best’ is not my best in terms of volume anymore, but it is in terms of length. I just have 1/16” to go to reach my old best measurement (of 6.75” BPEL). My goal is to do that at least by the end of next month. I have done it before, I’m sure I can do it again.

I have missed 24x days of PE in a row due to a shoulder injury.

My last day of PE was around mid october.

That’s sad to hear mate… Hope you get well soon. :)

That what-a-grip looks great. I only need a wrap for hanging to keep my skin together, this would be all I need. A little search revealed I already saw the What-A-Grip in 2006 but forgot about it, doh.

DECON BREAK:
I missed about 12x weeks of PE total. I started my routine again yesterday; I just did a few light sets. My shoulder seems healed, but it pops, clicks and grinds still in ways that it should not.

Piet:
Yeah, I have found What-A-Grip to be very helpful. Some guys use it as a traction wrap; I guess it all depends on how much you stretch it out. I have found it’s a good way to improve comfort without making my wrap too thick.

UpTo7:
Thanks for the encouragement my friend.

Long time no see, welcome back. :)

Thanks upto7. I’ve been going really light—only 1x set per day. I’ve been debating (internally) whether I should be doing a newbie routine instead… for now I’m just hanging again.

Theres no need. I have been hanging 1 20 min set everyday and that is it. Within the past 2 moths have have gained right around .50”. I think 1 set works fine. Who knows what kind of gains I could have had if I did more though.

Sometimes less is more.

There’s probably a lot we still don’t know or understand about PE. For example, I’ve heard some guys report better than average gains by using a less intense approach with PE.

This last week has been killer, My fatigue has been unreal. The week before I hung 6 x 20 mins, split into am/pm. The last few days I’m only managing 2-3 even at a lower weight. What I have started doing this last week and I’m wondering if this is the cause, I have been wearing Monty’s PE weights for as much of the day and night as possible now I’ve found a way to get them on quick and off quick. I’m using Monkey bars auto-extender stealth cap with a a red sleeve cut to about a 3rd of the normal size. Basically I put the rings on then the cap/sleeve and it holds the weights nice and snug and because the cap has a little bit to attach a cord I can pull it into my leg so it doesn’t swing if I’m trying to be stealthier. I have worn it for about 2 hours at a time, pee then back on.

On a side note my morning wood could punch holes in my mattress lately? I thought the opposite would be happening.

I bet you’re getting increased vascularity too.

It looks like your ADS is causing significant fatigue—enough so that you can’t hang as much weight. I’ve experienced similar things, although up to this point I have never worn an ADS for as many hours as you seem to be wearing one.

Well this last few days I have only been able to hang 1-2 sets a day because my kids been with me for the Easter holidays, I haven’t felt as fatigued because of this. Earlier today I began my first set of 7.5kg for 20 mins, half way through I had a coughing fit from my tea, When I know I’m going to cough or sneeze I always grab the weights because it jerks and hurts but this time I couldn’t grab them in time and It jerked the weight quite a bit but all my fatigue has come back? This week I’m trying to get in 6-9 sets. I don’t think I’m a less more guy.

So far, I got my best results using over 8 sets per day. It’s really time consuming, but seems to be more effective.

It’s probably not practical for most people.

blink in the hanging 101 I read that using more angles on hanging it`s a shotgun approach and it`s not a good way to hang. Now on your hanging thread you say that you use BTC and a secondary angle.

I applied the method divide and conquer and I`m doing 6 sets of hanging at 20minutes BTC so far for the last 2 weeks I gained 0.3 in BPFSL I will to another measurement this week, and probably will stick with this divide and conquer for a few months.

But is ok to add secondary angles or is best to stick to an angle and move to another when you don`t gain in BPFSL ? because I`m a little confused right now. Thanks

Blink my last 2 messages I meant to post on your hanging guide thread, Sorry it must have looked like I was just posting random crap about myself on your progress report.