Originally Posted by Monty:
IMO: If you guys are not seeing consistent gains over significant time periods, like 2 to 3 months then you leaving something out of your routines that solidify what gains you might be making.What I see is missing from your routine descriptions seems to be utilizing an ADS to contribute to consistent gain progress. The usage of an ADS between significant workouts will cause not only a lack of gain progress but can actually cause a regression of gains back to the bodies original genealogical makeup and along with that would be toughening of the tissues. Hence you could actually see things return to their original length. Sad, but it happens during the last of the 4 phases of the bodies healing process.
What needs to happen is an avoidance of time that allows those healing phases to complete with enough stress to prevent healing regression, hence an ADS should be used between heavy hanging or whatever exercises gains are accomplished with.
It isn’t necessary to wear high stress or weight levels but enough to keep things disturbed so regression doesn’t happen. That level is usually around the 2 to 3 pound mark. So IOW wear something 24/7 except for sleep periods. 8 or even 10 hours of sleep isn’t enough for solidification to take place before the next set of an ADS begins or heavy exercises. When I was in the grove I was wearing my rings upwards of 15 hours a day with my heavy hanging sessions taking place in the afternoons after work and before the wife and kids came home. That led to 2” of growth over a 14 month period. I know of others who have gained that same amount in much less time but they devoted their lives to hanging during the day, must have been all day. :)
At any rate the usage of an ADS would very likely result in gains progression over long periods of time without toughening or any regression.