Thanks for the advice Giant. To answer your question, I’ve been doing the newbie routine inconsistently for a couple of months and very consistently for a few weeks (nearly a month). I’ve done a lot of reading here about hanging and am starting very slowly (starting with a 20 minute set of 2.2 pounds using a shower cap type hanger). Really, what I’m doing is replacing the manual stretching with hanging, and I’ve decided to do this for a couple of reasons: 1) I have trouble maintaining my grip when stretching and despite trying baby powder, latex gloves and a theraband wrap, I can’t seem to get a good grip without squeezing so tightly that I bruise my penis; 2) I feel that, with hanging, the forces are known (I.e. I strap 2.2 pounds to my dick and this is a constant predictable and measured force), whereas with stretching the forces are really unknown which I think makes injury more likely; 3) I find that stretching with heat applied during the stretch feels more effective and this is easier to do with hanging; 4) it’s nice to be able to use my hands to get work done while hanging, so it’s more convenient; and 5) after giving hanging a try, I feel that my ligs are getting a MUCH better stretch with hanging that with manual stretches. At this point, I plan to do just what you said, stick with what’s working until it the gains stop, I’m just replacing the manual stretches with very similar hanging “stretches”. Does this sound reasonable to you?
