Hanging everyday

You know how you can stretch everyday, well why cant you hang everyday? I mean you are stretching your ligs and tunica. Why do we need to rest?

Good point. With few exceptions, hanging puts more stress on the tissues than manual stretching.

Many here(me included) take rest days because we tend to overtrain and then experience negative Physiological Indicators (PI’s). If your schedule allows it and you can avoid negative PI’s and experience a good amount of fatigue while you hang then there is no reason to rest. Most people however, get overzealous and experience a bout of negative PI’s and then have to take a break.

Ok!! Well i have been hanging for the past week and a half just doing one 10 min. set of SO and to the sides and one 10 min. set SD. Maybe thats why i feel like I can do more. I dont know.

nightrider4,
Sounds like a good plan to get adjusted to hanging and to feel comfortable with the safety requirements involved. Depending on the weight, two 10 minute sets may not produce negative or positive PI’s. Always do at least one short/light “warm-up” set just to get the tissues stretched out and ready for a workout. I think an understanding of what hanging fatigue feels like will be your guide to walking that fine line between undertraining and overtraining. Fatigue is the combination of weight and time that produces discomfort such that you tend to count the last 3 to 5 minutes of a 20 minute set because it “has your attention”. IMO it is not a good idea to hang more than a 3 to 5 minutes in this state as this tends to produce negative PI’s after 4 to 6 sets. Of course any sharp pains are a done deal ie. Stop! Sharp pains are not fatigue and are generally a sign that something is wrong with the setup or that you are overtraining.
Read as much as you can about what has been written on the subject of fatigue and PI’s. Avoid the “More is better” overtraining trap. You are in a great position to “do this right” or “as best as possible for you”. Measure carefully and don’t add weight unless you are not gaining at least 1/16” per month. Increase time before increasing weight. Time should range between 1 1/2 to 2 hrs total hang time (4 to 6 sets). Maybe even 1 hr if your goal is to hang every day. Just be sure to get at least 3 minutes of fatigue in each of your working sets.

Good luck
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