Hanging while sitting

I just made my Captain’s Wench and want to do hanging with it. The problem is, I’m not a guy who like standing up for an hour, and not in position to do so (small room and nothing to do, restricted privacy). So I wonder if I can do hanging while sitting. If so, what’s the effectiveness compared to normal hanging.

Thank you,

That is how I hang. I went to Home Depot and bought a pulley wheel. I attached it to the underside of my computer desk. I, too, use a captain’s wench attached to some weight plates via the pulley. I hang straight out, and if I lean the chair all the way back and prop my legs up on the desk, I can closely approximate hanging straight down.

I hang btc sitting in my office chair with my legs propped up. I don’t use my captains wench, but the hanger isn’t relevant until you get to heavier weights really.

Seated hanging is a very direct way to hit the ligaments, and uses less weight than standing, so less worries with slipping.

I thought that seated hanging was normal hanging. My entire hanging career was seated with >99% of it being BTC.

I hung while seated too.

Seconded.

It seems like a lot of people jump into hanging without doing their homework!

Hmm, I’ve done mostly standing, as I read that is how you get accustomed to hanging initially, but recently tried seated or BTC and found that I didn’t crush my nuts like I thought I would.

I will occasionally up the standing weight to pre-stress the ligaments for my seated sessions, and I’m finding that I do the majority of my hanging while seated now as it allows me to get the ligament stimulation without the higher weight for 20 minutes at a time.

You don’t stand for one hour straight.

I guess I missed/skipped articles somewhere, but I can’t seem to find the answer.

I tried standing and sitting, but I didn’t feel the intense I have while standing, for example, if I do 5lbs while standing, it feels like 3lbs while sitting. So I just wonder if you have to add extra weight for sitting, or my way of doing is wrong. I didn’t use the pulley like a poster suggested, but I did try out with plastic bottle and hard aluminium can, and although it works better, it still doesn’t feel like what it is supposed to feel.

I guess you did miss something. Look up bibs lot theory.

You JUST started hanging, so fatigue should not be your primary concern. Hanging properly and safely should be #1 on your mind at this point.

Also, some guys may not be able to reach fatigue at 3-5lbs, especially while standing. When you do the “BTC - Between The Cheeks” angle, you are isolating the ligaments, thus inducing potential fatigue more quickly. As Bib says, “Divide and Conquer”.

The answer you’re looking for isn’t something you can just find at the drop of a hat. Read the Hanging 101 thread. Then read it again. Digest it. Look around this forum and Bib’s forum (google “Bibhanger” and you’ll find it) as well. Bib’s site isn’t just for people who own a Bib hanger, it’s about hanging in general. Sure there are differences between devices but you’ll be able to filter those out hopefully. When you’re on his site check out the Product Guide. It has amazingly useful information regarding generally accepted baselines for time, weight, number of hanging sets and the progression in time and weight.

Read as much as you possibly can about hanging. Then read some more. It requires a LOT of knowledge, a lot of time, and even more experimentation and tinkering. You cannot jump into it without doing your homework as you can with jelqing or manual stretches or you’ll hurt your most prized possession, and what guy wants to do that?

I’m not a pro. I’m rather new at hanging as well having started in March of this year. But before I strapped anything to my dick I wanted to make sure I knew as much as possible about what I was getting in to. I learn something new every freakin’ day.