Upping weight

Tonight I am upping my downward hanging weight to 7.5. I usually ung for 15-25 min sets and for anywhere from 60-120 mins.

How long should my 7.5 lb. Sets be?
How long should my 7.5 lb. Sessions be?

Thanks a lot, seyz.

I try not to hang for more than 20 minutes each of my sets. More than this and you can become prone to injuries. I do 3 sets with 15 to 17 1/2 pounds for 15 to 20 minutes. I started with 2 1/2 pounds in December ‘03.

How have your gains been? Some People say you need 10 hours a week or more of hanging for gains.

I would hang the same amount you always have, just drop the weight down as fatigue starts to get more intense.

My hanging usually goes like this with 15-20 sets:

1)12.5lbs

2)12.5

3)11

4)8.5

5)7.5

6)6

Maybe you would need 10 hours a week if you didn’t do any other PE. But I jelq, do Ulis, Horses and manually stretch. 5 hours a week of hanging is enough for me. I have had great success with hanging.

I got gains with 7.5-10 lbs hanging 5-6 hours a week. The trick to hanging is reaching fatique and staying there no matter what the weight is. Try to reach fatique with as little as weight as it takes to get you there. When you move up in weight other issues come into play like brusing, having to have the hanger tighter, less wrapping, etc.

I Jelq 2 on 1 off as well.

so redwood, you found that the dropping down in weight for sets has worked well for you? I Think it may be an idea to take the beating off my dick that I’ve been doing with the heavy weights all the time.

That way I may be able to do more time than I can now, where I literally beat myself up so much with bruising, and blister bubbles etc. that I HAVE to stop. At this point I sometimes ice the tip of my dick where the damage is done.

BTW- If I am doing something wrong (other than too much weight) does anyone know what it is?

Luigsueegie, You’ll have to tell as more about your hanging specifics before we can give you tips.

I drop the weight because of fatigue getting intense, if you can keep hanging at a certain weight then do, but if fatigue is getting really intense at only half way through a set then you can drop down 1-1.5lbs and still have a good tolerable fatigue.

I could make a suggestion. Instead of hanging heavier weights, try an ADS and keep the weights the same. You’ll find the heavy hanging period will be more productive and less weight is required. I don’t know where your at (pounds) but my bet is you could drop 20% and accomplish the same results.

In my opinion, you do not need anywhere close to 10 hours/week. Continue your sets in the same fashion as the lower weight, the reason to move up in weight is because your tolerance has built to a level where increased weight will be manageable at the 15-20min length. If you do 3 sets of this type of routine 4-5 times a week you will see the gains you seek.

Fatigue of the suspensory tissue is all that is required; applied with almost daily doses. You will know your work is done when after each workout you will feel refreshed and very limp. Hang long, hang tough.

Do you hang Shilow?

Yesterday I started playing around with stuff to build a vacuum hanger like mbuc is using. This is my first PE in (I think) nearly 5 months. I wasn’t aiming to do a PE workout so much as test the vacuum method for feasibility, so I placed 1.75Kg (3.85lb) on the end and let it hang SD for 30 mins. No trauma to the attachment area, but later when walking around the supermarket I realised my ligs were very sore on each side.

Obviously even this modest weight is too much for me at this time, which I’m pleased about since I’m looking to do ADS stretching rather than hanging heavy, and I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to get a device to pull enough without complications. After feeling the response to this experiment I’ll aim to ADS with maybe 1lb or so.

Of course I hang, it is the truth and the light.

What hanger are you using Shilow?