Hanging: Ride the Fatigue (Blink's Progress)

Got in 5.5 sets today. I’m still using low weight (only up to 5lbs).

The difference in my flaccid size still surprises me—it’s quite a huge difference. I haven’t noticed any obvious changes in my erect size lately.

Splitting my sets evenly just wont work/ the bulk of my sets need to be done during the day. I think my philosophy with split sets will have to be 1-2 sets at night if I have time (I’m going to see what I can do). I realize split sets are much more effective/ I figure I may be able to grow even twice as much or 50% more (who knows?) by doing them.

I was supposed to be up to 6 sets this week; and I’m still on low weight. My sets were on/ off quite spotty last week. I’m going to re-double my effort & dedication.

Hi Blink, if you are doing a hang session of 3 sets in a row, how long do you rest between sets?

With all do respect blink, slow down. The 3 month conditioning thing is really bare minimum. It really would have been a good idea to try hanging after 4 to 6 months of conditioning. Just be careful, injuries aren’t something to be proud of. I say this cause you said you popped a lig. I know Im not a vet and I’ve only gained a mere 1 inch in bpel with just my hands in 10 months(zero injuries). You really do have a good progress thread, and you definitely do seem like you do your homework. Why are you so worried about missing sets? You apparently lift, so you should know that mixing up your routine will only help growth. Since you did your homework, im gonna ask you a few questions. I just ordered a redi stretcher and Im pretty sure I could throw 10 lbs at it from the tension I use my vac extender at, but what would you see as a good 2 month routine to start out with?

You always rest 10 minutes in between sets when hanging and its recommended you don’t go over 20 minutes per set to avoid potential tissue death from lack of circulation.

—Only Small/ Minor Gains Lately—
I checked my length & girth today. My length is still 6.5” (a 1/2” increase in 6 weeks), and my mid-shaft girth is still 5.06” (.18” increase).

I measured 6.5” a while back, but I was ‘pushing’ the envelope so to speak—. The current 6.5” is a conservative measure now. I’ve probably only gained 1/8th in the last few weeks. It’s clear I’m still gaining at a decent rate.

—Improved Sex Life—
I checked the base of my penis, and if I go low on the shaft it’s easily 6” now—I think I noticed this huge difference while having sex with my girlfriend. Basically, I’ve never been able to please a girl this well— I’ve been able to give her vaginal orgasms, usually several times in a row—and without doing anything extra/ or special either. The orgasms are often extremely long & hard, often lasting easily 30 seconds and beyond.

I NEVER did this to ANY girl pre-PE. I would estimate my base shaft has grown about .75” The extra length and that base girth have made a huge improvement on my sex life.

—Slowly Increasing my Hangtime—
I can’t wait to get to a length like 8”—> I’m going to get more serious about my hangtime & my dedication during these next few months.

I haven’t been doing enough hanging sets lately, so I haven’t seen any big changes in my flaccid. My flaccid has still grown phenomenally (in my opinion), about 50% from where I started, which for me, is amazing.

My sets have varied from 3x in a day to 6x in a day during the last week or two (not good). I just finished my 3rd set today, I’m actually going to go ahead & move up to 8x sets per day this week (that’s still not much time, just 2.6 hrs per day of hangtime). I’m still only doing 5lbs, it seems to be ok with the volume of sets I’m doing. My goal is to get to 12 sets per day & keep that as a sort of ‘minimum’, so I can get in 4hrs of hangtime per day.

I know 4hrs of hanging is optimal—so my plan is to do 4hrs first thing in the morning, each day. Then I’ll try to make sure to at least sqeeze in a couple evening sets, and a couple night sets two. If I’m lucky, I’ll figure out how to at least get 2x sets 6-8 hours my initial morning hanging.

I’m still only hanging 5lbs, I’m being pretty conservative about the weight. I started using 2.5lbs about a month ago. Failure to increase the weight more quickly has probably slowed down my gains. I’m going to move up to 6lbs within a few days, and probably 7lbs next week.

—PIs Indicate Not Enough Fatigue—
My penis has not had much of any soreness in a while, and my growth has tapered off. I think this is a signal that I can go ahead & be a bit more intense. I’m going to jump up my number of sets a bit, and throw in 1-2 lbs of weight soon as well.

I hope I can get at least a bit of soreness—just as a signal that I’m really having an effect on my penis.

My standard wrap has become theraband + an HTW wrap.

—Fresh Theraband MMMMmm, Just like Mom Made—
Tonight I used a fresh piece of theraband, and it’s interesting, it completely changed my hanger settings (I had to make the hanger much tighter). The piece of theraband was much narrower, and a bit shorter (maybe 16” vs 18” length).

I noticed if the theraband is closer to 1” wide, 16” long (1.5” is just too much for me), it goes on much more comfortably… and much faster

I was using a wider piece of theraband (1.25 to 1.5” wide, 18” long) and I was wasting a lot of time wrapping, and it was becoming near impossible to get comfortable. The theraband was getting stiffer as well—I noticed how the new piece of theraband is extremely soft & pliable vs the older piece which was getting stiffer.

—Up to 7 Sets this Week, going to 8 Sets Next Week—
I’m getting in my 7th set today. I had 2x sets of only 5-10 minutes which were cut short for various reasons, I was counting those 2x combined as 1x set (i.e. 8x attempted sets, but only 7x full ones).

—Only 1/8” in 5 Weeks of Very Conservative Hanging—
Its been 5 weeks of hanging, and I’ve gone from 2.5lbs to 6lbs.. I have implemented very, slow, but consistent increases in sets & weight over these past 5 weeks. I think 2.5lbs was plenty to start with since I had very limited PE experience (and I’m still quite new… although I’m on my 8th week now, going into my 9th week of PE).

I’ve only had about 1/2” of gains so far. Most of that was in the first 4 weeks.

I’ve only gained 1/8” since I started hanging, probably because I’ve been so conservative.

I’ve had some great flaccid gains though, and my penis has really adjusted to hanging. I’m much more comfortable, and I’m doing more than double the weight I started with.

—Time to Increase the Intensity—
I have started slow to make sure I’m not injured—I think its safe to say I’ve been going perhaps a bit too slow. I’m never sore from PE.. at all, and I don’t think I’m truly reaching any kind of fatigue.

I’m going to notch up the intensity a bit, on both time & weight in hanging. Hopefully I can get some better gains. I would like to see closer to .33”per month. I think that’s going to become reasonable soon, since within the next 4 weeks I’ll probably be moving up to 10lbs of weight.

My flaccid stretch length, FSL was 6.75” today when I checked. So for me, hanging is working although the erect gains have been slow lately (1/8” erect gains since starting hanging 5 weeks ago)

Well I decided to measure tonight, I was pleasantly surprised to see I’ve gained again. Honestly, it’s quite strange to check my penis & see that it has grown. I’m now 34 years old—and I think I had it set in my mind that my chances for growth were long gone!

—Gains Summary Start 9 June 08 / Today 9 Aug 08 —
6.68” BPEL (.68” gained up from 6.00)

6.75 FSL (up from 5.5” starting FSL, 1.25” gained)

5.06 EG (no change lately, up .18” from 4.88 starting)

6.00 Erect Base Girth (up .75” from 5.25 or so starting)

—Short Term Goal Has Not Changed—
I do hope I can somehow reach 8” in less than 6 months from now… .68” down, 1.32” to go… I think it’s reasonable if I work up to 12+ sets per day of hanging, and once I start hanging some real weight too, I’m sure it will help. As I said above, I’ll be shooting for 8x sets per week next week…

Bigtiny454:
Start with really low weight: 2.5 or 5lbs. See how it feels, try doing a few sets. There’s a chance someone like you could start at 10lbs right away. However, you need to start low, and make sure your penis can handle the attachment point stresses from the hanger.

Hanging is different from other PE, the sheer forces exerted on your tunica by the hanger attachment may take a while to withstand. I started hanging when I was only a few weeks into PE. This is partly why I could only do 2.5lbs to start out (like you, I’m not keen on getting an injury, so I have been cautious). Right now, I could probably do 10lbs just fine.. BUT, my penis is getting sore at the attachment point, just from 6lbs. So I know even though I can handle the hanging more weight, I know I can’t yet handle the attachment stresses associated (unfortunately).

I’ve noted for example, going from 5lbs to 6lbs forced me to make my hanger significantly tighter! If I left the same settings from 5lbs, at 6lbs my hanger would slowly slip down during my session. The added 1lb of weight is like the straw that broke the camels back. I’ve noticed with deep BTC hanging, the hanger has to be significantly tighter for me. Anyway, during your first day you could start with low weight & move up 1lb per set, until you get a weight where you feel like your penis is actually doing some work/ where you feel some fatigue. Make sure to get a 1/2lb and 1lb weight (at least one of each). I used fishing weights + a cut piece of wire hanger + duct tape to make a nice 1/2lb and 1lb weight.

I don’t think it would be wise to start higher than 5-10lbs, at least until you get used to hanging. I believe I have read that some people can’t feel 5lbs, so that’s not nearly enough for them to start with. One thing I have found also though, is that you’ll need more skill / adeptness at getting your hanger settings to feel ‘just right’ as you go up in weight. You probably want your wrap slightly loose so you don’t constrict your blood flow, but if you go too lose you’ll find the hanger can slip.

Also, if you’re just starting hanging, you’ll need to give your penis time to develop some new vascular structures to deal with the blood flow getting cut off from the hanger attachment, etc. Once again, even with 10 months experience, hanging should be a different/ new stress, so it will take some adaptation. Especially once you move up in weight—

I’m still amazed that a piddly little 6lbs feels quite significant after about 5 weeks of hanging. I’m doing a decent number of sets already though; I’m doing my 6th set today while I’m writing this.

I noticed my flaccid is hanging down at a VERY pronounced downward angle. I do hope I can stretch my ligs & shift my whole package down a bit—if I do, I know I’m going to gain a lot of length… So far, I don’t think I’ve used enough weight to stretch ligs..

I’m about to do an evening set, I did 6x sets earlier today, several hours earlier.

I plan on doing just 1x set, but if I feel OK, I may do 2x sets.

I really want to get a set every 6 hours during the time I’m awake—I’ve read all those theories that 6hrs is the optimum time to keep stretching a ligament to make it heal in an elongated state…

After a record 7 sets last night, I was a wee bit sore this morning. That’s good news-I need some evidence of microtears & I would say that’s it for sure! My skin was fine—the soreness was deeper.

I started with only 3lbs on my first set today, when I quickly realized 6lbs, or 5lbs was way too much. I’m at 4lbs now & thinking I’ll go back up again now that I’m warmed up/ it doesn’t feel like much again.

I honestly believe if I could somehow get at least 1x set every 6 hours I would really prevent lig crimping and give myself the best odds to prevent ‘healing shorter’. I figure regardless of when I find time to the bulk of my sets, whether its morning or night, one or two sets hitting fatigue at off hours/ or split hours will help me. I don’t know how well I’ll be able to do this, but I’ll sure try! I want to get sets in before I sleep and if possible right after I wake up, and at least 1 in the middle of the day too. I find this level of commitment to be quite difficult, but nonetheless, I’m sure it will help (based on the theories I’ve read), so I’m going to try!

I figure reaching my goals will at least take a few years. Just did my 4th set tonight, I’ve got to get in at least 2-3 more.

I’m almost starting to feel like if something isn’t hanging from my penis, something is wrong ;)

I clarified things with Bib recently about max hang time. Apparently the 4hrs max hangtime he talks about, not only means 4hrs strapped (not counting rest), but it only refers to one angle. After 4hrs at one angle basically, you need to do a different angle; apparently anecdotal evidence implies there’s huge diminishing returns when you go beyond 4hrs at just one angle.

Anyhow, I guess if I could somehow work up to 8hrs a day of hanging, I could keep 2x focus angles, which I would switch when gains seemed to plateau (.e.g BTC/ SO for now, maybe later I’ll be doing OTS/ UTL/ OTL, SU etc)

Here’s the post I made quoting Bib’s explanation:
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I was just relaxing between hanging sets & noticed my flaccid looked unusually large. I checked it—and its in a relatively relaxed state (comparatively speaking) sitting at 4.75”. If this stays, I’ll have gained 1.75” in flaccid length… ridiculous…

A friend of mine (male stripper—don’t hate) who’s got a 9.25” or 9.5” penis has a 6” flaccid.

I figure if I do reach 8”, with the way I’m trending, my flaccid will be at least 6” already—artificially large from PE. Not a bad thing. A fat flaccid hang is great for non locker room embarrassment…

I’ve been doing 6-7x sets per day, and I’m down to 4lbs instead of 6lbs lately. I’ve been fatiguing the hell out of my penis. My sets are split throughout my day between morning, afternoon & night lately. I’m hoping to gain 1/4” this month (my 3rd month of PE). I figure that’s reasonable/ possible considering I’m still a newbie… we will see… we will see….

What bib hanger are you using?

The starter, because when I first started PEing I was under 5" of girth (4.88" girth). Bib says the starter can handle up to 8" flaccid, so I figure it’s the last hanger I need.

I’m using the smaller of the two hangers in this picture:
http://www.bibh … m/pictures2.htm

For the last full week, my worst day was one with 4x sets. Every other day has been 6-7 sets. I can tell a big difference on my flaccid as noted above. I’ve probably had some slight erect gains, but I’ll hold off on a measurement for a little while.