Hanging 101

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Is it good to leave a 1 pound wt. on all day or even a half pound? Or is this bad?

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Is it good to leave a 1 pound wt. on all day or even a half pound? Or is this bad?

This is a reasonably common PE practice. It would be particularly useful for keeping the penis in an extended state during the day after doing a session in the morning. I think though that you should start off with less weight, and for shorter durations, and build up to all day. I have a ⅓ lb weight that I use here and there, and at first it was making the glans a bit cold and the corona a bit swollen. It's quite comfortable now though after becoming conditioned.

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This is a reasonably common PE practice. It would be particularly useful for keeping the penis in an extended state during the day after doing a session in the morning. I think though that you should start off with less weight, and for shorter durations, and build up to all day. I have a ⅓ lb weight that I use here and there, and at first it was making the glans a bit cold and the corona a bit swollen. It's quite comfortable now though after becoming conditioned.

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What if I can only make 1-2 days per week available to hang? Will this still be beneficial?
I want to start hanging but the lack of privacy is tough. I can wear my ADS daily, and use my BM and still do my manual PE's 4-5x a week... would those suffice for the other 5-6 days without hanging?

I think for best results you want to hang at least one set per day. Otherwise, you could end up taking 2 steps forward, 1 step back--and perhaps hanging wont give you ideal results. Maybe your ADS and a manual routine would work better. You could always try it and report the results back to us. Anecdotal evidence I have seen suggests you wont get very good results if you're not hanging daily (or close to daily), for a total of at least 10hrs per week. You might gain short term, but I think long term you are far more likely to hit a wall or slow down on your gains (if you don't hang daily for a total of 10hrs per week).

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I'm relatively new to hanging, but been doing PE forever. Easy girth gainer, length has always been slow.... (why I am not working on hanging).

What I'm wondering is if it would be worth it to do a a set or two hanging from the base instead of the usual just below the glans? I feel like I can do considerably more weight from that location and was wondering if a few sets from the base might be beneficial for the ligaments?

anyone ever experimented with that?

Hanging closer to the base does create more of a skin stretch. Bib did this and "regrew" his foreskin. If you're not shooting to do something similar then I'm not sure there's much benefit.

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Great stuff!

[kallea Member Find all posts View Profile Close kallea]

Is it possible to gain if i only do like 2 sets per day every week?

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

You may gain but not as much and you will need to go heavier as opposed to letting time be your asset, if you can get in 4 sets a day then you are getting just over 9 hours of hang time a week. If time all at once is an issue maybe you could consider splitting it through the day, an example would be 3 in the AM and 1 later. Many guys find this works even better than doing it all at once.

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Is it possible to gain if i only do like 2 sets per day every week?

Yes! You can even gain with 1 set per day. Just do the best you can. If / when you plateau, you can add sets (if you find yourself able to commit more time to PE). In fact, if you start adding a lot of sets, you may need to reduce the weight (of course don't add more than 1 set per week).

I agree with BigO--you'll gain more if you get more hang time. 10+ hours of strapped-in hang-time per week provides an ideal amount of traction and helps maximize gains.... However, even 1 set per day might do you more good than other types of exercises. It all depends on your physiology, and the way you approach things.

Don't think that you must be hanging 10 hours a week to gain-- you can gain even just hanging 1 set per day. You will not be maximizing your gains with this approach, but it doesn't mean you wont gain.

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As I am able to hang more weight, I am able to gain with less time per day.

[blink2000 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close blink2000]

As I am able to hang more weight, I am able to gain with less time per day.

At the extreme ends of the traction spectrum (a lot of weight for a short time, or very little weight for a long time), it appears that gains will be very limited (e.g. consider an Asian power-lifter who lifts 200lbs+ with just their penis). On the other hand, almost no weight will not induce fatigue, microtears, cell multiplication, gains, whatever.

As I stated in hanging 101, it's not so much about the amount of weight as much as it is about reaching fatigue. In other words, the amount of weight does not matter as long as you reach fatigue and ride it.

I don't think that anyone can equate a specific amount of weight to gains although many people seem to gain the most after they reach 10lbs and gains seem to slow after 25lbs (of course, you can keep gaining beyond that point).... I think Bib went all the way to 45lbs or so (but that was probably only during his first set to reach fatigue; I'm sure he dropped the weight once he reached that point).

Anyway, my point here is that you'll probably gain more riding fatigue for 10 sets than you would gain with just 1 very heavy set per day (I'm using an extreme example to make the point). You can gain both ways; the whole idea here though is to use the scientific method, observe what works for others and ourselves, and use that to determine the best course of action. As time goes on our views may change; for now, as far as I know, what I have presented is the best way generally known or accepted based on anecdotal evidence.

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As I stated in hanging 101, it's not so much about the amount of weight as much as it is about reaching fatigue. In other words, the amount of weight does not matter as long as you reach fatigue and ride it.

This does appear true to an extent. Of course, as a guy advances with hanging and continues to require more weight to force his penis to re-adapt to the stress of hanging, weight does become important. For example, I cannot reach fatigue with 15lbs anymore. Even 20lbs does little than provide a "warm up" stretch. So, for someone like myself it IS about the amount of weight.

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This thread contains some very valuable information and should be stickied to the top of the list. Great read bro.

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Is it possible to gain if i only do like 2 sets per day every week?

If you use your head and slowly, but consistently up your weight to always keep your penis re-adapting, yes.

[aykaavada Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close aykaavada]

Is sex and masturbation disencouraged during the hanging routines?
Or shall I take a few days off before sex?

Thanks!