Big Al's Sock Hanger and Weight

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I read Big Al's post on making an inexpensive hanger out of an athletic sock. It seemed quite ingenious, I tried it and it works very well. My procedure is to first wrap with an ace bandage, then apply the sock hanger. My personal choice is sash chord, which was here in the house. This is a thick cotton chord originally designed for sash weights in windows.

Today hung 5 lb for a 10 m set, 2 15 min set and one set of 5 m 8 lb. Have to figure out a way to get an upward pull next.

What I wanted to suggest to those of you interested in this was a way of making your own weights with items around the house. I.E. used and cleaned plastic milk jugs. Either 2 quart or 4 quart (gallon). You will recall from you 8th grade science the old saw: "A pint's a lb, the world around."
This should give you a clue as to how to judge the weight. 1 pint of water weights 1 lb. So a two quart jug full of water weights 4 lb. A one gallon jug weights 8 lb. The jugs come with a convenient handle for hanging. You can adjust the amount of water to suit your needs. Say you want to start with 3 lb per recommendations. Merely fill the two quart jug with three pints of water. Hope this was of help.

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Lot of interest in hanging lately.

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

Yeah, hanging is what I believe contributed to my first gains in length ten years ago. It was what I did mainly, aside from some pumping and flaccid jelqing. I am hanging again now but with lighter weight for longer periods.

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Yeah, hanging is what I believe contributed to my first gains in length ten years ago. It was what I did mainly, aside from some pumping and flaccid jelqing. I am hanging again now but with lighter weight for longer periods.

I'm a retired hanger myself. It definitely has its' merits. If I could do it over again though, I would have focused much less on TIME (not 3-4 hours total some days like I did), and much more so on less time, and increasing weight little by little. I know of men on other forums who stick with one set per day at 10-20 minutes, BUT who progressively hang heavier weights. Some as high as 40lbs. I don't know that hanging is really all that necessary for most men though. It definitely takes a different 'mindset' and approach. I think most guys are better suited to manual stretching. Plenty of resistance can be had with a little effort and sometimes some creativity.