Lazy Hanging

[angus]

I've been doing a lazy way of Progressive Hanging (Progressive Weight Hanging. Gain More In Less Time) for a couple weeks now and thought it was worth commenting about. I don't make any claims to this method or the name because like most current PE activity...it's all been done before,' forgotten perhaps but no doubt somebody else has 'been there, done that.' I call it Lazy Hanging. Mainly because I feel like I'm cheating or being lazy while I'm doing it. Since my mentioning of this method, a couple of my hanging associates have reckoned it to a body builder/weight lifter term called 'Pyramid Lifting.' I'm ignorant with body building and weight lifting so I Googled pyramid lifting and found a description at this link: http://ezinearticles.com/?Need-Quick...ain&id=1106910. From what I understand, pyramid lifting is achieved by doing reps with varying amounnts of weights and gradually removing them to a desired 'lighter' weight.

However, what I do is the opposite. I add weights instead of remove them and no reps are involved. I stack 5 lbs every 5 minutes and do not go beyond a 15 minute limit. The point is to reach maximum weight goal each set.

For example: Your weight goal each set is to max out at 25 lbs. within 15 minutes.
Start weight: 10 lbs
@5 minutes add 5 lbs = 15 lbs.
@5 minutes add 5 lbs = 20 lbs.
@5 minutes add 5 lbs = 25 lbs

If you do 3 sets, you will complete the equivalent of:

One 15 minute set @ 15 lbs.
One 15 minute set @ 20 lbs
One 15 minute set at @25 lbs.

I don't know about any of you guys but I really have a difficult time with the fatigue/stresses associated within the first 30 seconds of any set. It hurts, I don't want to experience it at all. It feels like my penis is tearing, shredding and ripping apart from the inside out. However, after 30 seconds or so, I'm good; those uncomfortable sensations are gone completely and all I feel is the welcomed tension pressure from the weights pull. However, I have a very tender penis and.....I'm a sissy.

With progressive hanging, each set should be progressively heavier. My tender penis finds this problematic, responding with a longer than 30 second crying time; more like a full minute or more. Sometimes the soreness from my previous set is almost unbearable, resulting in shorter sets, regression of weight or eliminating a set altogether. For me, this is self defeating, frustrating and unacceptable. Since the initial discomfort of each set is unavoidable I wanted to find a way to make it less painful and achieve my weight goals without compromise all within a single set. I have found my way around and through these issues with Lazy Hanging.

Before I started hanging this way I rarely reached my weight goal because the soreness was to intense. Now, through Lazy Hanging, I hit my ultimate weight goal each and every set. Not only that, but I'm able to do at least two extra sets as well.

I post this thread only because I'm a sissy hanger... I also suspect I'm not the only one. If any of you other sissy hangers are experiencing the same issues, give Lazy Hanging a try and see for yourself if you too can reach your hanging goals with unexpected ease and MUCH more comfort in each and every set.

[bigmoe5067]

i tried this yesterday and really enjoyed it

[angus]

Were you able to achieve weight goal in each set?

[angus]

A major factor with Lazy Hanging is to maintain the tension pressure while changing weights. Donjelqer76 and I discuss this point in his thread. Overloading - a new hanging technique He brilliantly has adapted this technique by using duct tape on his plate weights to quickly (without loosing tension pressure) add/change weights, on-the-fly while in mid hang http://www.pegym.com/forums/groups/h...53-44-140.html.

I use a loading pin http://www.pegym.com/forums/groups/h...re-hanger.html. I need to pull down on my hanger, rest the weights on a support of some kind, unhook the loading pin (while holding/pulling down), add another weight plate, re-hook and release hold. I can still do this within 5 seconds but Donjelqer76's method sounds even quicker.

Maintaining tension pressure will completely eliminate any pain/discomfort issues associated with normal weight initiation.

[bigmoe5067]

Were you able to achieve weight goal in each set?

close. since i have lost my rubber cover and also decreased my wrap length (now 6 inch ss, 8 inch self grip) i am actually struggling to finish my second and third sets due to attachment point stress. but im getting there. the skin is adjusting, and i am going longer. by sometime next week i will be able to give a more accurate assessment. but i will say 10-12 minutes into the set when i was at my max weight, i felt this awesome comfortable fatigue in my tunica and ligs. i could tell they were burnt out but they werent in pain.

now i just have to get my skin there. i wish i hadnt spent so much time with the rubber on and excessive wrap. my skin isnt nearly as tough as my ligs/internals at this point. but id rather deal with this knowing i am now "slip proof"

[bigmoe5067]

i use string tied to my weight in the same fashion donjelqur uses his tape, making unloading/loading very easy for me

[BigO]

I think what you are doing is more like drop sets as far as weight lifting goes. Pyramid sets are more like this.

10 reps @ 225
8 reps @ 245
6 reps @ 265
4 @ 285
2 at max

some end it there but I go back down in reverse.

Drop sets are loading a bar at say 250 with 5s loaded on each side, you do as many as you can then drop a 5 of each side then get right back at it and repeat untill you are done or exhausted.

I may have to try your routine and see how it feels, interesting stuff.

[malehanger]

Hmm. What brought you to the 5lb increment increases every 5 minutes? Why not smaller weight increments? I'm also curious as to whether a guy could, assuming he already knows he can hang 25lbs (for example) at the start of a week (Monday) use this approach and continue to hang 25lbs for those 5 minutes per set, on each of his 3 sets per day on each of the 5 days per week? Wouldn't it basically work out to the equivalent of one 15 minute set of total hang time per day, each day of the week he did hang, with 25lbs? Personally, I'd just assume hang each day as heavy as possible on the first set of each day for 15 minutes and then, drop the weight as needed on the additional sets. Vs hang 5 minutes at my max weight each of my three sets per day. I'm not trying to put down this idea at all and I know you know me well enough to realize that Angus. Just my thoughts.

I guess, if a guy found this approach more 'tolerable', he could use it progressively. That would be key. He'd have to continue to make weight progression his focus. In reality, from the way I'm understanding this concept, he's hanging three sets of 5 minutes at his heaviest weight each day. I'd like to add, that I feel like if a guy can do so each day of the week, he should attempt to move up a couple pounds by the second day of each week. At least until he found he could not move up. Using a sort of 'hybrid' of the two concepts. The method Angus has outlined here, moving up in 5 pound increments (maybe smaller?) every 5 minutes. Along with keeping a focus on progressively increasing the heaviest weight level as often as possible. Like I do when I hang.

The way progressive hanging works, well one of the main concepts of it is to hang each day as heavy as possible on the first set of each day. Ideally, you are using the heaviest weight you could from the previous day on that first set.

This method though, could be a very good way for a guy who is stuck at a certain weight level to possibly move past it.

[angus]

1. The amount of weight is irrelevant, smaller weights or even heavier weight would work just as well. I mention 5lb because I assumed most guys would be increasing at that level; and that's what I happen to be using currently. I think the weight used should be a subjective decision of the hanger.
   
   MH, I am comfortable and relaxed with our friendship. I think it's great that we can express our thoughts without fear of offense. Bouncing these ideas around helps us consider alternative ways to make decisions that may or may not work for us as individuals. Even if we disagree or decide to practice PE differently; this is how we learn.
   
   Keep in mind my sissy factor, it has been my motivation with this idea. I don't like the pain associated with each set start up. It has become very problematic for me now that I hang heavy (>30lbs). My ideas here may sound like complete foolishness and a waste of time to those who do not hang heavy, but for me it's making my routine a lot easier and much more effective. It has significantly decreased associated pain and provides a very smooth transition for adding weights (not dropping) during each set. My hope in posting this is to help others like me who suffer with start up that prevents them from increasing weights, being stagnant or continuing to hang at all.
   
   I agree that this sounds like a possible 'hybrid' of two concepts but I don't believe it is. Just a different approach to reach the same goal. My focus is on progressively increasing the weight level as often as possible too; that's the goal in each set. However, some of us may not be able to do so comfortably. This Lazy Hanging approach is an alternative way to do the exact same thing, but from a more tolerable approach. Instead of starting with the heaviest weight and working down, I suggest the opposite, start lighter and work your way up in 5 minute increments ensuring that you reach your heaviest weight goal each set. The end results will be the same.
   

[malehanger]

Hmm, how about shorter time increments between adding weight? Instead of "5 minutes", how about just a couple? Have you tried larger weight increases in the same set? For example, maybe a guy like myself would start my first set with 15lbs. Hang that for a couple minutes, remove the weight, keep tension on my hanger, add 10lbs to get up to 25lbs and then try to hang that. I don't have time today, but I may try this in the morning. I'm actually going to make a note in my paper logbook now.