Qarzan's progress log

[Qarzan]

I've started hanging today. Bought a bib starter hanger. Today's hanging session will be very light, just to get used to wrapping, getting the thing on, taking it off, etc.

Routine:
10 mins warm-up
5 directional stretches w/ kegels & circular stretches
50 wet jelqs
18 mins hanging, 2 lbs.
10 mins warm-down

As I get used to how to use the hanger, I will increase the number of sets. I've decided to do sets of 18 minutes instead of exactly 20 minutes to give myself a little extra time in case I take longer than expected to get the hanger on/off. I will edit this post after the hanging session with how it felt, and what I noticed.

EDIT: Finished my first 18-min set of hanging. I noticed my shaft and head were cold, but not discolored. My penis looked longer and felt stretched out. During the hanging session, I felt that the weight was stretching the skin on the top of my shaft, more than it was stretching the ligament. In other words, the skin will have to stretch out before the ligament begins to stretch out; the skin was taking most of the stress of the weight.

Also, just to note, I was sitting on the edge of my seat, with the weight pulling my shaft straight down.

 

[Qarzan]

I've decided to drop the stretching and jelqing from my hanging routine, per the advice contained in the "Hanging 101" thread.

Today's workout was:

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins rest w/ warming
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Basically, 2 sets, 18 mins per set, 2 lb weight.

At the end of it, my penis felt tingly, though not numb, the base near the ligament felt a bit sore, definitely fatigued. Head felt cold and slightly blu-ish, though regained color very quickly.

 

[Qarzan]

Did the same workout as yesterday, but cut the second set short by 3 minutes because I noticed the head was very cold, and starting to turn blue.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins rest w/ warming
15-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

I did feel a little pain when I first tightened the wing nut, but then I re-positioned and loosened, and it was fine after that. I didn't tighten the wing nut as tight as yesterday, but somehow circulation was cut off even more. Maybe it was because I wrapped it a bit tighter. Anyways, I'm doing the warm-down now, and I will try again on Monday.

Penis feels fatigued but no pain.

 

[Qarzan]

Same workout as last time, wrapped my shaft much looser than last time, and as a result the head wasn't as cold, and definitely not as blue. I noticed some stretch marks on the skin of my shaft, so I think my penis is getting conditioned to the hanging. Maybe next week I'll up the number of sets to see if I can handle 3 sets of 18 minutes.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins rest w/ warming
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Finished the workout, penis felt fatigued, head was a bit cold, but not as cold as last time, and a little bit blue-ish, but again not as bad as last time.

 

[Qarzan]

Same workout as yesterday. On the second hanging set, I wrapped it pretty loosely, and the wrap started unraveling, so I stopped the timer, re-wrapped it so that the head was not inside the wrap, and re-set the weights.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins rest w/ warming
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

After hanging, the head was fairly cold, but not really that blue. Maybe my penis is getting used to the hanging? I'll consider increasing the number of sets starting on Thursday.

 

[Qarzan]

Ok, I think I've figured out the whole wrapping thing. Now I think I have to try and adjust all the nuts and bolts so the pressure is spread along my entire shaft, and not concentrated in any one area. This will likely help with circulation. As a test I loosened the wing nut on the underside of the hanger, closer to my body, seeing as how it was set as "toe out" (ie- narrower near the body), and this may have cut off circulation. I adjusted it so that it was an even width throughout.

In addition, I've noticed that I don't get morning wood as much since I've started hanging. My erections are fewer and of lesser quality. So, I've substituted the 10 minutes of warm-up in between sets, with 10 minutes of jelqing. We'll see if my morning wood returns (hopefully with avengeance!).

So here's my workout today:

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Also, I've just read a post in the "Penis Devices" forum about progressive hanging. Once I get up to 3 sets, I will probably start these progressive sets, as I don't want to spend 3+ hours per day hanging 6 sets, and 3 sets will probably take 90 minutes of my time (including 10 minute breaks in between).

https://www.pegym.com/forums/penis-...ssive-weight-hanging-gain-more-less-time.html

 

[Qarzan]

Same workout as yesterday, only I cut the second set short by 2 minutes because the edge of the wrap was beginning to push against the corona of my head. It was hurting, so I removed the weight and stopped the session there.

As a result, I have cut the thera-band shorter so that it wraps around the shaft about 1.5 times, as opposed to 3 times. Hopefully, this will prevent "telescoping" of the wrap, which causes it to slide up towards the head.

I also noticed stronger morning wood this morning, and will continue with the jelqing between sets.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
16-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

 

[Qarzan]

Same workout as yesterday, I think the shorter wrap helped prevent the "telescoping" effect. First set went by without a hitch. Second set the head got kinda cold and a little bit blue, but powered through it.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 2 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Monday I will start the progressive hanging mentioned in the previous post. I have very little fatigue after hanging just 2 lbs, so Monday's weight will be 2.5 lbs. If all goes well with that, we'll see if I feel fatigued enough that I need to reduce the weight on Tuesday. If not, Wednesday begins with 3 lbs! If that doesn't produce fatigue by Thursday, then Friday begins with 3.5 lbs.

Wish me luck!

 

[Qarzan]

Added some weight to make the total weight 2.5 lbs. Noticed the head got colder faster, and was a little more blue. I think this is due to the extra pressure from higher weight.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 2.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 2.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Penis felt fatigued, but not overly sore. I will start hanging 2.5 lbs tomorrow, and if it's not fatigued by the second set, I'll hang 3 lbs on Wednesday.

 

[Qarzan]

I noticed my morning wood came back this morning. It was fairly strong, but didn't last too long. I think it's because 2 lbs was not enough to cause microtears, and so all that was happening was my penis was being starved of blood for 18 minutes.

I've increased the weight to 3 lbs today, since 2.5 lbs did not result in fatigue on the second day. I do think the first thing to stretch would be the skin on top of the shaft. Once that stretches a bit more, it should start to stretch the internals.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins warm-down

At the end of the workout, I noticed my penis felt more fatigued than normal, but that it could take a bit more weight. I think I need to start doing 3 sets instead of 2; don't want to make a short, stout dick, right? I'll bump it up to 3 sets on Friday. Tomorrow will be 2 sets of 3 lbs again, to see if I reach fatigue by the second set.

 

[Qarzan]

Ok, so decided to do 3 sets today, at 3 lbs, and see how that went. Second set I started to feel a bit of pain on the shaft, where the hanger clamped, so I decided to reduce the weight for the third set to 2.5 lbs. I think I'll work at 3 lbs until I can finish an entire week without reducing weight.

Here's my workout for today:
10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 2.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

After the third set, penis felt fairly fatigued. I may need to reduce weight after just the first set tomorrow. We will see.

 

[Qarzan]

I remembered that I had a doctor's appointment today, so I didn't have time for my third set. I would have reduced weight to 2.5 lbs since the second set I was feeling pretty fatigued, but instead I went straight from the jelqs to the warm-down.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
10-mins warm-down

Did a length measurement this morning, came in at 5.625" again. No change.

 

[Qarzan]

3 sets today, 3 lbs. I noticed the skin on my shaft was all wrinkly earlier in the day. I think this is due to using too much moisturizer when wrapping (the skin sticks to the wrap). I intended to make the wrap stick better, but I think I'll go back to using the baby powder instead, since I don't want a weird-looking dick.

Currently in the middle of the second set, I've noticed it doesn't feel as fatigued as last week. Maybe tomorrow, after the first set, if I don't feel fatigued, I'll up it to 3.5 lbs. We'll see.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3 lbs
10-mins warm-down

 

[Qarzan]

Upped to 3.5 lbs today, but didn't have time for 3 full sets, so I only did 2 sets. Had to decrease the weight after the first set, since I was feeling some pain on the shaft skin.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

 

[Qarzan]

Hung 3.5 lbs, all 3 sets. Felt fatigued, but no need to reduce weight. Tomorrow, I begin 4.0 lbs and see how that goes.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Penis felt fatigued but no need to reduce weight. Will need to improve wrapping technique, as the wrap slipped towards the head. It was ok but I'd rather not have the wrap over the head.

 

[Qarzan]

Ok, so yesterday I hung 4 lbs, 3 sets. Didn't feel fatigued, repeating 4 lbs today.

Yesterday's workout:

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Today I decided to adjust the wing nuts on my bib hanger. I adjusted the lower ones so that it closes tighter near the bottom. This resulted in a more even pressure and more comfortable hang. Now 4 lbs is no problem. I feel circulation is better, and the skin is not as stressed as before. All around a good move.

Today's workout:

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Noticed no fatigue, feel like I could add more, especially now that I've adjusted the wing nuts on the hanger. Monday I start with 4.5 lbs.

 

[Qarzan]

Upped to 4.5 lbs, did all 3 sets at that weight. Felt a bit of fatigue when I wrapped it closer to the head, but I didn't like the way it felt. The edge of the wrap was digging into the corona, and it was unpleasant. Before the following set, I re-wrapped closer to the base to avoid this.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Tomorrow I will do 4.5 lbs again and see if I fatigue. If not, I'll use 5 lbs on Wednesday.

 

[Qarzan]

Today's workout stayed at 4.5 lbs for the entire time. Tomorrow I will start at 5 lbs. For the third set, I adjusted the bottom wing nuts so it was looser. It seemed to improve circulation and reduce pain on the corona.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

Felt fatigued before the third set, but decided to push through and keep the weight the same for the third set. Will see how it goes with 5 lbs. I feel that 5 lbs will be my max for now, and will start the progressive hanging from 5 lbs until I can do 2 days in a row without reducing weight at all.

 

[Qarzan]

Did my first set with 5 lbs. GODDAMN! That is definitely my max right now. I reduced weight to 4.5 lbs for the second set, and still felt a slight pain in my shaft. Reducing even further to 4 lbs for the third set.

8 minutes into second set, I felt a sharper pain in my shaft, so I reduced weight immediately to 3.5 lbs. After reducing weight, I still felt a slight pain on the left side of my shaft, near the base. Third set will be 2.5 lbs.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
8-mins hanging, 4.5 lbs
10- mins hanging, 3.5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 2.5 lbs
10-mins warm-down

2.5 lbs definitely felt really light, but I think it was good since there was a twinge in the shaft. Felt a bit of a stretch/dull pain at around the 7-minute mark of the third set, so I think this is a good progression from 5 lbs.

Tomorrow I will stick with 5/3.5/2.5 and see how that goes. I have a feeling that will be my routine for quite a while.

 

[Qarzan]

Today's workout, started with 5 lbs, reduced to 4. Second set resulted in very little strain, so I kept it at 4 lbs for the third set, which resulted in a dull pain consistent with the feeling of a good stretch.

10-mins warm-up
18-mins hanging, 5 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins wet jelqs
18-mins hanging, 4 lbs
10-mins warm-down