Progress thread CRays PE journey
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Just loving it. Like anything is has a learning curve but I am getting better with it every session and I love doing it seated.How do you like the hanger?
I've been looking at it myself.
Good progress
Longest hanger workout. It felt good so I upped the sets. hot shower as a substitute for the heating pad I have coming then right into 50 tunica scrapes each side with the new Gua Sha Scapper blade I got. totalman compression hanger for real weight hanging. I did 12 sets of 5 mins with 30 second breaks and 7 mins breaks where needed to regain blood flow. Set 1 I used 5 lbs, set 2 6lbs, sets 3 7lb sets 4-12 8 lbs. Starting bone pressed stretched flaccid 9.4375”, ending bone pressed stretched flaccid 9.9375”
It’s a tool used in physical therapy on tendons. I have had it used on my achillies when I had achillies tendonitious. Bd and perv believe it helps relax the tissues for a better stretch.
Sounds good.
How do you wrap for it?
Check out this video from mike at totalman. It’s at the bottom of the page. I wrap just like he shows he does it
colossaltitan
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Just watched some of the video and super annoyed at how much Mike waffles and overcomplicates the whole process. It doesn't take that long to explain how to put on any device.
Haha. I’m just glad he made the vid. It was put up recently. I couldn’t figure out how to use the last version and I couldnt find a video for it. At least this one does a good job explaining how to use the device
colossaltitan
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I guess some video is better than no video. I'd consider a compression hanger some time in the future because then you don't have to worry about applying the suction cup with the pump, my pump just broke 2 days ago and my new one only arrives Wednesday.
Question for you: What ques do you take as a sign that the hanging session is done? Tenderness on the base? I always focus on what I feel at the base during a set and if I feel a slight ache then I take off. This a good approach.
If you have the LengthMaster it can be used as a compression hanger. I gained a quarter inch short period of time by using LengthMaster as weight hanger.
It can be but This actually works better. And the slim profile is amazing cause it fits in extenders also
I follow Bd’s protocol. You measure you pre and post bone stretches falccid to make sure you hit desired percentage increase
colossaltitan
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totally understand. I personally go by feel as measuring is not my favourite thing
That’s cool and I know guys like that in strengh training also. If it works it works. I have always been a numbers guy so I kind of geek out tracking the numbers
Anonamouse
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Long time lurker, but created an account to share what I just dreamed up, and seems to work really good for those pesky blisters!
It may sound weird, but there’s science behind it. It would be interesting for someone else’s to try and verify it works….
If you get a blister from vacuum cup stretching too much, take a nice large and flat salt crystal from your water softener bin or shaker, put it under a piece of tape or band aid, and put the salt crystal directly on top of the blister. Then take a few drops of water and saturate the crystal and skin. Within a few hours, the water from within the blister will exit the skin via osmosis. Read up on “salt osmosis” to learn details on how it works.
You can take a file and flatten the surface of the salt crystal, so it’s more comfortable, and makes better contact with the skin.
Worked amazing for me! My blister flattened out within a few hours. I feel the most important thing for quick healing is to get all of the water out of the blister quickly without popping it, so top layer of the skin can heal and bond back to the underlying skin. I’ve found that trying to apply continuous pressure (with a finger or whatever) to the top of the blister doesn’t really do much to push the water back into the body, but the salt crystal works!
It appeared that jelquing with the salt crystal/water applied seemed to speed up the osmosis. If you Google the word “jelquing and blister” you won’t find many results, so I think I may be onto something with that speeding things up.
The only side effect to the salt crystal is that it makes the surrounding skin wrinkly, but it goes away quickly after washing it off.
Hope this helps someone else and super curious to know if it really works for others. I’ve searched, and it doesn’t seem to look like anyone else has come up with this. If it works, now we just need to come to with a fun name for it!
It may sound weird, but there’s science behind it. It would be interesting for someone else’s to try and verify it works….
If you get a blister from vacuum cup stretching too much, take a nice large and flat salt crystal from your water softener bin or shaker, put it under a piece of tape or band aid, and put the salt crystal directly on top of the blister. Then take a few drops of water and saturate the crystal and skin. Within a few hours, the water from within the blister will exit the skin via osmosis. Read up on “salt osmosis” to learn details on how it works.
You can take a file and flatten the surface of the salt crystal, so it’s more comfortable, and makes better contact with the skin.
Worked amazing for me! My blister flattened out within a few hours. I feel the most important thing for quick healing is to get all of the water out of the blister quickly without popping it, so top layer of the skin can heal and bond back to the underlying skin. I’ve found that trying to apply continuous pressure (with a finger or whatever) to the top of the blister doesn’t really do much to push the water back into the body, but the salt crystal works!
It appeared that jelquing with the salt crystal/water applied seemed to speed up the osmosis. If you Google the word “jelquing and blister” you won’t find many results, so I think I may be onto something with that speeding things up.
The only side effect to the salt crystal is that it makes the surrounding skin wrinkly, but it goes away quickly after washing it off.
Hope this helps someone else and super curious to know if it really works for others. I’ve searched, and it doesn’t seem to look like anyone else has come up with this. If it works, now we just need to come to with a fun name for it!
Late logging yesterday workout: hot shower as a substitute for the heating pad I have coming then right into 50 tunica scrapes each side with the new Gua Sha Scapper blade I got. totalman compression hanger for real weight hanging. I did 12 sets of 5 mins with 30 second breaks and 7 mins breaks where needed to regain blood flow. Set 1 I used 5 lbs, set 2 6lbs, sets 3 7lb set 4 8 lbs, sets 5-12 8.5 lbs. Starting bone pressed stretched flaccid 9.4375”, ending bone pressed stretched flaccid 9.9375” I upped the weight a little to 8.5 lbs.
Interesting idea
0.5" elongation after hanging is massive, with ~6lb I get an elongation of max 0.2-0.25". But I do not hang with a compression hanger, just a vlc tugger.
Good session brother
Incredible growth!
Thanks buddy. I’m in a good groove right now. Gotta ride the wave0.5" elongation after hanging is massive, with ~6lb I get an elongation of max 0.2-0.25". But I do not hang with a compression hanger, just a vlc tugger.
Good session brother