Hanging: The Missing Link Of Strength

[Michael]

www.bodybuilding.com/content/hanging-the-missing-link-of-strength-training.html

[Dave Reslo]

That custom 40 guy or whatever he was called did a lot of one arm hangs but with grip assistance, he like to sort of wiggle around I think?

[MBS]

Thanks for posting this Michael. Always good to be reminded of the value of bar hangs. 

Doing these followed by a set  of shoulder dislocates. 

[billfish]

i was looking at Youtube and found this.....I would say that this guy has some good grip strength

[gruntbrain]

Lesser beings like me can use grip assistance to prolong 1 and 2 arm hang times . Of course, it's also good to hang without assistance for grip strengthening .

[Bruce Tackett]

The Missing Link of Strength

[Michael]

MBS, We all definitely know the benefits of hanging. It's not the only thing I do but for grip, wrist, shoulders, and back it's a good practice. The guy in Billfish's video is on another level. But as Gruntbrain noted, grip assistant hangs are just as good for shoulders and the lower back. I like to do relaxed bar hangs and active bar hangs. I do them because they are fun, feel good and for the benefits, they provide the body.

[Michael]

May 21, 2019 23:41:03 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

The Missing Link of Strength

Do You have to look like You're constipated to be strong? 

[mr potatohead]

May 21, 2019 21:15:43 GMT Dave Reslo said:

That custom 40 guy or whatever he was called did a lot of one arm hangs but with grip assistance, he like to sort of wiggle around I think?

I think you're talking about Pete Wagner?
His old youtube channel was "61 Custom Rebuild", but I think he may have taken it off of youtube? - I can't find it.

His current youtube channel is Omega-Iota Fitness.
HERE is a video from a year ago where he hangs at about half way mark.

Here's what he says about himself on the youtube channel:

Pioneer of the Omega-Iota Principal of Physical Fitness: the obtainment of Omega (greatest value) through Iota (least effort).

He hung out here on Sierra when he was began promoting his first e-book (in the Sierra archives), but seemed somewhat put off by the lack of awe that the members here expressed and left.
I like Pete, maybe partly due to understanding where he's coming from, but he may be overvaluing the uniqueness of his gospel.
I have definitely benefited from some of the info he presents and I like listening to him learn on the fly so I don't care about some of his oddities.

[mr potatohead]

Here's one of Pete's videos. It's from April 1, 2019. He uses 45# plates to do similar stuff to what I do. No reps, just pick up weights, hold them and move them around until done, then put them down. TUT; constant tension from the time he picks them up until he's done.
He also says some stuff that interests me.

[MBS]

May 21, 2019 23:53:26 GMT Michael said:

MBS, We all definitely know the benefits of hanging. It's not the only thing I do but for grip, wrist, shoulders, and back it's a good practice. The guy in Billfish's video is on another level. But as Gruntbrain noted, grip assistant hangs are just as good for shoulders and the lower back. I like to do relaxed bar hangs and active bar hangs. I do them because they are fun, feel good and for the benefits, they provide the body.

Good stuff Michael. I’m also doing different things too  for grip. Been playing around with timed one handed carries, pinching a 45 lb plate for time. One minute with the right hand, then one with the left, walking around in my back yard. 

Hanging on on the bar has a primal feel to it. Enjoyable, and productive. 

[mr potatohead]

I think so too.
Hanging is one of the few exercises that I do every day, some days several times.
Occasionally, I bring my feet up and past the bar on my head side of the bar. Then do an inverted row and back down. Kinda like a DL move, but with the bar behind my calves.

[Mr Average]

I also think that hanging is a great way of drying clothing.

[Mr Average]

May 21, 2019 23:41:03 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

The Missing Link of Strength

[jrmeatplow]

May 22, 2019 2:35:02 GMT mr potatohead said:

Here's one of Pete's videos. It's from April 1, 2019. He uses 45# plates to do similar stuff to what I do. No reps, just pick up weights, hold them and move them around until done, then put them down. TUT; constant tension from the time he picks them up until he's done.
He also says some stuff that interests me.

Quite interesting. Actually I'm amazed by his strength. If I held 45lbs plates for a 4th of the time that he did I'd be shaking like a dog shitting tac's.