Only 2 minutes ? I was previously disappointed by my 30-40 second max. Now, I feel better knowing I'm not far behind. Time for me to get back out there Thanks 🙂🙂
Man I really hope this works for me, I get frustrated after doing dips Deficit push-ups and lateral raises because of shoulder pain. But if indeed weird that I Don't get any rotator cuff pain after dips or Lu raises.
For years I have had shoulder pain from playing football and working out. The pain got so bad that I couldn't do bench pressing for years without having pain. So one day I saw a hanging video and decided I had nothing to lose. I started hanging every day for a total of 3 minutes. So that was 30-45 seconds at a time. After a week my shoulder felt a lot better. Within 2 weeks I had no shoulder pain. My hanging time increased to 2 minutes a try. So I did the hangs before my workouts and after my workouts. I started doing weighted hangs and increased the weight each week. I could have avoided years of shoulder pain and years of lack of chest development and strength, from not training bench press.
Several months ago, I destroyed the labrum in my right shoulder working out. Post-MRI, I told my Dr. that I started hanging and he told me it was an excellent idea and he does it himself. My tear is nowhere near as painful as it was initially and I'm going to attribute that (without actual proof) to the hanging I started. Great video Daniel!
Dead hanging has done wonders for me! I have a slipped L5 (car accident) and the first time I tried to dead hang I was in such outrageous pain that I couldn't do 5 seconds. I couldn't believe it. I'd always been active and athletic so I took this as a sign that I needed work on this. I bought yoga bands and sat in them and progressively reduced the strength of the band until I could hang on my own. Now I can do almost a full 2 minutes and my back hasn't "tweaked" or locked up since! Note: Before I was ready, I tried a full relaxed unassisted dead hang and I passed out. I woke up on the floor with a dent in the wall from my head, so make sure you're ready before putting your feet up like he's suggesting. I have no concerns about doing that now but I've been hanging for about 2 years. Finally, I used to pay ~$200/week to have my spine "decompressed" and this is the exact same thing except its free and you can do it as often as you want. One more thing: If you think about it, if we descended from primates the one thing primates do that we don't is hang or swing from the arms. We did it as kids, but not as adults so it's no wonder we have back pain. Swinging or hanging from the arms is natural spinal decompression.
@0:57 how to do an active hang Relax core, thumb over front. @7:30 20 second + set (goal 45 to 60) and cumulative 5. Not hanging to fatigue. Most days of week most of time. @9:05 progression to one arm hang and swinging. @10:27 hanging stretch if I can ever find a bar low enough lol @10:52 neutral grip hang. May be best to start with.
I've been watching your videos since your early days, when you were practising in your parents' living room and I am still here, watching today. Your videos have evolved SO much and so have you... 90% of my training has been influenced by your work. You're my all-time favourite Fitness RUclipsr and will always be.
I'm 69 years old, very fit at cycling, but my posture is dreadful as I work on the computer all the time. I've made it a habit of going outside when I let our 3 dogs out in the morning and going straight to a bar I've got in my back yard. I hang and slowly twist... holding the twist for a short time. I feel wonderful after hanging at the start of my day!
Before finding this video, I had been doing this on my own… And I didn’t realize it was actually a thing that fitness experts advocated! I get some of the benefits mentioned here. My upper back and neck feel a lot better after I do it. I’m a 67-year-old man with a cervical spine bone spurs and surgical scapular decompression of both shoulders. This exercise has helped a lot.
I'm a 62-year-old man who was never into serious sports but never stopped challenging my body with different workout routines. As with many DIY projects, the results weren't fantastic, especially due to poor warm-ups and lazy stretches. As I was turning 58, my right shoulder quit on me (I was doing Krav Maga at the time, and working the punching bag like I was about to fight Mike Tyson). For over a year, just lifting my arm on any angle above the shoulder level was excruciatingly painful. This was during Covid, so medical assistance wasn't easy, which took me to Dr. RUclips. Some hundred videos later, I decided hanging made the most sense, so I took that road. A journey of pain, but 4 years later, I can hang from my right arm for 10 seconds, and after seeing your video, I'm surely going for that 30 sec mark! Both arms hanging went from 4-5 sec to 90, which I repeat 3 times a day at least 5 days a week. Your video really pumped my enthusiasm and provided me with a lot of useful tips to improve my routines. Great work! Thanks.
I remember the first time I did this after watching one of your videos where you recommended hanging... I felt my back pop and readjust and the sense of RELIEF was something I didn't know I needed. I have been hooked ever since. Thanks for the tips!
Diabetic here and frozen shoulder injuries are a very real thing in my life. Hanging and other exercises fixed my right frozen shoulder injury of seven+ years. Now, after being lazy for a few months and not being in the gym, I have developed a left frozen shoulder. Hanging will fix this too.
@@gourdbox diabetic's higher average blood sugar adversely effects our collagen, which results in us being about twice as likely to develop frozen shoulder injuries.
Frozen shoulder is not your fault. I've had diabetis type 1 almost since my birth and I got my first frozen shoulder 5 months after starting boxing. Second one 10 years later while doing... Nothing :p Auto-inflammatory diseases just love us. edit : I'm 46 and boxing was while I was 35
I'm pretty sure I contribute most of my deadlift gains specifically to how much bar time I had just messing around and explosively pulling up for muscle ups when I was much lighter and much more active 8 years ago. 1 year of this will make you feeling like a new man.
I had frozen shoulder or impingement in the left shoulder for 3 years which was cured one day via a 4 hour soak in a hot springs. Then less than a year later, the other shoulder started getting worse and worse until I couldn't wipe my butt because the shoulder wouldn't let me reach that far. Hanging , with a little focused massage has cured my second shoulder problem. Its now part of my daily life. The rest of the pull-up bar routine is now an enjoyable part of my life that boosts my fitness. I have no desire to be muscularly jacked like the guy in thus video. But its good to be able to use my arms!
@@BlackMatrix-pl4fe passive. It gets my tight spots fairly directly. I also do various other assisted pullups. I've seen a few hundred vids on shoulder rehab and exercise.
Found this out over 20 years ago. A friend of mine was trying to get me into rock climbing and told me to just hang off a chin up bar for as long as I could a couple times a day to help increase my grip strength. Now that I'm older, hanging helps stave off lower back pain and helps me keep my shoulder mobility.
I started a daily regimen of hanging for five minutes in one-minute increments about three weeks ago, out of nowhere, and I feel like a transformed person. Obviously it has improved my pull-ups, but also my posture, and has (as you mentioned) been a great antidote to the culturally ubiquitous habit of sitting and staring at screens. (I'm also a concert pianist, and sit for that while reaching forward a lot, so hanging has helped there, too-as well as for the pianists' much-needed ability for the fingers to be able to support arm weight in varying amounts!) Thank you again for all you do, and know that not all musicians out there are "precious" about their hands. I'm all about bulletproofing mine, even in my late 40s. 🥂
Your comment reminds me a bit of how Pablo Casals, especially when he left for Puerto Rico during the Spanish revolution, played tennis every week for purposes of fun and especially to strengthen his grip. I needed this exercise many years ago when I studied classical guitar in Spain.
Can we give this guy a hand on the writing aspect of these videos. Currently on my 4th post secondary English course, and much like how technical papers need to be easy to read, this is very easy to listen to.
Hanging and doing pullups really helped my neck pain and weak shoulders (helped lower back too)... been doing it for a couple of years now. I'm a runner with a "nerd neck" and it didn't fix that but I don't have any more neck pain. My upper body and lower back feels better because of it.
Hanging for about 8 months has significantly healed a serious shoulder injury that caused me a lot of pain. I did it for 2-5 minutes daily and still continue to do so. Additionally, I incorporated ring exercises into my daily routine to further strengthen and improve the flexibility of my shoulder. Initially, my weak shoulders were the root cause of the injury while heavy lifting. Now, the pain is completely gone.
Love Daniel's confession at 4min 30 secs in about hanging to boost his posture and confidence for first impressions, I've been doing a bunch of dead hangs for just over a month now and its like I can't slouch anymore
Amazing video! I have been recovering from full shoulder separation and have found the active hang has been the best exercise in my recovery. Thank you so much for sharing this potentially life-changing information!
I was asking my son the other day to hang for some time in a bar to correct his posture and also build strength. Today randomly popped up your video in my feed. Very nice information that will help my son and myself to keep hanging 🙂. Thank you.
I injuried my left shoulder while trainning for muscle up. Took 4 months of physioterapy to recover (3 sets of hanging for 30 secs included). After recovery I achieved muscle up and injuried myself again, but now the right shoulder, at this time I was hanging 5-6 minutes a day and in just 10 days I was fully recovered, Also started to notice a better posture. Great video. Made hanging a daily habit!
was it passive or active hanging? My should is still feeling some pain after 2 months of physical therapy during dips. My daily life the therapy solved but dips I would love to do again without the slight pain and I think I will try hanging. Just don't know if active or passive is right for me.
I watched this video and added dead hangs to my workouts immediately. I want to do pull ups, but struggle with them. I saw this as a way to help me get there. What surprised me was the other benefits: looser shoulders, stronger firearms, etc. Thank you so much for this and your other videos. Great advice, simply and effectively presented! ❤
I remember 5-6 years ago I had an impingement in my shoulder so I started hanging everyday for about a year and it got rid of my pain. I did dead and active hanging. I don’t have anymore pain and it also led me into calisthenics training and now my shoulders are much more stable and free moving.
Wow. I just came upon this video. I'm good shape, cardiovascular wise, i'm female about to run 64. Was a 5, 10k and other race runner for 25 years, and I've been working out in one form or another since my 20's. I do this exercise on the pull up assist weight machine for YEARS because it always felt so good to just hang. Instinctively I knew it was good for me. Great to be validated. I would say my consistent and at times over the years, intense cross fit commitment to exercise has paid off. My cadence walk is really fast still, I bike to my gym still and I do all the HIIT, TRX, TURF classes where everyone usually half my age. I live in Philadelphia, PA right by the famous rocky steps and there are many trails, running paths and 4 class bicycle groups. I'm also, gardening, dog walking and salsa dancing. Exercise, consistently, is definitely the key to longevity. The other weird thing I do, hopefully is like this, good for me. I keep 2 25 lbs dumbbell weights in my kitchen and bedroom, and and randomly will pick them up and turn at the waist rocking slowly back and forth and it just feels good. When I'm at my gym, and this one machine where I load on each side 45 lbs + 35 lbs and crank up and down over a bench pushing down. When I take those weights off, I'll swing with a 45 lbs weight in each hand at the waist turn slowly back and forth. It feels the same as the dead hang. It strengthens and aligns my body and spine. I also incorporate white organic green tea for decades, steeping multiple bags and fill my water bottles and that helps preserve your telomeres, dna, fight oxidation of your cells and free radical damage.
PS i hardly have any gray hair and if I believe people, look about 20 years younger. I don't take any medications and keep it moving. That thumbprint was from 2022 with Gov Shapiro and his wife right before he got elected. I think i'm holding my bike helmet. Motion is Lotion for the body.
@trinidiana I always had back issues, especially lower back and upper back pain. Maybe it's because I work in front of a computer all day due to my specialty. So, I started doing this every morning after I wake up and helps me with waking up lol feel awake. I began with 10 seconds, then increased to 20 seconds, and up to 1 minute over the year. This year, I am doing a 1.5-minute hang. Now, my pain is gone 100%, and my forearms and shoulders have gotten stronger.
I'm recovering from a couple of injuries in the shoulder and elbow. I don't know if hanging has helped me heal faster, but it definitely has helped me heal better, if that makes sense.
Believe me guys, I am 26 and genetically I couldnt get taller, but guess what, with hanging regularly, I unknowingly got taller and everyone around me was shocked and surprised of how my posture got healthier and thus gave me more height. Keep hanging
@@CursedWheelieBin the less hunched over you are the taller you’ll be in reality. Also the spine will decompress with hanging which could potentially help in lengthening (very slightly I’d imagine*)
I started hanging a few weeks ago at the gym when I finally found a spot that was suitable for me there. As a female with hands that are smaller than a man’s, the normal hang-worthy frames were too tall and the bars too big around to be able to hold onto. I also have shoulder challenges to work around. No rotator cuff on the right and possibly torn or also missing cuff on the left limit my ability to do most lifting actions. After seeing your video a while back about hanging I wanted to give it a try and do now enjoy the stretch it is giving me as well as the strengthening of my grip. Thanks for this more detailed hang video! Any more info you could include on doing upper body strengthening with cuff deficits will be greatly appreciated. 👍👍👍
i have a pull up bar that goes over my door frame that i got from amazon for probably less than $20. i leave it by the bathroom so i can hang for a little bit before or after i use the bathroom for whatever reason. after 2 months my shoulder pain disappeared and my posture definitely improved. i’m pretty sure it’s slowed down my breathing some how too
I'm 71 and love my 2 minute hangs, but I hate to have to bend my knees. When I hang, I want to completely relax and HANG! The only connection is my hands. So I put two concrete blocks on top of each other under all four legs of my pull up apparatus. Although its quite high its still very stable and it also works great for doing "true" pull ups where one goes ALL THE WAY DOWN to arm lock before pulling up again. Try it, you'll love it.
Just discovered you. This was motivating! Not to exaggerate, but the phrase, "what gets measured, gets managed." May have just changed my outlook on so many different things I'm my life. Great stuff.
I have chronic enough back pain while sleeping and lying down. I tried many stretching and yoga routines for it but the only thing that has seemed to help is hanging. Sadly my grip strength has still not improved much despite doing it for months now. I can do a minute at a time if I push myself. The skin on my hands gets incredibly sore.
there are certain segments in any that give tons of value, THOSE HANGING VARIATIONS are tremendous value, you can repurpose that segment and post it across multiple channels, you will get so many views. Thank you for this.
Content just keeps getting better and better! Thanks, Daniel! I love hanging! Admittedly, I haven't worked on that for a bit. But when I do, it feels incredible and my pullups increase magically. How 'bout that! I don't remember what my PR is, but it's somewhere close to 2:15. Rock climbing is incredible for improving this (because let's face it, climbing is basically hanging with motion ha).
I started this on my own before seeing this video but not consistently. The information in this video makes sense and will keep in mind to do it more regularly because my shoulders always hurt, especially after pressing exercises.
I have been having issues in my shoulder lately with overhead lifts. Can't thank you enough for this video. Hanging made a night and day difference for me. All the stiffness in the neck, the shoulder got deleted within 24 hours. THANK YOU 😊🎉
this is the best video about the Hanging exercise ever. It's so well explained and easy to follow. Will be incorporating all this in my exercise routine.
FOR BEGINNERS: Hang for 10 sec intervals for 2 minutes a day. Itll build you up to hanging for a minute. Ive worked in labor industries for years and its the best way to keep from hurting in the long run. I also noticed i gain muscle without truly trying.
it really is true....I can only do 15-25 seconds at a time now and I do it a few times but it does miracles for my neck and shoulders, the pain is definitely reduced around the upper back and neck area. Been at it for 3 weeks now...
i used to watch your videos when i started calisthenics, now i came back after a longtime and its good to see thtat the quality is always on point. Thanks for providing such good video and tutorials
I can't hold a handstand for more than 5 secons however, in my experience it solved many of my problems. I was dealing with elbow pain doing pull ups, practicing for the handstand solved that issue. I think it also helped with my posture and with my neck pain since I tend to be sitting a lot. handstand and the regressions also transform your body
Challenge accepted! I have been plagued by shoulder pain when lifting my left arm overhead, also the tendons in my left wrist and lower arm hurt. Let's try 30 days of daily hanging to see if this will heal🤞
I healed my herniated disc with a combination of hanging... And a few stretches.. One including the Cobra stretch... When you do a FULL hang you decompress your spine.. So this would be VERY beneficial after heavy compound exercises such as dead lifts and squats... Also anyone who has issues with compression in the spine.. This will help to progressively decompress the spine even in EXTREME circumstances... Hope this helps😊
It may be too compressed, so when it decompress it hurts a little, but if it hurts after hanging it's probrably some instability issue (Squat University has talked about it)
I hanged while relaxing the lower back. Learned quickly that leads to pain. He mentions to keep the abs not stiff, but he didn’t mention the back. He looks to be keeping it stiff while relaxing abs. Thats what i do for no pain while hanging and then letting go.
I had a bad shoulder injury from a kettlebell snatch gone wrong (with 16kg kettlebell I think) and it just wasn't healing... I was familiar with some bodyweight exercises from my previous gym and gradually shifted to doing mostly them at the gym. I think it was from youtube where I heard about hanging being potentially helpful for shoulder injuries so I started doing that at the gym regularly. My shoulder started getting much better and I was able to finally start working on some handstands again after a long time (2 years). And now my grip strength, shoulders and core are so much stronger. I'm so glad I have done this rehabbing very gradually and consistently as I had almost lost hope for my shoulder ever healing but now I can see the results :)
Used this to recover from biceps tendonitis. When I started I had to lift my injured arm above my head with my good arm. Now 6 weeks later I have full mobility and most of my overhead strength back.
I tore my rotator cuff in a motorcycle accident. I used the Chuck Norris Total Gym to fix it. I hung from the handles at a 30 deg angle at first. I just curled my fingertips at first to get full extension, then started shrugging when I was ready. Hanging is amazing. I made a 100% recovery. I have owned one for over 30 years. I need to use my pull ups bar on the regular.
I came up with two unique and fun ways to hang. One, I have a single-point trapeze in my garage---a dowel with a rope at both ends coming to a single point in a triangle pattern. It's low enough for my legs to bend and my feet to touch the ground. I'll start with a dead hang, then begin slowly moving side to side and even twisting gently. My obliques get a lovely stretch and my spine can get do some twisting without sitting on my hips. Two, I have a pipe attached to the ceiling in a basement room. I would do dead hangs on it, but then I would toss over a thick workout band, hang onto either side, then do some bouncing and lifting, flys, assisted pullups, etc. I had a lot of range to stretch everything in my shoulders while simultaneously moving through strength and resistance training. It's quite enjoyable. I bought Dr Kirsch's book after I had a shoulder injury from helping friend's move. I use to perform in very physical circus-like theater, so I thought I was pretty strong. Hangs have been the bomb for alleviating pain.
Randomly saw this on the right of RUclips while watching another video -comes as just the perfect time. I've been doing supersets of Squat/Incline or Deadlift/Flat bench for a while now and I started doing static hangs (relaxed and tensed) between the supersets because pull-ups/chin-ups were too much total body fatigue for me to get the most out of the squats and deadlifts. I had heard "2 minutes of hanging per day is ideal"... but this sounds like a good idea to intersperse another 3 minutes throughout the rest of the day. I like the concept of possibly making small changes to *SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT* over time... that's a game changer for sure!!! 💪💪
i lived extremely sedentary since the covid. and my left shoulder has become very loose. i can even move my humerus towards front when i flex my pecs, means that the rotator cuff is so weak. lately started to do some exercises, i lay on the floor and lift some 0.5 liter water bottles, and i started to see some progression, i feel more stable when lifting my arm overhead, less crunchy sounds etc. still not even close to the right arm but getting better. my goal is to be to able to hang for at least 10 seconds now. these kinda videos really motivate me
I love this video and totally approve. Simple hanging helped me also with my lower spine injury (damaged part lengthens, gets more nutrition and doesn't hurt for a few days)
I have been doing passive dead hangs for 9 months/4-5 times/wk.I started off easy and now am up to 2.25-2.45 minutes .I always use a bench to grab the bar and then step off it to hang.At the the end of the hang my fingers are cramped and hurting so it is easier to then step onto a bench to release the bar..After a few months my back feels stronger and my posture has improved immensely.I always do it as the last thing in the gym as this is a stretching exercise..All I can say is " WOW " When I finish the hang I get a runners type high.But,it takes time.Have patience.This is one of the best things I have ever done in the gym at age 68,5'10",162lbs.......MR Fitness Faqs did I miss anything??
Dead hangs and pull-ups have helped my messed up collar bone. Sleeping on my arm has messed up my collar bone. So the right side used to hurt when doing strenuous movements. No more.
I started doing this about 3 weeks ago and my upper back feels so much better already. My bar hangs in the hallway and I hang from it almost every time I walk under it.
I heard that hanging was good but I tried it numerous times and it made my right shoulder hurt. Now I've been trying the active hang after seeing an other video of yours and it doesn't hurt and I hope the pain will go away complitelly eventually. Thanks!
Thanks for your video(s). As a radiologist passionated by calisthenics and bodybuilding, I totally approve your recommendations and your anatomical explanations. Keep it up, you're doing a great stuff accessible to everyone! This is a real preventive medecine of movement!!!
Man, over the years of watching you your physique has gotten absolutely insane. Huge kudos to your work ethic and results! I am very curious though, with your lifestyle and work life, are you constantly improving strength/size or are you in a maintaining phase of life? I know as you get more advanced it is harder to put on size and strength, so I guess how do you balance life and fitness, especially if you are learning new skills or exercises?
Request: for beginner pulls ups, can you make a video dedicated to overcome the initial barricade when pulling up? I don't know what's its called, like this scapular contraction and and then pulling up another 5 centimeters or so. A video dedicated entirely to that, devoid of all other fluff.
1st time aware of the hanging being a thing. I do it b4 I workout part of my stretching then do pull ups. I had previous rotator cuff injury in the past. It feels good now.
I have a shoulder impingement that's not gotten any better for about 4 years. Eventually I went to the doctor who referred me to a specialist. I'm now undergoing physio which is no use. But the specialist did recommend hanging! I just can't get through more than about 20 seconds through the pain in my right arm. Will try the supported hang after watching this video.
buy an elastic band, and do elbow lock pushing from inside out and other exercises for shoulders. Lateral raises with 5 kg workg as well, lateral, front and 45 degrees.
I'm an older guy with a few injuries to cope with. I started dead hanging regularly at the end of last year. I DOES make an immediate difference when I do it, but at first the effects would fade quickly. But over time, those benefits would last longer and longer as my hanging time and frequency increased. I started off doing 10-20 seconds max per hang, now I am up to over a minute at a time. I do hangs every day now. A few months ago I could not support myself with one hand, now I can do 10-15 seconds per hand. It's not massive gains, but at my age a gain is a gain.
61 and just started back doing chinups after a layoff ouch. It felt good to be able to hang for 60 seconds after feeling weak earlier today. Good video; it educates and inspires. I think I’ll work it into resting squats and passive chest stretching with pullup bars.Already feeling the benefit of the hang.. 5 minutes after..
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Only 2 minutes ? I was previously disappointed by my 30-40 second max. Now, I feel better knowing I'm not far behind. Time for me to get back out there Thanks 🙂🙂
I’ve gotten just over a minute
timed it to a minute fifteen
definitely will set the goal of 2 min and a 30 s one arm hang
50s aim for 1 minute mate
@@damo5219I don't think you understand how much longer 2 minutes is
"Just hang in there" was literal.
That little cat was teaching us a valuable lesson 🐱
hangs after masturbashionn shoulder saving tips lol
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Hanging is the one. I do 1 minute a day. It changed my life; shoulder mobility, loosened my back, improved grip greatly and strengthened my forearms.
I drink one beer a day with same results
I drink one beer a day with same results
@@KimYoungUn69 drink more
@@acolyte7107i tried end up in hospital
@@KimYoungUn69 progressive overload for better results, mate 😉🍻
Hanging has helped my shoulders tremendously.
Man I really hope this works for me, I get frustrated after doing dips Deficit push-ups and lateral raises because of shoulder pain. But if indeed weird that I Don't get any rotator cuff pain after dips or Lu raises.
After a workout is nice. I just deadhang on some bars in all variations until i hear and feel decompressed.
SAME! because of hanging I have less stiffness in my thoracic spine, plus along that stiffness journey I’ve been able to hang with one arm🤙
Not mine!!!!
Looking a bit like Arnie from Total Recall at 5:58
For years I have had shoulder pain from playing football and working out.
The pain got so bad that I couldn't do bench pressing for years without having pain.
So one day I saw a hanging video and decided I had nothing to lose.
I started hanging every day for a total of 3 minutes. So that was 30-45 seconds at a time.
After a week my shoulder felt a lot better. Within 2 weeks I had no shoulder pain.
My hanging time increased to 2 minutes a try. So I did the hangs before my workouts and after my workouts. I started doing weighted hangs and increased the weight each week.
I could have avoided years of shoulder pain and years of lack of chest development and strength, from not training bench press.
Hi, have you done active or passive hanging?
@@ondabonda6531 Yes, I have done both and am back to doing hangs right now.
Hi, have you done active or passive hanging?
@@lprafalic Yes you have
@@ondabonda6531 Yes I have
It's amazing how just doing simple things like this CONSISTENTLY make massive positive changes
Several months ago, I destroyed the labrum in my right shoulder working out. Post-MRI, I told my Dr. that I started hanging and he told me it was an excellent idea and he does it himself. My tear is nowhere near as painful as it was initially and I'm going to attribute that (without actual proof) to the hanging I started. Great video Daniel!
Dead hanging has done wonders for me! I have a slipped L5 (car accident) and the first time I tried to dead hang I was in such outrageous pain that I couldn't do 5 seconds. I couldn't believe it. I'd always been active and athletic so I took this as a sign that I needed work on this. I bought yoga bands and sat in them and progressively reduced the strength of the band until I could hang on my own. Now I can do almost a full 2 minutes and my back hasn't "tweaked" or locked up since!
Note: Before I was ready, I tried a full relaxed unassisted dead hang and I passed out. I woke up on the floor with a dent in the wall from my head, so make sure you're ready before putting your feet up like he's suggesting. I have no concerns about doing that now but I've been hanging for about 2 years.
Finally, I used to pay ~$200/week to have my spine "decompressed" and this is the exact same thing except its free and you can do it as often as you want.
One more thing: If you think about it, if we descended from primates the one thing primates do that we don't is hang or swing from the arms. We did it as kids, but not as adults so it's no wonder we have back pain. Swinging or hanging from the arms is natural spinal decompression.
@0:57 how to do an active hang
Relax core, thumb over front.
@7:30 20 second + set (goal 45 to 60) and cumulative 5. Not hanging to fatigue. Most days of week most of time.
@9:05 progression to one arm hang and swinging.
@10:27 hanging stretch if I can ever find a bar low enough lol
@10:52 neutral grip hang. May be best to start with.
I've been watching your videos since your early days, when you were practising in your parents' living room and I am still here, watching today. Your videos have evolved SO much and so have you... 90% of my training has been influenced by your work. You're my all-time favourite Fitness RUclipsr and will always be.
Sheesh… make sure you don’t spill a drop
@@chrisf0817😂 wth
@@PhillGraaf yeah you should have noted "no homo"
@@chrisf0817 kek
I'm 69 years old, very fit at cycling, but my posture is dreadful as I work on the computer all the time. I've made it a habit of going outside when I let our 3 dogs out in the morning and going straight to a bar I've got in my back yard. I hang and slowly twist... holding the twist for a short time. I feel wonderful after hanging at the start of my day!
Before finding this video, I had been doing this on my own… And I didn’t realize it was actually a thing that fitness experts advocated! I get some of the benefits mentioned here. My upper back and neck feel a lot better after I do it. I’m a 67-year-old man with a cervical spine bone spurs and surgical scapular decompression of both shoulders. This exercise has helped a lot.
I'm a 62-year-old man who was never into serious sports but never stopped challenging my body with different workout routines. As with many DIY projects, the results weren't fantastic, especially due to poor warm-ups and lazy stretches. As I was turning 58, my right shoulder quit on me (I was doing Krav Maga at the time, and working the punching bag like I was about to fight Mike Tyson). For over a year, just lifting my arm on any angle above the shoulder level was excruciatingly painful. This was during Covid, so medical assistance wasn't easy, which took me to Dr. RUclips. Some hundred videos later, I decided hanging made the most sense, so I took that road. A journey of pain, but 4 years later, I can hang from my right arm for 10 seconds, and after seeing your video, I'm surely going for that 30 sec mark! Both arms hanging went from 4-5 sec to 90, which I repeat 3 times a day at least 5 days a week. Your video really pumped my enthusiasm and provided me with a lot of useful tips to improve my routines. Great work! Thanks.
I remember the first time I did this after watching one of your videos where you recommended hanging... I felt my back pop and readjust and the sense of RELIEF was something I didn't know I needed. I have been hooked ever since. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks!
Thanks for the support
Diabetic here and frozen shoulder injuries are a very real thing in my life. Hanging and other exercises fixed my right frozen shoulder injury of seven+ years. Now, after being lazy for a few months and not being in the gym, I have developed a left frozen shoulder. Hanging will fix this too.
can you explain what diabetes has to do with shoulders? am I missing something I've never heard of this
@@gourdbox diabetic's higher average blood sugar adversely effects our collagen, which results in us being about twice as likely to develop frozen shoulder injuries.
@@johncharles236 oh wow, i no idea!
Frozen shoulder is not your fault. I've had diabetis type 1 almost since my birth and I got my first frozen shoulder 5 months after starting boxing.
Second one 10 years later while doing... Nothing :p
Auto-inflammatory diseases just love us.
edit : I'm 46 and boxing was while I was 35
@@gropatapouf5998 You got that right, they do. I'm in the gym weight training 3-5 days a week now. Carnivore diet + gym time is the way.
I'm pretty sure I contribute most of my deadlift gains specifically to how much bar time I had just messing around and explosively pulling up for muscle ups when I was much lighter and much more active 8 years ago. 1 year of this will make you feeling like a new man.
I have been hanging daily before my workouts and this video just proved why my shoulders and neck feel better now.
Daniel, this video, in my opinion, is one of the best ones you’ve ever done. Thank you so much for making it.
I have never loved an exercise more. Hanging has changed my life 🎉
Daniel puts so much efforts into the video.
Maybe too much
I had frozen shoulder or impingement in the left shoulder for 3 years which was cured one day via a 4 hour soak in a hot springs.
Then less than a year later, the other shoulder started getting worse and worse until I couldn't wipe my butt because the shoulder wouldn't let me reach that far.
Hanging , with a little focused massage has cured my second shoulder problem. Its now part of my daily life. The rest of the pull-up bar routine is now an enjoyable part of my life that boosts my fitness.
I have no desire to be muscularly jacked like the guy in thus video. But its good to be able to use my arms!
Did you do active or passive hanging?
@@BlackMatrix-pl4fe passive. It gets my tight spots fairly directly.
I also do various other assisted pullups. I've seen a few hundred vids on shoulder rehab and exercise.
Found this out over 20 years ago. A friend of mine was trying to get me into rock climbing and told me to just hang off a chin up bar for as long as I could a couple times a day to help increase my grip strength. Now that I'm older, hanging helps stave off lower back pain and helps me keep my shoulder mobility.
I started a daily regimen of hanging for five minutes in one-minute increments about three weeks ago, out of nowhere, and I feel like a transformed person. Obviously it has improved my pull-ups, but also my posture, and has (as you mentioned) been a great antidote to the culturally ubiquitous habit of sitting and staring at screens. (I'm also a concert pianist, and sit for that while reaching forward a lot, so hanging has helped there, too-as well as for the pianists' much-needed ability for the fingers to be able to support arm weight in varying amounts!)
Thank you again for all you do, and know that not all musicians out there are "precious" about their hands. I'm all about bulletproofing mine, even in my late 40s. 🥂
Your comment reminds me a bit of how Pablo Casals, especially when he left for Puerto Rico during the Spanish revolution, played tennis every week for purposes of fun and especially to strengthen his grip. I needed this exercise many years ago when I studied classical guitar in Spain.
I didn't know that about him, but that's great!
Can we give this guy a hand on the writing aspect of these videos. Currently on my 4th post secondary English course, and much like how technical papers need to be easy to read, this is very easy to listen to.
Hanging and doing pullups really helped my neck pain and weak shoulders (helped lower back too)... been doing it for a couple of years now. I'm a runner with a "nerd neck" and it didn't fix that but I don't have any more neck pain. My upper body and lower back feels better because of it.
I had labrum surgery last year n hanging has helped a ton building strength back up
Hanging for about 8 months has significantly healed a serious shoulder injury that caused me a lot of pain. I did it for 2-5 minutes daily and still continue to do so. Additionally, I incorporated ring exercises into my daily routine to further strengthen and improve the flexibility of my shoulder. Initially, my weak shoulders were the root cause of the injury while heavy lifting. Now, the pain is completely gone.
8 months straight is impressive
hanging and pullups have exploded by biceps and my shoulders even with just 30 reps per day, can't recommend them enough.
Love Daniel's confession at 4min 30 secs in about hanging to boost his posture and confidence for first impressions, I've been doing a bunch of dead hangs for just over a month now and its like I can't slouch anymore
Amazing video! I have been recovering from full shoulder separation and have found the active hang has been the best exercise in my recovery. Thank you so much for sharing this potentially life-changing information!
I was asking my son the other day to hang for some time in a bar to correct his posture and also build strength. Today randomly popped up your video in my feed. Very nice information that will help my son and myself to keep hanging 🙂. Thank you.
I injuried my left shoulder while trainning for muscle up. Took 4 months of physioterapy to recover (3 sets of hanging for 30 secs included). After recovery I achieved muscle up and injuried myself again, but now the right shoulder, at this time I was hanging 5-6 minutes a day and in just 10 days I was fully recovered, Also started to notice a better posture. Great video. Made hanging a daily habit!
was it passive or active hanging? My should is still feeling some pain after 2 months of physical therapy during dips. My daily life the therapy solved but dips I would love to do again without the slight pain and I think I will try hanging. Just don't know if active or passive is right for me.
@@ASassyP Passive Hang. It is counter intuitive because it will hurt. But keep hanging and the cure will come
I watched this video and added dead hangs to my workouts immediately. I want to do pull ups, but struggle with them. I saw this as a way to help me get there. What surprised me was the other benefits: looser shoulders, stronger firearms, etc. Thank you so much for this and your other videos. Great advice, simply and effectively presented! ❤
I remember 5-6 years ago I had an impingement in my shoulder so I started hanging everyday for about a year and it got rid of my pain. I did dead and active hanging. I don’t have anymore pain and it also led me into calisthenics training and now my shoulders are much more stable and free moving.
I have got the same experience
Wow. I just came upon this video. I'm good shape, cardiovascular wise, i'm female about to run 64. Was a 5, 10k and other race runner for 25 years, and I've been working out in one form or another since my 20's. I do this exercise on the pull up assist weight machine for YEARS because it always felt so good to just hang. Instinctively I knew it was good for me. Great to be validated. I would say my consistent and at times over the years, intense cross fit commitment to exercise has paid off. My cadence walk is really fast still, I bike to my gym still and I do all the HIIT, TRX, TURF classes where everyone usually half my age. I live in Philadelphia, PA right by the famous rocky steps and there are many trails, running paths and 4 class bicycle groups. I'm also, gardening, dog walking and salsa dancing. Exercise, consistently, is definitely the key to longevity. The other weird thing I do, hopefully is like this, good for me. I keep 2 25 lbs dumbbell weights in my kitchen and bedroom, and and randomly will pick them up and turn at the waist rocking slowly back and forth and it just feels good. When I'm at my gym, and this one machine where I load on each side 45 lbs + 35 lbs and crank up and down over a bench pushing down. When I take those weights off, I'll swing with a 45 lbs weight in each hand at the waist turn slowly back and forth. It feels the same as the dead hang. It strengthens and aligns my body and spine. I also incorporate white organic green tea for decades, steeping multiple bags and fill my water bottles and that helps preserve your telomeres, dna, fight oxidation of your cells and free radical damage.
PS i hardly have any gray hair and if I believe people, look about 20 years younger. I don't take any medications and keep it moving. That thumbprint was from 2022 with Gov Shapiro and his wife right before he got elected. I think i'm holding my bike helmet. Motion is Lotion for the body.
I do practice of hanging for last 4 years, 1 minute everyday, didn't skip a day yet! being consistent! very helpful right after waking up.
Wow. Thats impressive, what benefits have you seen?
@trinidiana I always had back issues, especially lower back and upper back pain. Maybe it's because I work in front of a computer all day due to my specialty. So, I started doing this every morning after I wake up and helps me with waking up lol feel awake. I began with 10 seconds, then increased to 20 seconds, and up to 1 minute over the year. This year, I am doing a 1.5-minute hang. Now, my pain is gone 100%, and my forearms and shoulders have gotten stronger.
Hanging has reduced shoulder pain and increased grip strength. I recently started reverse grip in a neutral position and chin up grip hanging. Cheers!
I'm recovering from a couple of injuries in the shoulder and elbow. I don't know if hanging has helped me heal faster, but it definitely has helped me heal better, if that makes sense.
I believe this is undoubtedly the most thorough and insightful video on how "hanging transforms your body" thanks very much for putting it together.
Believe me guys, I am 26 and genetically I couldnt get taller, but guess what, with hanging regularly, I unknowingly got taller and everyone around me was shocked and surprised of how my posture got healthier and thus gave me more height. Keep hanging
You didn’t get taller 🙄
You’re just standing more upright now because you’re core and upper back musculature is now more developed
@@CursedWheelieBin the less hunched over you are the taller you’ll be in reality. Also the spine will decompress with hanging which could potentially help in lengthening (very slightly I’d imagine*)
@@OHanzo Exactly, thats what I tried to say essentially. Thank you for clarifying potentially misunderstood points.
BS, daily gravity made you shorter
@@CursedWheelieBin that's what he inferred, don't be a pedant
I started hanging a few weeks ago at the gym when I finally found a spot that was suitable for me there.
As a female with hands that are smaller than a man’s, the normal hang-worthy frames were too tall and the bars too big around to be able to hold onto.
I also have shoulder challenges to work around.
No rotator cuff on the right and possibly torn or also missing cuff on the left limit my ability to do most lifting actions.
After seeing your video a while back about hanging I wanted to give it a try and do now enjoy the stretch it is giving me as well as the strengthening of my grip.
Thanks for this more detailed hang video!
Any more info you could include on doing upper body strengthening with cuff deficits will be greatly appreciated. 👍👍👍
I appreciate your sense of humor, on display throughout this informative presentation.
i have a pull up bar that goes over my door frame that i got from amazon for probably less than $20. i leave it by the bathroom so i can hang for a little bit before or after i use the bathroom for whatever reason. after 2 months my shoulder pain disappeared and my posture definitely improved. i’m pretty sure it’s slowed down my breathing some how too
I hang every day at the park down the street from my house. Does absolute wonders. I’m a climber so this is great for recovery too. Awesome video
I'm 71 and love my 2 minute hangs, but I hate to have to bend my knees. When I hang, I want to completely relax and HANG! The only connection is my hands. So I put two concrete blocks on top of each other under all four legs of my pull up apparatus. Although its quite high its still very stable and it also works great for doing "true" pull ups where one goes ALL THE WAY DOWN to arm lock before pulling up again. Try it, you'll love it.
Just discovered you. This was motivating! Not to exaggerate, but the phrase, "what gets measured, gets managed." May have just changed my outlook on so many different things I'm my life. Great stuff.
Lets hang out
I can't hang today, I'm doing stiff shoulder shit right now
😂 What about hanging in?
Hang in there, man @@beepbop_p
nah the bar is too low
🤣
I have chronic enough back pain while sleeping and lying down. I tried many stretching and yoga routines for it but the only thing that has seemed to help is hanging.
Sadly my grip strength has still not improved much despite doing it for months now. I can do a minute at a time if I push myself. The skin on my hands gets incredibly sore.
Thanks Daniel, that reminded me to put hangs back into my daily routine - its so easy to forget to do the basics when progressing to flashier moves !
there are certain segments in any that give tons of value, THOSE HANGING VARIATIONS are tremendous value, you can repurpose that segment and post it across multiple channels, you will get so many views.
Thank you for this.
Content just keeps getting better and better! Thanks, Daniel!
I love hanging! Admittedly, I haven't worked on that for a bit. But when I do, it feels incredible and my pullups increase magically. How 'bout that! I don't remember what my PR is, but it's somewhere close to 2:15. Rock climbing is incredible for improving this (because let's face it, climbing is basically hanging with motion ha).
I started this on my own before seeing this video but not consistently. The information in this video makes sense and will keep in mind to do it more regularly because my shoulders always hurt, especially after pressing exercises.
5:30 that old man walk 😂
some fantastic acting all around this video 🤣
Working toward 1 minute passive hanging and 1 minute active shoulder. Great exercises 👍
I have been having issues in my shoulder lately with overhead lifts. Can't thank you enough for this video. Hanging made a night and day difference for me. All the stiffness in the neck, the shoulder got deleted within 24 hours. THANK YOU 😊🎉
hang in there buddy it’ll get better
this is the best video about the Hanging exercise ever. It's so well explained and easy to follow. Will be incorporating all this in my exercise routine.
Thank you so much Daniel ❤❤❤
FOR BEGINNERS: Hang for 10 sec intervals for 2 minutes a day. Itll build you up to hanging for a minute. Ive worked in labor industries for years and its the best way to keep from hurting in the long run. I also noticed i gain muscle without truly trying.
the timing is perfect for this one, Thank you Daniel!
it really is true....I can only do 15-25 seconds at a time now and I do it a few times but it does miracles for my neck and shoulders, the pain is definitely reduced around the upper back and neck area. Been at it for 3 weeks now...
Amazing work, thanks for your wisdom
As someone transitioning from bodybuilding to BJJ hanging therapy both engaged and relaxed has done wonders and continues to help my shoulder health.
I try to do these hangs daily or at least after upper body workouts. Love them!
I'm hanging daily following major shoulder surgery.
It really does help.
i used to watch your videos when i started calisthenics, now i came back after a longtime and its good to see thtat the quality is always on point. Thanks for providing such good video and tutorials
Daniel not only intelligent and adept at the human anatomy but incredibly handsome. Bless you man.
Gay much??
0:18 Terminator vibes
I can't hold a handstand for more than 5 secons however, in my experience it solved many of my problems. I was dealing with elbow pain doing pull ups, practicing for the handstand solved that issue. I think it also helped with my posture and with my neck pain since I tend to be sitting a lot.
handstand and the regressions also transform your body
Thank you FitnessFAQ ❤
Challenge accepted!
I have been plagued by shoulder pain when lifting my left arm overhead, also the tendons in my left wrist and lower arm hurt.
Let's try 30 days of daily hanging to see if this will heal🤞
How to learn muscle up without resistance band? Please make a video(love from India)
Explosive pullups, straight bar dips, negative muscle ups. Plenty of tutorials on yt on muscle ups as well. I've never used bands to learn mu
@@antoninowotniak6193high pull up is the only exercise you have to use band
@@antoninowotniak6193 thanks bro
Just got a power tower started it’s a real game changer results almost instant
Hanging before a date is wild😆
How ??
Just started hanging last week. As a 50yo female swimmer, I have a hypermobile shoulder. I've also had 3 shoulder surgeries. This has been helping.
30 second hanging at 283 pound is harder than someone at 180
For real!? Consider losing weight instead of decreasing hang time tho! 😅
@Braskas85 duh why you think im.working out 🤣
I healed my herniated disc with a combination of hanging... And a few stretches.. One including the Cobra stretch... When you do a FULL hang you decompress your spine.. So this would be VERY beneficial after heavy compound exercises such as dead lifts and squats... Also anyone who has issues with compression in the spine.. This will help to progressively decompress the spine even in EXTREME circumstances... Hope this helps😊
Why would i feel lower back pain when hanging?
Maybe pelvic tilt🤷
It may be too compressed, so when it decompress it hurts a little, but if it hurts after hanging it's probrably some instability issue (Squat University has talked about it)
Not everybody should hang
I hanged while relaxing the lower back. Learned quickly that leads to pain. He mentions to keep the abs not stiff, but he didn’t mention the back. He looks to be keeping it stiff while relaxing abs. Thats what i do for no pain while hanging and then letting go.
I had a bad shoulder injury from a kettlebell snatch gone wrong (with 16kg kettlebell I think) and it just wasn't healing... I was familiar with some bodyweight exercises from my previous gym and gradually shifted to doing mostly them at the gym. I think it was from youtube where I heard about hanging being potentially helpful for shoulder injuries so I started doing that at the gym regularly. My shoulder started getting much better and I was able to finally start working on some handstands again after a long time (2 years). And now my grip strength, shoulders and core are so much stronger. I'm so glad I have done this rehabbing very gradually and consistently as I had almost lost hope for my shoulder ever healing but now I can see the results :)
Your videos are both highly informative and enjoyable to watch. I appreciate the clarity of your explanations and the amusing clips.
Used this to recover from biceps tendonitis. When I started I had to lift my injured arm above my head with my good arm. Now 6 weeks later I have full mobility and most of my overhead strength back.
I tore my rotator cuff in a motorcycle accident. I used the Chuck Norris Total Gym to fix it. I hung from the handles at a 30 deg angle at first. I just curled my fingertips at first to get full extension, then started shrugging when I was ready. Hanging is amazing. I made a 100% recovery.
I have owned one for over 30 years. I need to use my pull ups bar on the regular.
I came up with two unique and fun ways to hang. One, I have a single-point trapeze in my garage---a dowel with a rope at both ends coming to a single point in a triangle pattern. It's low enough for my legs to bend and my feet to touch the ground. I'll start with a dead hang, then begin slowly moving side to side and even twisting gently. My obliques get a lovely stretch and my spine can get do some twisting without sitting on my hips. Two, I have a pipe attached to the ceiling in a basement room. I would do dead hangs on it, but then I would toss over a thick workout band, hang onto either side, then do some bouncing and lifting, flys, assisted pullups, etc. I had a lot of range to stretch everything in my shoulders while simultaneously moving through strength and resistance training. It's quite enjoyable.
I bought Dr Kirsch's book after I had a shoulder injury from helping friend's move. I use to perform in very physical circus-like theater, so I thought I was pretty strong. Hangs have been the bomb for alleviating pain.
Randomly saw this on the right of RUclips while watching another video -comes as just the perfect time. I've been doing supersets of Squat/Incline or Deadlift/Flat bench for a while now and I started doing static hangs (relaxed and tensed) between the supersets because pull-ups/chin-ups were too much total body fatigue for me to get the most out of the squats and deadlifts.
I had heard "2 minutes of hanging per day is ideal"... but this sounds like a good idea to intersperse another 3 minutes throughout the rest of the day.
I like the concept of possibly making small changes to *SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT* over time... that's a game changer for sure!!! 💪💪
i lived extremely sedentary since the covid. and my left shoulder has become very loose. i can even move my humerus towards front when i flex my pecs, means that the rotator cuff is so weak. lately started to do some exercises, i lay on the floor and lift some 0.5 liter water bottles, and i started to see some progression, i feel more stable when lifting my arm overhead, less crunchy sounds etc. still not even close to the right arm but getting better. my goal is to be to able to hang for at least 10 seconds now. these kinda videos really motivate me
I love this video and totally approve. Simple hanging helped me also with my lower spine injury (damaged part lengthens, gets more nutrition and doesn't hurt for a few days)
I have been doing passive dead hangs for 9 months/4-5 times/wk.I started off easy and now am up to 2.25-2.45 minutes .I always use a bench to grab the bar and then step off it to hang.At the the end of the hang my fingers are cramped and hurting so it is easier to then step onto a bench to release the bar..After a few months my back feels stronger and my posture has improved immensely.I always do it as the last thing in the gym as this is a stretching exercise..All I can say is " WOW " When I finish the hang I get a runners type high.But,it takes time.Have patience.This is one of the best things I have ever done in the gym at age 68,5'10",162lbs.......MR Fitness Faqs did I miss anything??
Dead hangs and pull-ups have helped my messed up collar bone.
Sleeping on my arm has messed up my collar bone. So the right side used to hurt when doing strenuous movements.
No more.
I started doing this about 3 weeks ago and my upper back feels so much better already. My bar hangs in the hallway and I hang from it almost every time I walk under it.
I heard that hanging was good but I tried it numerous times and it made my right shoulder hurt. Now I've been trying the active hang after seeing an other video of yours and it doesn't hurt and I hope the pain will go away complitelly eventually. Thanks!
Dr Kirsch says to only do the passive hang, even through pain, since the weight on the shoulder corrects the space in the CA arch.
Loved hanging out in with you on this one.
Thanks for your video(s). As a radiologist passionated by calisthenics and bodybuilding, I totally approve your recommendations and your anatomical explanations.
Keep it up, you're doing a great stuff accessible to everyone! This is a real preventive medecine of movement!!!
Man, over the years of watching you your physique has gotten absolutely insane. Huge kudos to your work ethic and results! I am very curious though, with your lifestyle and work life, are you constantly improving strength/size or are you in a maintaining phase of life? I know as you get more advanced it is harder to put on size and strength, so I guess how do you balance life and fitness, especially if you are learning new skills or exercises?
Great fitness video which I use daily to keep my shoulders, forearms and grip stronger. ❤
Request: for beginner pulls ups, can you make a video dedicated to overcome the initial barricade when pulling up? I don't know what's its called, like this scapular contraction and and then pulling up another 5 centimeters or so. A video dedicated entirely to that, devoid of all other fluff.
1st time aware of the hanging being a thing. I do it b4 I workout part of my stretching then do pull ups. I had previous rotator cuff injury in the past. It feels good now.
I have a shoulder impingement that's not gotten any better for about 4 years. Eventually I went to the doctor who referred me to a specialist. I'm now undergoing physio which is no use. But the specialist did recommend hanging! I just can't get through more than about 20 seconds through the pain in my right arm. Will try the supported hang after watching this video.
buy an elastic band, and do elbow lock pushing from inside out and other exercises for shoulders. Lateral raises with 5 kg workg as well, lateral, front and 45 degrees.
I'm an older guy with a few injuries to cope with. I started dead hanging regularly at the end of last year. I DOES make an immediate difference when I do it, but at first the effects would fade quickly. But over time, those benefits would last longer and longer as my hanging time and frequency increased. I started off doing 10-20 seconds max per hang, now I am up to over a minute at a time. I do hangs every day now. A few months ago I could not support myself with one hand, now I can do 10-15 seconds per hand. It's not massive gains, but at my age a gain is a gain.
61 and just started back doing chinups after a layoff ouch. It felt good to be able to hang for 60 seconds after feeling weak earlier today. Good video; it educates and inspires. I think I’ll work it into resting squats and passive chest stretching with pullup bars.Already feeling the benefit of the hang.. 5 minutes after..