Hey everyone.. How long can you hang from two arms? My record is 2 minutes before my grip gives out. 🔔 Subscribe To FitnessFAQs And Never Miss A New Video. ❤ Shop fitnessfaqs.com for the best Calisthenics Workouts
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.
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. RU-vid. 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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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 :)
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
My story. At 19yo, I started going to gym for half a year, I must have done something because i was left with pain in my left shoulder. I tried different exercises, gym, doing breaks, taking other sports such as running, as i couldn't use my shoulder, even when I was running my shoulder would start to hurt. I convinced myself to take a break until it heal itself, so after each year I would try to get back into gym, but still hurt. So for 4 years I couldn't solve this problem, until recently, when I started to investigate the issue, apparently some shoulder impingement and some people on youtube suggested doing pull-ups and some exercises with an elastic band. I started doing some rutine, like lateral raises with 5kg, push-ups, band stretches (lots of them) and pull-ups. I feel like i have strengthened my shoulder muscles and the ligament in my shoulder doesnt cause me pain. Im not eager to go back to gym, as I dont want to injure again something in me and chose the path of beginner level caliesthenics. In 4 months I have put more muscle in my shoulder, arms, triceps and back, than in any of the 4 years where i was doing gym or other irregular outdoor activites. Basic does wonders, no need for fancy equipment or gym culture or "Sets". Just a pull-up and dips bars behind my house, where I can go preferably 4 times a day (once in the morning, twice druing the day and once-twice in the evening) for every day until my body tell me to take a break, and push-ups and band stretches whenever i feel my body is relaxed and does nothing, sometimes adding lateral raises for working my shoulders. I feel like little but many and spread during the day works better for me. When i was doing sets, you risk to tear your muscle or wear them out to quickly, next day you cant do same sets as you did yesterday. With pull-ups is different, not only it activates more muscles, but it's an exercise where i can squeeze daily my muscles, and strengthen them. When I feel like i cant do pull-ups, I listen to my body and take a break, 1-3 days. After 3 months i also take a break of 2-3 weeks, to let my muscle relax. It's more important to not run the risk to injure your ligaments or bones, so think long term always. Basic and frequent and an elastic band does wonders, even for injured shoulders. Also start with 1 exercise for min. 2-3 weeks and only after you feel improvement in your muscles, try do add other exercises. Like start with pushups, then after 3 weeks, add pullups, then after 2-3 months after you mastered to do those 2 at a level you are proud, you can take a break 2-3 weeks, then start adding dips. Guess I will add dead hangs into my rutine. Train safe guys!
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..
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.
I haven't had any (apart from slight DOMS) shoulder pain since starting "Dead Hangs" a few months ago. I've just doubled my hang time by using liquid chalk. Been doing "Farmer's Walks", too.
One of your best instruction tutorials without a doubt, Daniel. Plus a super professional production. Many thanks! Starting today, Sunday, 2 June, 2024, I'm going to go into the gym and start your 30-day challenge. I have most, if not all the shoulder problems you've described. The amount and variety of outdoor + indoor facilities for calisthenics and gymnastic exercises you have in Australia makes California look totally retarded. I should move back to New South Wales.
My Father needed emergency open heart surgery at 80. The surgeon asked him to squeeze his hand as hard as he could. He passed the test. The surgeon said he would not normally operate on someone that old. The grip test is real.
You vastly underestimate how much grip stamina the average person has. You don't get it from weight lifting, you get it from stuff like this, climbing, rope/ring swings, hand stands, etc. Anyone not actively doing those things will have to work up from less than 10 seconds, and if you tear your hand skin in the process you need to take recovery days.
I’ve been plagued with shoulder pain that has thrown the rest of my body into disarray in trying to compensate over the 4 years. I’ll update this in a few months to see to see if hanging can do what every other exercise has Falsely promised to do.
My physio has given me 3 shoulder exercises to do (2 of these focus on internal rotation). They've just been increasing the pain. I'm now taking on the "30 day challenge" of hanging for 5 mins a day. Let's go 💪 Ps I bought wooden calisthenics rings and cannot wait to try them out!
- Hanging exercises provide numerous physical benefits for the body. - Hanging improves grip strength. - Hanging enhances shoulder mobility. - Hanging decompresses the spine. - Hanging alleviates back pain. - Regular hanging exercises improve overall posture. - Hanging counteracts the effects of prolonged sitting and poor posture habits. - The video offers practical tips and techniques for incorporating hanging into a fitness routine.
Top video mate well done I totally agree. I had a bit of an issue with my rotator cuff the actual superspinatus and the other one. Hanging definitely helps! Question what do you think about using wrist wraps when hanging so it can help you hold on longer because you have that assistance?
I cannot even hang even for 30 sec. I have callices on my hands too. I can do about 15 pullups in one set x 2. What do you suggest? I lose grip. I am trying to do drop hangs. I have had some back issues. Thnks
Recently I've been having pain in both of my elbows as well as my left shoulder (probably bicep tendonitis). Would hanging actually help or worsen my pain?
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.
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.
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!
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!
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 RU-vidr and will always be.
when i hang or do pullups(although i can do 4/5 only) and after touching my feet on the surface my low back hurts and my toes get twitched or it feels like my nerves on feet get twitched.( mostly it also pain my low back when hanging may be when my spine decompressed) please, can you tell me what's happening? (& i also suffer from low back pain often)
check your L4 and L5 disc on your spine. you might have a intervertebral disc protrusion. be careful not to overdo it. i would really suggest that you should get a doc consultation with your pain and issue
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*)
