- All right Bob, and viewers naturally,
what we're gonna talk about is hanging like I'm doing now.
- Just hanging around.
- Yep, just hanging around.
A total of five minutes per day
will do a wonderful, wonderful benefit to your body parts.
- Back, shoulders, hips.
- Backs. (laughs)
- Back, shoulders. - And posture.
- Right.
- Can't forget posture.
Bob and I have been doing this for years now
and we really promote it.
- I think you will be surprised.
- Absolutely.
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- Bob, what do you got there?
- A book. (Brad laughs)
- Now actually a little background
on how we started hanging.
We just didn't make it up.
We actually got it from a viewer.
- Dr. John Kirsch.
- Yeah, a viewer said read this book and...
- Right. - So we did.
- Yep, absolutely.
- So he's an orthopedic doctor
and he does shoulder surgeries.
- It's called "Shoulder Pain? The Solution & Prevention."
- Right, and so he did it primarily for shoulder problems,
which people avoided surgery as a result of hanging.
But also...
- Great testimonials.
- Yeah, yeah, it's a wonderful book.
We do have that book if you ever wanna buy it.
It's written for the layperson.
It's a wonderful, it's pretty cheap too,
10 bucks or something like that.
Read it if you're a reader or otherwise watch our videos.
- Right.
- So number one...
Well, should we talk about how we do it first, Bob?
- Sure, jump right in.
- Yeah, if you have a pull-up bar, you can simply use that.
We use hanging handles that are mounted against the wall.
We find that this works better
particularly for posture and control of the body weight.
So either way, if you have a pull-up bar
it shouldn't be so high that you have to jump up to it.
- And you can put it in the office.
- Put it in the office, yep, exactly right.
Put it in your office, in the garage or wherever.
So you can do this on a regular basis.
The thing is, is when you grab onto the bar
or to the hanging handles, you want to have your weight
like I am here so there's no pressure on my shoulders yet.
Then simply slide down, and on the wall,
the friction of your body on the wall
allows you to control the weight
when you first start doing this.
'Cause it's important that you start hanging gently.
- So you may be at 25% Brad.
- Yep, right now I would say I'm about 25 to 50%
and you may hang out here for just 30 seconds
and then come off.
If you get sharp pain or you have uncomfortable,
you know, that kind of pain,
you're putting way too much pressure.
You gotta back off and just put enough
so you have a stretch pain.
- And do you want to (indistinct) your grip?
- Right, yeah that's another benefit we're getting.
Grip strength, posture,
'cause my back is back up against the wall.
My shoulder blades are where they need to be.
- Right.
- My butt's touching the wall
and we're just getting...
- The shoulders are remodeling.
- Right, and that's the whole concept
that he talks about in that book.
I would point with my foot, with my hand,
but I'm hanging. - That's right. (laughs)
- So anyways, yeah.
So it opens up the space to minimize
or eliminate impingement, which is healthy for the shoulder.
Oh, this feels good Bob.
- Now we're not saying five minutes a roll.
- Right.
- Maybe a minute now. - Yep.
- A minute later. - Yep.
So Bob, you do it when you're like working at the computer.
- Right.
- And you kind of need that break.
- And my back usually crepitates.
- Yeah, so it cracks, (clicks tongue), like that.
- Right.
- And now I got full body weight on, this,
I've been doing this for a few years now and this morning,
I use this as a stretch before I go swimming.
I use it when I'm getting tired at the desk
just 'cause it wakes me up.
Oh yes.
Also forearm strengthening.
- Right.
- The posture.
Again, it's just a wonderful thing, it's very inexpensive.
- Also if you have a high hip Brad.
- Oh yeah, that's a good point.
- So if you're high on one side.
- Yeah, let's say your hip is high or one side is tight,
so it's gonna, you're gonna maybe have this posture.
- Pulls you over, right?
- We wanna stretch that side out.
So you take the side that's tight,
you're gonna grab onto the bar or the handle
and I'm just... - Just one hand.
- Yep, and now I can feel that stretch right there.
Again, no sharp pain.
Just a nice healthy stretch.
Fifteen to 30 seconds to start out with.
And this, you're probably,
I personally will not do a full body weight hang.
It's way too aggressive.
I'm just using maybe 25, 50%.
Use good judgment.
If you use the concept "no pain, no gain" on this,
you're gonna get worse. (chuckles)
- So just a nice, - Right.
- gentle stretch.
- Have you ever seen a monkey with shoulder pain?
- Yeah, exactly right.
And not only that,
Bob used to be my height when he started hanging.
- That's right. (laughs)
- He got six, eight inches.
- Right.
- All right, very good.
Be careful and hang well.
Hang out, hang out.
- Hang out. (Brad laughs)
- All hang out together.
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