I'm not exactly sure where "about an inch" ranks. My gym has at least 5 different places one could hang from with subtle differences. Even an extra millimeter or two of diameter is noticeable.Mine is a pull-up bar which looks like it is about an inch diameter. Where does not rank in terms of diameter?I don't use gloves. I suppose gloves might make it slightly more comfortable, but I wanted to preserve the callouses on my hands for climbing when I had to take a few months off for my shoulder. There's also the hassle of bringing gloves just for that one part of my workout. Not sure it would make an appreciable difference in grip.Just curious about whether you use gloves when "hanging" ... guessing "better" without to build hand grip?I've also added dead hangs to my workout. I recently went through a bout of bicep tendonitis (which is felt as shoulder pain), which is correlated with shoulder impingement. It kept me from doing pull ups for a long time, but I wanted to be able to keep my grip strength. I'm now doing pull ups again, but I still do the hanging. It actually feels really good to hang, especially after a day hunched over a computer.I’ve recently added “hanging” to my exercise repertoire. Hoping it will relieve some shoulder impingement and help with posture. I mention because it’s a bit unusual, although I’ve also heard that hand grip strength is associated with life expectancy (as apparently is walking speed).
I had a dislocated shoulder 45 years ago that didn't fully "heal", within reason the hanging doesn't aggravate it.
The main factor for comfort is the diameter and style of pull up bar. Some just have basic horizontal metal bars with knurling, while others have offset ones with rubber coating. The rubber ones can be a bit more difficult to hang from because the rubber covering can often spin on the underlying metal bar, making it more difficult to grip. A grip section that spins freely is MUCH more difficult to hang from (I understand there are carnival challenges "hang from this bar for a minute and win a prize!" that take advantage of this fact). Smaller diameter bars use less grip strength but can be painful when you hang for a long time.
By the way while I was looking at it I thought I might as well do another attempt.
First two times were 14 and 23 seconds. This time felt for certain as being much longer. But only an additional second to 24 seconds.
You said you do this several times a day? How much time in between each attempt. Today was my exercise day which included barbells and pushups. Pushups and bench press involve any of the same muscles as the hang?
I do "sets" just like you would with weight lifting (usually 3-5). Rest are a minute or two (long enough to shake out the "burn"). I don't hang every day- just day's I'm in the gym (3-4 days).
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