Pull-ups on hangboard as a way to measure progress on hangs.

In my experience doing a pull-up/s on a hold is not the same as doing dead-hangs on the same hold.  I use the hangboard for offset pull-ups with one hand on the jug and the other on small edge.

David Kerkeslager wrote: All the recommendations I've seen seem to indicate that there's no benefit to doing pull-ups on a hangboard. However, I've recently discovered that I can use pull-ups as a way to time myself on small holds. Rather than fiddling with setting up a timer and hanging my phone in a spot where I can see it while I'm hangboarding (which can be a pain at the gym) I just get on the hold I want to hang on and do a certain number of pull-ups. Instead of hanging for more timed hangs on a hold, I hang for more sets of pull-ups on a hold.

Are there any downsides to this strategy?

climbing friend,

I have a hangboard and considered mounting it on an assisted pull up machine until I read this forum.  It's easier to mount above a door frame and pull ups on it tend to shred skin, nothing more.  Hanging gives me better results.