This is my first time with LST, how is it going?

There really is no right or wrong way to do it (within reason!) Just aim for spreading the plant out horizontally and experiment.........that's how you learn. I prefer to not top and never defoliate. In 40+ years I have never "anchored" a plant and I have never had a plant pull out or tear roots either...........just bend the plant over sensibly.

Mb it seems too asymmetric but in the end there will be no stress, no recovery no progress lose So be it an ugly MF, but it'll save him a week of growth progression no cutting, no defoliation, no stress is a good way of growing

Hi sieht soweit gut aus,ich persönlich toppe aber lieber und mache dann LST aber dazu gibt es viele Meinungen,so wie du es machst finde ich es am Ende zu unismetrische und zu wild,ich mache es lieber nach system und so kann ich es besser kontrollieren,aber deine sieht gut aus. Kannst ja Mal bei mir rein schauen und dir ne Idee machen. Viel erfolg

An anchor helps. It won't 'always' happen, but often the plant will pull itself through the medium as it tries to resist the training. so it can tear roots while doing so. When you initially bend it over, work the stem a bit in 2-3 spots close together at base to create a bend before trying to tie it down. Tie an ancor to the opposite side of the bend. then tie down the plant. It keeps the trunk stationary and reduces stress on the roots. The only way you do lst wrong is if it's totally whimsical without a good plan. You should have at least a general idea of a target canopy, and simply form a plan working backward from that target. That'll guide you as far as how many primary vertical branches you want. Continue to manipulate apical dominance to get teh shape you want -- even canopy, i assume. tallest portion of plant will take the most resources. There's more nuance, but that's 90% of it. If something outpaces the rest, you can temporarily bend it down to break dominance. have a plan and you can't do it wrong. it's simple deductive reasoning.

Looks good, wait another weak befor continuing you started pretty early with LST, the smaller branches now need to get some Momentum.