Big eight,
I am glad you found that conversation between Phat and I. There were other parts to it that were lost, but there really is great information there (for those that don’t know it is in the best posts section of other board). However, you must have missed something. Go back and read it again. Don’t start light and get heavier do the opposite. Thunder’s advice is the way to go as far as go to the hanging forum and lay out your current hanging routine and ask Bib for advice to get you on track. I will chime in when I think I have something to add also.
As for the PC thing I have advocated something that people either ignore or disagree with for years. Becoming erect is not the goal of flexing your PC. You have correctly located the PC, and it is deep inside your body as well. When you flex the PC secondarily or involuntarily it may cause your anus or penis to move, but you should try to do it in a way that they don’t or as little as possible. Yes there is an ancient way called “tightening your anus” but that is a misunderstanding and also different. After you have mastered the PC and can have orgasms without ejaculating you can also tighten your anus and gently clinch the back of your teeth to get an intense orgasm, but that is also different. If you are going for control then do the deep PC exercises.
Having said that, you can also work on your penis as well. Yes you an flex the pc and inflate your penis and expand it etc. You can stand up and keep an erection by flexing the pc and even put a small towel on it for weight. My point is that this is also a different exercise. There are tons of variations of working the PC. Just mix and match. Sometimes work deep and other times work on your penis if you like.
Now as to how you will feel afterwards. Sometimes your penis is worked out so hard it sort of reverses itself and shrinks. This doesn’t mean you did not work it enough, but may mean the opposite, that you did a good job. Others react differently as well.
My opinion is different than many in the following. I don’t believe jelqing is nearly as effective as ulies. I believe the difference between jelqing and uli is like manual stretching and hanging. Yes you can expand a little from jelqing but no way near the same as uli. Yes others can say, “wait a minute Dance I can blah blah blah.” However, there is no way you can stretch the tunica in the same way. Jelqing can and has worked great for many people, but it did nothing for me after over a year. At the most 1/8 but I lost that. Don’t bother suggesting I did it wrong either cause I tried every variation and did it a ton. So Jelq for health and circulation and you may get some gains as well, but I don’t think you need to jelq for an hour. Jelq for a while and then switch and work more with the uli and then you can advance to the uli thing and wrap that we have been talking about.
Then work on perfecting a hanging technique. I understand financial problems, but if this truly is important to you then you can justify buying a hanger. What do you spend that same amount of money on and how long will you be hanging? So buy the hanger, get on track, work more with ulies.
Good luck,
Dance