Best ways to stay hard General questions

So I am starting with the beginner routine, the one with the basic stretches, jelqs, and kegels, and I have quite a few questions.

What methods do the PE veterans use to stay hard? I don’t bring my phone into the bathroom so I don’t look at porn during my routine because I am focused on the gains, and in the past my workouts were cut short because I simply couldn’t resist the sensation.
What would be the ideal erection level for each type of exercises (jelqs, kegels, stretches)?
How do I know if I’m doing kegels correctly? I’m always worried that I’m doing something wrong and that I’m wasting my time.
How important is it that I do the correct number of 200 jelqs? Often I only make it to 120 jelqs because I get tired.
How big can I realistically get and how long would it take to get there? I’m not tiny, but I’m not blessed with a magnum cock. I am currently around 5.2 hard and 3.1 soft (I forgot my girth measurements) and I am wondering if I can ever reach my goal of getting past 8.5 inches.

Another question, is heating my penis up just by running it under hot water effective? I can maintain my erection better if I don’t wrap my cock in a towel.

When stretching you have to be completely flaccid to get the best results. Kegels doesn’t matter if you are soft or hard and when jelqing I would say 50-70 % erection is the best.
When it comes to reach 8,5 inches I say no, you will not gain over 3 inches. Set your goals at 1 or maybe 1,5. These are more realistic goals but not easy to reach. Be prepared to put in 3-5 years of training your dick at least 5 times a week.

IMO the best way to stay hard is to limit the amount of porn and visual stimulation you take in. Takes a little bit to kinda recalibrate your brain but you’ll be able to get way more aroused. Helps me a lot.

100% but it depends on how sensitive you are to that stuff and how much you are consuming or how hard you are stroking to the porn.
I for example watched for hours a day in the past sometimes and it lead to heavy ED in my youth. Then I stopped and got it back to 100%.
But I was extremely excessive. Friends of me watch casually and don’t have any correction problems from it at all when we talked about the topic.

Is it possible for me to reach 8 inches? Of course it will take years of work but I want to at least know if it’s possible or not.

The only way to find out is to stay safe and consistent. If you did reach that goal, it would be one of the largest gains I’ve ever heard of until now.

What were the largest gains in the history of this forum?

Just over two inches if I remember correctly. That’s so very rare.

What did they do to achieve that?

5-6 years of consistency. Staying safe so they could continue their routine year after year.

There isn’t one secret routine that one can use to get results. It takes becoming a student of your penis and finding what works.

Since I’m young I will probably get more results and time to get them right? I just turned 18 in July

That’s all up to you.

There was somebody on a jelqing subreddit who went from 6 inches to 9 inches. I’m just trying to get from 5.3 to 7. Wish me luck!

Stay consistent.