Can kegels ruin EQ?

Hi!

I just started with jelqing and the linear newbie routine last week, however I increased the amount of jelqs by the day, watching my PI’s. I do no stretches. My first 4 sessions went 20, 30, 40 and 60 reps respectively, with at least 10 minutes of warm-ups and -downs each. After the 60 rep day, my EQ was slightly worse than normal, like 70%, but my erection still was there, so I paused for two days, yesterday and the day before.
Yesterday I did kegels for the first time in a while, because my morning erections weren’t as firm as usual and I did not experience noticeable erections during the night as I usually do. Today, I went to test my EQ, but other than sitting of kneeling, my EQ is just bad and it doesn’t get firm standing. Also, I feel a tightness in my perineum.

I experienced this once exactly like now, when I did the Angion Method a few months earlier. Back then I, too, felt a tightness in my perineum and didn’t achieve an erection standing upright. I paused back then (only IC-training and pelvic stretches), my EQ got good again, started AM again for two 1-2 min sessions and the EQ worsened again, so I stopped AM entirely. This resolved the EQ problems again.
Now I’ll do a pause until my sergeant is standing attention again and start jelqing without any kegels, to see what the culprit is. I like jelqs, because I had more hang after the 60 rep session, as well. Just full and plump most of the time.

I can imagine that AM tightened my BC muscle automatically and ruined my erection that way. I also can imagine, that I still get morning wood currently, because the BC is less tense when sleeping, but still subpar because of cramping. But I can also imagine, that I am one of those people that are anatomically not fit to do PE, given my experiences with AM.

Are my EQ issues likely due to kegels and a tight pelvic floor, due to (too many reps of) jelqing or a combination of both? Are these known issues?

Also, if it’s due to jelqing and anatomical issues, are there methods that are known to be less damaging, like pumping and such? I don’t want hangers, because I am going for girth, not length.

All the best and thanks for any replies. Links to similar questions with answer are fine, as well.

PS: Is the something for the newbie forum or should I move this in the PE damage forum?

I haven’t had any EQ problems related to Kegels. Hopefully if other members have, they’ll chime in.

There are lots of reports of jelquing causing EQ problems. You’re generating a lot of internal pressure with the forward strokes, and it’s easy to overstress your unit. I’d suggest easing up on the jelquing until EQ comes back, then slowly adding it back until you find your current limit.

I searched for similar issues and I haven’t read about it on this forum either. I know of the tight pelvic floor issues from other forums. It seems that stress, excessive porn usage in life and sedentary life style among other factors leads to similar problems. I was able to help myself earlier by neither kegeling nor reverse kegeling the BC, so I try that again.

I have an update now, too. I was able to achieve an erection today again, by relaxing the BC pushing my hip forwards, hence correcting the anterior pelvic tilt an constraining the venous outflow. This also automatically relaxes the BC. So in conclusion, I think my BC is at least part of the problem.

Kegels seem to be not for everyone.