Can't maintain the semi for more than a number of seconds

It is very frustrating. If I masturbate it for a little while, it goes beyond the semi required for jelqing(and jelqing actually hurts in this situation), and I wait until it subsides and then jelq, but then the semi itself quickly subsides. So the jelqing session is just a session of constant losing and gaining the erection, jelqing for a few seconds while it subsides, then getting it back up, waiting for it to get to semi-erection, jelqing for a few seconds, then it subsides etc.

Man, not to be a bitch but that name is depressing.

For your “issue”… I would say; practice makes perfect.

I have the same problem, but I pretty much solved it by just watching porn the whole time. So I work myself up to about 70-80% erection, while watching nice porn, then I can usually jelq for a least a couple of minutes before it goes down below what is useful (about 50%?) then repeat. For some reason, jelqing naturally reduces my erection, not sure why.

I have found that as I get more experience with jelqing and the longer I had been doing kegels for it is much easier to maintain the semi. You’ll get it.

If you’re running out of porn, try Youporn.com.

Yeah. I watch porn the whole time except when the erection becomes too much then I might watch a bit of a film for a while.

Unrelated question but I didn’t want to create a new thread; I cannot use the palm facing inward ok grip with my right hand because there is some sort of vein or lump on the left side of my penis which gets stroked and squeezed and doesn’t feel good(and therefore must be harmful) if I use it, so I must use the palm facing outward grip. Is this normal?

I have a big vein on the left too, which gets a bit tender after a while but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Maybe you’re squeezing too hard. You could just try rotating your grip a bit.

Do you jelq standing up? I have bad circulation, so I lose my erection quickly when I’m standing, but it doesn’t happen when I’m lying down or sitting.

Well if I am jelqing with the right hand normal way, when the fingers come into contact with the obstacle of the vein they push it up and then it flips back. It surely can’t be healthy and doesn’t feel healthy.

You will get used to it. Eventually your penis will learn the difference between jelqing and jacking off. And it will cooperate with you. (Try ditching the porn once you get a semi)

Weird, I find jelqing while standing up engorges me way more.

Hey, I don’t know how, since I look at this forum fairly frequently, but I’ve been jelqing wrong. I’ve been doing it while completely flaccid. Can this cause problems that anybody knows of? I have Peyronie’s, so I’m already sensitive, and have to be very very light so as not to overstress myself. I have had some gangbusters erections lately, but after jelqing I usually feel a little bit “beat up” definitely not “invigorated”. The one criticism I’ve read about it so far is that it could give you the “baseball bat” effect, but if properly executed, this could actually be good for me, since I have difficulty getting the blood to the distal end of my wang (pics on this thread justinterested - Peyronies: Trying to Hang With Poor Blood Circulation).

Any warnings? Reasons why fully flaccid jelqs may be more harmful?