Change In EQ During Same Routine?

Does anyone else seem to change EQ while not having changed their routine at all? It’s not all that drastic for me, but I certainly will notice periods of a couple weeks where my EQ is amazing, followed by a couple weeks that’s just average or slightly below average, without having changed anything to my routine…

I try and keep all outside variables the same (diet, exercise, sleep, frequency of sex) but still have my moments where it’s just not great anymore. I could definitely be overthinking it and it’s just how the body works, but maybe there’s something in that telling me to change my workout?

This is something that I have been dealing with for a long time. It is very stressful because iam pretty particular when it comes to PE and anything that has to do with health and bettering my body and mind. I have changed my routine up a large amount of times, I’ve changed frequencies, overall volume, different on/off day schedules, type of exercises, type of routine variations, and any other factor that could be involved. Even stress, sleep, diet etc, which are common factors people will bring up.

I can have a week of amazing EQ, with many positive PI’s such as good morning wood, frequent erections, speed of erection, ease of erections, expansion, high sensitivity and so forth.

And then… lack of morning wood, bad EQ. Struggle to maintain erection, etc, you get the point… all by doing the same exact routine above.

Trust me, I’ve taken in the idea of cumulative fatigue as well guys. This situation is not consistent with cumulative fatigue.

It’s very frustrating when you can’t dial in on what’s going on. So I have the same concern, and it’s my biggest enemy. I thrive on routine and this is not consistent. It’s also not helpful for gains.

So I as well, ask this same question. I’m glad you made a post about it. I’ve been PEing for 2 and a half years and know a damn good amount. So this isn’t my first rodeo.

Help!

I hear makehergocrazy talk about this a lot.

It happens to me too. And not just with PE.
My exercising and weight lifting too, some weeks my muscles are so full and big and some weeks they’re just good.

And the take away is… I don’t have an answer lol.
I guess you can’t be the best player every game. Some weeks won’t be as good as your good weeks.

I stopped stressing it as much and just wait for the good weeks, then snap the pictures and upload them hahah.

Infradian rhythm.

It sounds like it matches up with salt tissue retention. That’s a big subject to unpack, but it does have an impact on the cardiovascular system, among other things.

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https://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/ … iuretic_peptide

Natiuretic peptide, Na+ retention, cortisol, and aldosterone generation are inter-related with sex hormone production in some complicated ways.

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It’s been a while since I was interested in this subject and I would have to do a lot of double checking to make sure my explanations were accurate. It’s an obscure research field. There are some weird things about salt retention in relation with age that might have applications to medicine, a subject I don’t care to help anyone with while pharma and government are saturated with foreign agents that would just steal the IP.

So maybe saying it’s a salt infradian rhythm is a good enough answer, but if not I’ve pointed in the right direction I think. I hope I helped the discussion.

I’ll give that a read later thanks for the input. I guess I’m glad I’m not the only one.
I’ve wondered if it in some hormonal fluctuations, as those weeks i may be slightly less horny, but that could also just be from having less good EQ affecting me mentally.

Another thing I’ve considered is possibly slight variations in the amount i kegel per workout. I try to keep it consistent and only Kegel on about half my reps of 120 dry jelqs (so ~60). For me, my pelvic floor muscles are very sensitive and seem kinda weak even though I’ve exercised them a fair amount. Anything too much and it can mess w my EQ for at least a couple days. But as I said I try and keep that consistent. I’ll have to keep listening to my body and focusing on what I’m doing and check back in.

Sigmoid, you never fail when it comes to your responses lol. I appreciate the feedback.
Here’s the thing. My electrolyte balance is in my eyes at an optimal level. I take in 1500-2000 mg a day of sodium and 4500-5000 mg a day of potassium.

I’m very passionate about nutrition. I ensure I’m doing well when it comes to all macros and micros.

To the OP, I’ll have to look a bit more in depth on that personally, but I do have off days with kegel work. I usually do some kegel training about3-4 times a week. But as I’m typing this I realize I also kegel quite often during my routine in general and even edging. So for what it’s worth, maybe I’m training my BC or PC muscle a bit too much. I’ll have to research this a bit.

Anyone else have any ideas?

And Kittens, your comment about thinking to take a photo when your EQ is super on point made me literally laugh out loud. It’s hilarious because it’s so true. I’ve done that many times. 😆

The total variation of salts like sodium can’t be measured entirely with a blood test or interstitial plasma, since this obscure but very large (depending on the person) salt reservoir is within cells. I’m not suggesting you’re eating too much or too little salt, but that this may just be a part of being human.

So for different people they have a different rhythm of how salt is stored up in their body. I’ve read it explained as probably an ancient mechanism to cope with salt availability in the diet. Sometimes it’s about a week long cycle where the body stores up extra salt, then suddenly purges it via urination. It’s thought to be why there are such regular fluctuations in measured body weight in the absence of caloric intake changes and other things.

And this cycle does have its impact on the cardiovascular system and sex hormone production.

So if you take take a tissue sample from many organs and evaluate the salt content, or do some diagnostic, an excess retention of these salts, which are not detected in the blood, does correlate with some pathologies and age generally.

This whole subject dives into many more things, like the pathology of obesity since these ion pumps play a role in the operation of insulin, or glucose absorption without insulin.

You are smart to be taking potassium I think. A few people I know think America’s heart disease problem and obesity is largely to do with a lack of potassium in the diet, due to the lack of potassium instigating a perpetual state of “refeeding syndrome”. I’m not entirely convinced about that, America’s health problems correlate with many things and I haven’t seen enough evidence yet, but I’m glad they’re looking into it.

Yeah it’s kind of a vicious circle when you think about it. The less good your EQ is, the more you’ll rely on Kegels (at least for my workouts) to get sufficient blood flow, thus tiring them more. But it may not be the pelvic floor muscles at all. It’s something I’ll try to take note of and update. But today I had good EQ and hardly had to kegel during my workout, and now have good blood flow well after the workout…
For me I know that having a lot of sex or masturbation eventually lowers my EQ for workouts slightly, among other variables… even though it may not always be easily explained its good to have an understanding of the factors that will affect your EQ and be mindful of them.