Does masturbation or edging impact gains?

Just a quick question my PE routine is currently Hanging with FIR and I usually edge straight after to make sure my penis still works haha.
In your experience does masturbation(including climax) or edging after PE impact gains at all?
I have seen people mention not to ejaculate as that could negatively impact length gains.

Thanks.

The real issue is that most men can’t separate work from play, even for myself for the first few weeks I would just masturbate. Now, I NEVER masturbate, my mind and soul know I’m working out. I know there is some topics about the penis retracting but I don’t think it is measurable.

This isn’t about you stopping what you are doing BUT getting better at PE and then you will stop masturbating at all during any session. I have trained myself that if I want to cum, I will do this a few hours before or after a session, never during.

When you say edging are you just practicing being a multi-orgasmic man?

So let me say it like this. If you are hanging, never masturbate, if you are edging you can only have an orgasm without ejaculating. Be more than a big dick.

I don’t think I have ever come across any evidence that abstaining from ejaculation impacts PE gains. I’ve made gains and have never abstained from ejaculation as part of the program.

It will help to wait until you are done with manual girth work, pumping and clamping since they require some degree of arousal. It also might help some guys be horny enough to keep their head in the PE game.

But some guys might actually need to ejaculate prior to length training if they keep getting hard while wanting to be flaccid for stretches or hanging or any exercise that requires you to stay flaccid.

But other than preference and how each guy’s libido affects their actual training and non-training sexual function, I don’t see a reason to abstain to improve the results of the workout you just completed as it won’t reverse the stimulus you just had from elongation or girth work.

Edging post training might be beneficial. But if you decide you want to ejaculate after a workout or an edging session then do it.

I agree with tenaciousD. I have read a lot of bro science about how and why different PE methods work but nothing that would explain why masturbation after PE would be bad.

Read mantuk chia….

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The Taoist microcosmic orbital practice and energetic semen retention are an interesting practice, but I don’t think Chia makes any claims about its benefit on PE ;)

I thinknot has benefit based on my journey. Ive worked up to 12 days from 5 or 6 because of the techniques. It helps to dispurse the heaviness in the perinium area and dispurse the energy. Ive done acupuncture for years and chi is real imo.

Im trying to only cum 2 times a month, its taken over a year to achieve this.

Unfortunately i was a daily masturbator mpst of my lofe as.a way to calm anxiety (learned after the fact).

Im currently experiencing some challenging personal life issues and the breathing and retention has been a great reset of sorts. Pe has also added confodence even though Ive really not seen a huge change which we all expect. Im a year in but really.only 4 months since reaching the weight of change Imo.

Im gonna keep at it for a while (years) because Im pretty stubborn and like achieving the impossible.

Fwiw

Masturbation increases prolactin and decreases testosterone. It also increases turtling. Sex, on the other hand, doesn’t increase prolactin or decrease testosterone as much. This may depend on how you view such things. Sex with a women, or even a smile from a women that you find attractive, will boost your dopamine and testosterone. I don’t cum except with my wife. I see cuming any other time as inhibiting gains and motivation and am surprised anyone would think otherwise. Thats just my view though. It is my view also that Richardfitswell is the only exception!

I guess because I’m on TRT and daily low dose Cialis (both for PE and for other non-sexual health benefits) I don’t ever experience the drawbacks. Like I said, I’ve had pretty good gains and have never abstained on a regular basis.

I also follow what a professor of medicine once told m: that to minimize cancer risk, "If you have a pipe, keep it clean." That is, frequent ejaculation decreases the risk of prostate cancer (like eating a lot of fiber decreases the risk of colon cancer, etc). Seems the data on prostate cancer backs this up. So I’ve always taken frequent ejaculation to be part of my healthy lifespan regimen.

I never understood the idea that cumming will hinder gains. What’s the point of PE if you’re not going to use your manhood?

Personally I’ve almost always cum after PE. Usually not my by rubbing one but through sex. I can’t imagine it diminished any gains.

The author of a book on PE claimed that his first growth happened after meeting a girlfriend who enjoyed lots of foreplay. He believed that keeping an erection for long periods helped to begin stretching his penis.

With that in mind, it seems to me that edging for long periods might help growth. The problem is that edging for long periods is probably harmful to brain health if done regularly. I don’t know the specifics of the harm, but I have read that the body isn’t designed to have the arousal chemicals in circulation for long periods.

What the author likely got was EQ gains. That tends to be what you get from long periods of edging.

I’m assuming by ‘masturbation’ you are referring exclusively to ejaculation, right? Or even edging without finishing would increase prolactin/decrease testosterone?