Hit the 1" gain mark, appreciate some advice

Thanks to T and vets, I’ve been fortunate to hit 1” gain in four months (FSL). My PE exercises have consisted of: four days a week (M, T, T, F) performing two twenty five minute manual stretch routines per day and 4 to 7 hours per day wearing a home made ADS (except when I can’t fit it in, I.e. Company at the house). This has gained me about 1/4 inch per month (6” FSL to 7”). My EG started at 5.5” and has remained there (except for a weird 1/4” drop last month, so I started Jelqing twice a week which brought it back to 5.5” EG).

I have fixed on length exercises so far based on suggestion to go long before you go wide. I read an interesting thread by Big Girtha that suggested you might want at some point to mix L and G instead of waiting till you hit your length goals (mine is 8.5”). Would appreciate any opinions on a few strategies to achieve my length goal and my .75” girth gain to 6.25”. Here are three approaches I’m considering:

1. Continue with just the manual stretch (MS) routines (and twice weekly jelqing session) till I hit 8.5” goal then add in clamping; OR

2. Continue MS routines till I plateau (I’m sure these are newbie gains and will slow down soon), then break for deconditioning. Return after one month off by continuing with MS but add two 10 minute clamping sessions once a week (e.g., 2 sessions per week month 1, 4 sessions per week month 2, etc); OR

3. Start clamping once a week now (while continuing manual stretches) adding two new 10 minute clamp session per week each month till I plateau. Then decondition one month and continue MS and clamping.

I’m leaning toward option 3 myself but any thoughts/comments would be appreciated.

I would try Uli’s and jelq squeezes before I would clamp, just add them to your newbie routine.

Congratulations on the 1” gain.

Dear wowfactor, you are hallucinating, PE does not work!

From iamara: Dear wowfactor, you are hallucinating, PE does not work!

That’s exactly what I thought in Nov when I came across T’s site. I’m still in shock that it actually does work. The first inch was unbelievably straight forward, just a lot of hours of “pull damn ya, pull”. I doubt big time that the next inch will be like that, but I’m committed to the PE process 100%, even when it gets really boring. I’ve also noticed that my little buddy seems to turtle less, still does it but does not retract as much. Hope after a year some of the EL gain translates to FL gain.

And Kingpole - By Jegl squeezes, do you mean something different then the Jelqing referenced in the newbie routine?

Are you serious? And you have posted so many times in this forum?

My advice is: continue with stretching alone, bring it to the extreme, then at plateau change routine.

Yep, for you. I quite content with my gains and they keep coming.

Yow - great gains! Can you tell us more about your homemade ADS?

Topper - “Are you serious? And you have posted so many times in this forum?”

Don’t know what you mean about that. I joined in March and I think this is my 2nd or 3rd post. I’ve only been PEing since Jan.

BusterHymes - “Can you tell us more about your homemade ADS?”

I have two:

#1 is my stealth version that I can walk around the house, work outside, etc. It is a cut off piece of 2” OD foam pipe insulation. Each month I’ve added another 1/4” to it’s length. Now at 4.5”. I secure with bands making sure the gland is always outside the foam. Didn’t do that one time and it left ugly marks on the head (they disappeared after couple hours). When it was smaller (3.5”) I could wear for 2 or 3 hours at a time. Now that it is longer (4.5”), it experiences a lot of pull back from my buddy so I can only stand about an hour, then I remove for 30 minutes and start again. I get 4 to 7 hours that way, not an ADS in the total sense of the concept but it works pretty damn good. I replace the foam piece about once a week because it becomes too compressed from the bands I use, but it’s real cheap. Think the five foot length cost me about 3 bucks.

#2 might be more appropriately called an extender (not sure). It’s a jury rigged device I made with two turn buckles attached to a 2.5” plastic pipe sleeve. Once I get it in place I can expand to what every I want. I use it once or twice a week for several reasons. First it is not hidden at all like #1 (too large). Second I can’t really walk around with it on so I reserve using it when I can work at the computer for extended periods. Third, it really puts a ton of tension on my buddy. I can only use it once or twice a day before sensing a lot of soreness. I take it off after an hour or when I start to feel discomfort.

For both of these, I use a 5” long tubular sleeve I made from an old piece of cloth that adds a little skin protection to my buddy.

wowfactor, could you please take pictures of your devices and post them here. I kind of know what you are talking about when describing them, but pictures would be much better. And can I use these devices if I have only been doing PE for almost a month, or you think I should wait recommended 3 months to condition my penis better.

M-Audio84: Sorry but I don’t have a digit camera (old timer that has not hit the techno wave). I started with the foam ADS from week 1. Because it’s made of 1/4” thick foam and it will bend on tug back from your buddy if it gets too much. The #2 ADS is different. It really really puts tension on your member. I based it off of one I saw on this site (if I had the thread I would post but I don’t. Just search under ADS, I think that’s were I got the idea and adapted too my preferences).

I didn’t start with this #2 version till I was in my third month and I came across a similar device on a TP thread. Even then I did not extend as far in the beginning as I do now (fear factor). In terms of “should you use it”, it’s a personal choice and risk decision that only you can make. All of this is risky stuff to some degree and I’m just a newbie myself. Any of this PE stuff can be taken to the extreme and cause major damage. It will take a vet to assess the comparative risk, but whatever I do, if I feel any pain, discomfort, burning, or loss of color, I stop and take a break. Only have one little buddy. He may not be as Grand as I would want yet, but he’s the only one I’ve got.

I was talking to iamaru, not you wowfactor. It’s him who wrote that PE doesn’t work.

He was either joking or being sarcastic :)

Shewww! I almost took his word for it and was about to give up.

Sorry Topper, I misunderstood, but us old guys do get confused a lot. I have to check my driver licence each time I pull into my driveway to make sure I’m at the right house (LOL).

WOW! 1 inch in 4 months!! I hope I can say the same. Great work.

You’ve inspired me to make an ADS. I’ll wait until I have a few weeks under my belt first. Don’t want to be over zealous.