In my first month, I did not stretch, and I gained 0.1” in length and 0.1” in girth. In my second month, I started stretching, and you can see (from my signature) that I have gained half as much length again as I gained in my first month. My girth gain has halved, though.
However, I realise also that things are probably going to be up in the air for the first three months or so while my penis gets conditioned, and then gains will (I’m hoping) start to become a bit more constant. From my findings (even though two months really isn’t enough to gauge anything properly, to be honest), jelqing is good for both length and girth, but stretching before jelqing will give you a bit more of an edge in length than girth.
I stretch and jelq in the shower, so I have a constant supply of hot water falling onto my penis both before (for the warm-up) and during the exercises - I find that this does really help with making your penis more pliable. With regards to the amount of pressure used, that is mostly an individual thing (as are pretty much all other things PE) but I’ve found that it’s easy for me to gain the right pressure by taking my cock gently (with very little grip or actual stretch) to it’s FSL (flaccid stretched length), and then, once it’s at its FSL, grip just a little tighter (nowhere near enough to feel pain), and stretch a little harder so that the penis extends just a little bit beyond its normal FSL.
I feel the stretch in my ligs even when just stretching my penis to its FSL, so that when I stretch it slightly beyond its FSL, it’s a really good stretch, though with no pain (which is definitely how it should be). The lig stretch should feel like there are fibres inside your fat pad (if you’re stretching downwards) and just underneath your scrotum (if you’re stretching upward) that are getting gently pulled as your penis extends.
I have a low LOT (6), but for some reason, I feel a much better stretch if I stretch down rather than up - which is contrary to the advice in the LOT theory (just for the record, I feel almost no stretch when stretching in an upward direction). I stretch as I described above, for 30 seconds in first a downward direction and then in an upward direction, repeating that five times to bring my total stretching time per day to 5 minutes. I don’t stretch left or right because (a) I don’t want any possibility of introducing a lop to either side when my penis is hanging in a flaccid state, which can happen because one of your hands is most likely stronger than the other, so that you end up pulling harder with your stronger hand than you do with your weaker one; and (b) I figured that stretching downwards and upwards would also stretch the ligs in the same way as stretching to the left or right, so why stretch to the left or right?
Regarding my jelqing, I always start jelqing right after stretching, from a total flaccid state. This ensures that I do not go beyond 50% erection while jelqing.
I hope my personal advice can help you. :)
Ash.