My Theory

I am a newbie at PEing, and I had an idea the other day. I was wondering if anyone had any input, as I may be quite wrong.
Here is my theory:

*Measure your flaccid penis stretched as far as you can pull it (obviously don’t hurt yourself). This measurement should be the maximum possible length your dick can be when erect (nbp).*

The idea behind this is that, even if you have excellent erections, the length of that erection will never surpass the length of your fully stretched flaccid state; this is because the force of your blood will never push an erection past how far your penis can be stretched by the force of your arm (which, sadly, should be much stronger).

Is there anything to this theory? Give it a try if you please, and I’d love some feedback. I hope this theory hasn’t already been stated somewhere. Thanks!

With most men this is true it may also indicate your erection may grow into the stretch length soon However my erection is bigger by a 1/4” than my erect length. This may change soon indicating future growth.

A group of urologists in Israel found that the length of the bottom side of the penis stretched at 450 gms (1 lbs.) tension correlated very well to the length of the bottom part of their erect penis. (in Chen J, et al. Predicting penile size during erection. International Journal of Impotence Research 12 (2000) 328-333). This was done in 70 guys with ED that were measured flaccid and then given erections by drugs.

The bottom part of the penis is often overlooked in PE as a non related portion. But it is incredible that a good portion of your girth is in the CS and in my case I’m longer from the bottom then from the top.

kingpole do you mean that your erect length is longer than your stretched flaccid length?

To me, this is more common sense than theory. Your penis is not longer than how far it can stretch. Sounds redundant, doesn’t it?

Yes, the term theory should indicate something more elaborated.

The reason why erected length is less than stretched length is due to the dimensionality of things:

Stretching is one-dimensional while erection os 3-D. Therefore the fibers of the tunica are partly elongated in the direction of length, but partly circumferentially. Thus, in 3D, there is less expandibility available for length.

Myself and others use bone pressed flaccid length as one of many ways to monitor the condition of the penis, and watch progress.

This BPFSL was 7.25 when I started, now it is 8.625. When I started the difference between flaccid and erect was 3/8 inch, not is runs about 5/8 inch.

If I overdo a workout or two, it will shrink to less than 8.5. A few weeks ago I considered 8.25 to be good, and 8.125 or less to mean I over did it.

It can be hard to get a good measurement given the many different states the penis can be in.

I find it more convenient to watch the flaccid length than erect length. I measure flaccid every day, usually a few times. When I see a noticeable gain in flaccid, I know its time to get a good BPEL measurement.

I consider my daily flaccid measurements to also be a stretching exercise. I do ten 1 second pulls along side the ruler. The tenth measurement is the one I use.

Youaregreat- You are using the most important tool in PE- your mind. Keep doing that and you have a good chance of seeing great gains.
If you haven’t already, find out about PI’s, and EQ. Sparkyx wrote some great ideas regarding this. I personally consider the progress report of Kevin12 to be a must read for starters. I wish I would have read it.