No gains in a year plateau

So this has probably been discussed before, but I’ve been PE’ing for a year and haven’t had much if any gains. I’m at the point where I’m starting to think there’s a limit to how much the Penis can stretch without putting in crazy amounts of effort so I’m wondering if anyone has gotten over their plateau and gained significantly after like more than 2 inches.

Just some background, I started around 5.5” BPEL and am now at 6.8” BPEL. I’ve been at this length for almost a year despite much effort (wearing ADS, manual stretching, decon breaks, hanging, etc). Previously my gains have come from manual stretching and some extender usage. I tried hanging for a month but didn’t see any gains and it was taking a lot of time so I went back to manual stretching. Btw the most I ever hung using a BIB was 12.5 lbs—any more and it would start slipping. I guess my question is how did you get over the plateau after the newbie gains? Did anyone make gains over 2 inches and did you have to put in a lot of effort?

Perhaps a few have but it seems that most people stop gaining after their first 1 to 2 inches. Like those who have reached 7 or 8 inch BPEL started off average or above average already (greater than 6 inches)

I don’t know man. The reason I’m chiming in is because I’m becoming afraid I’ve reached a plateau of my own. I sure hope not. There is a variety of manual stretches out there. Have you tried between the cheeks or fulcrum stretching?

quickbeam, I have tried between the cheeks (I think they’re called fowfers) and fulcrum stretching. I did fulcrum stretching for a month and felt fatigue after sessions but didn’t gain much. Currently am doing a routine inspired by tomhubbard’s post 1/2 inch in one month - only 5 minutes/day. Hopefully this will do something. My manual stretching includes btc as well as the standard up, down, left, right, etc.

Maybe people gain in the beginning, then gains slow down and people try to increase volume/frequency to restart progress. But maybe what they should be doing is to be a bit more patient because gains do occur much slower with time and/or maybe they should be using less volume/tension after taking a small break? Not sure, but it’s one possibility and has been mentioned in a few posts, I think. But if I gained 1” in erect length in 1-2 years, I personally would be ecstatic.

You have gained 1.3” length already and this is very impressive! Unfortunately you don’t have PE statistics to see your progress rate. I have gained 1.17” length and still have a steady gaining rate. I wonder where is the limit you’ve mentioned. Indeed, seems to be between 1 and 2 inches.

All I can suggest is to try something different than what you did until now.

Thanks cervixhunter. I know I have come a long way. Unfortunately I didn’t keep very good stats when I started. I started PE with an extender (this thing called fastsize) and didn’t know about Thunder’s until a few months later. I didn’t even measure girth until recently since I was so focused on length. If it weren’t for stories like Bib gaining 4+" I would’ve stopped a long time ago. Although he admits his case wasn’t the norm—able to hang 6-8hrs a day up to 40 lbs. I have nowhere near that amount of time.

Another impressive story is westsidetoni: My gains (start 1-1-2007). Apparently he gained 2" just using an extender and wearing it up to 8hrs a day. Even then, I noticed he hasn’t posted anything since 2009.

Anyways, I’m going to try the routine mentioned in my previous post for a month and see how it goes. I would be happy with any gains however small. Even 0.1" a month would be 1" in 10 months!

What has your routine been like lately?

I’m on a manual routine with these main features:

- It implies the minimum force that accomplishes the maximum extension (just to set BPFSL).

- During maximum 15 minutes I repeatedly set BPFSL an hold it for 10-20 seconds. At the end of the routine the measured BPFSL is significantly larger than at the beginning of the routine.

- The goal of each day is to set the previous day’s BPFSL record length.

- In time, setting the BPFSL goal length becomes easier and quicker. When this can be accomplished in under 10 minutes, it’s time to set a higher goal.

This routine yields continuously increasing BPFSL, which translates in time into more BPEL.

The routine is completed with 10 minutes high erection level & low pressure jelqs.

I’ve described my routine in detail here: Steady sustainable lengthening

When I first began stretching with the mechanical device, I noticed that afterwards many times I would have pinch marks on my dick from the clamp.

The clamp has to be on extremely tightly for the device to not slip off.

I went to a two clamp system to directly stretch the tunica, but found that it wasn`t giving me the intensity I needed.

Since going back to the single clamp method, I`m noticing that I`m not getting the same pinch marks and I realised that I wasn`t extending the stretcher as much as I used to and I`m not working the unit as intensely as I would like.

The last few sessions I`ve made efforts to turn the stretcher a little further into the pain threshold, and I`m still not seeing the bruising.

Maybe after 10 months I`ve figured how to fit the device so that I won`t see the bruising, though I don`t seem to be doing anything differently.

Your gain is already impressive! You achieved this in a year.. man, I hope I can achieve this much gain!

I would say.. change it up the exercise by targeting different parts of the penis.

How bout different angle of hanging? over-the-shoulder? -fulcrum?

No gains to report in the 1 1/2 month I’ve been manual stretching. Going to switch to mostly girth work (jelqing) and see if that can break the plateau.

wannabe7in: perhaps change up the routine with jelqing, pumping/clamping?

Wannabe7in, how long were your deacon breaks? If you have reached a plateu, it may be time to give yourself a long break. Let your penis forget it was ever stretched. I’m talking about a several months to half a year break. If you aren’t seeing reasults, might as well concentrate on other things. Then when you eventually do come back, it would be like you are starting for the first time again.

I have never reached a plateu because I never persist long enough to do so :)

Read this thread.

Punctuated PE Theory

You probably need to take a month or two off to let the tunica toughen up.

Interesting theory.

"I have a very simplified routine these days. Seems that short intense sessions do me more good. I warm up my unit with a "mug" of water hot as I can stand. It is a good sized, plastic insulated mug for drinking cold tea, etc.. I almost fill it up, insert my unit. I press it over my penis and testicles and hold it in place, moving it around occasionally until it no longer feels warm. At that point thermal equilibrium has been reached and there is no need to do it longer. The heat helps the gel to change to a sol phase in the tunic. thus the tuinic stretches more quickly and easily. I repeat the "mugging" about every 5 minutes during my short routine. The heat and the moisture help the penile skin to stretch better, too.

Then I lube up with olive oil (best thing I have found). I do 10 minutes of long, slow, hard, downward flacid jelq-stretches. Straight down as slow and hard as I can. I am really trying to lengthen the shaft as I slowly (10 sec) pull down between by legs. Do this 5 min, hot mug again, then 5 more minutes of downward flacid jelq-stretches.

Hot mug again. Do 5 minutes of full erection 2-handed jelq-squeezes. Encircle and clamp the base with one hand. With the other hand grab and squeeze the upper mid shaft (fattest part for me). I slowly jelq down to that fattest part then give the shaft a series of hard squeezes that last about 5 sec. each. Just keep repeating this. Do these 5 minutes, hot mug again and do 5 minutes more of the full erection 2-handed jelq-squeezes.

Next I pull my unit out to maximum length and apply 4 or 5 ice cubes, one at a time along the penile shaft. Allow them to melt on the shaft. This is to "harden" it at maximum length. Turn the sol phase back into a gel so shaft remains in elongated state for longer time. Then I sometimes wear a constriction ring for an hour to keep unit at this greater length. I pull on it , v-stretch it, off and on all day long. Wat are your thoughts here? This may not work for everyone. I think my initial gains were lig stretching and later gains were tunic stretching. MXL"

So MagnumXL starts with "heat".. and "reheat" every 5 minutes to keep his penis stretchable stage (or what he calls sol phase). His strategy is to stretch out and expand tunica using jelqing at 100% erection level.

What is interesting is that he finishes his routine with ice cubes melting on penile shaft.

I really think that using "ice cold water" right after hanging is beneficial to keep the penis in elongated state.

Keep in mind that part isn’t applicable to OP. He’s already gained a lot and I think that whole topic was spot on about letting the tunica “heal” or “regrow.”

But yeah, I’ve been doing that with girth excersize, lightly clamping it and submerging it into ice water, then taking it out, loosening the clamp to a bit and just stimulating and keeping a very large hang for an hour afterhand.