Rest And Recovery Theory

Really long but I think it’s worth the read. Talks about recovery and charting intensity.

I am going to talk about a theory of recovery using 2 examples.

Workout 1 jelqs and stretches for 30 minutes followed by 10 minute edge. They both use heat to warm up and cool down.

Workout 2 jelqs uli clamp stretch for 40 minutes followed by 15 unite edge and manual clamp. And use of heat throughout.

Workout 3 jelqs and stretch for 20 minutes with 5 minute edging after. Heat throughout.

Person A is a healthy individual with a higher basil metabolic rate and a more active lifestyle. Their diet consists of blood flow increasing supplements. Creating glucosamine protein and other recovery helpers. As well as balanced nutritional value.

Person B works in an office and their diet consists of processed foods and carbonated sugary drinks. They are not necessarily fatter or have more body fat. They just are not very active and eat a variety of foods whether it’s healthy or not.

After person A does workout one. They feel their penis is exhausted. They are satisfied with the workout.
The following day they wake up like brand new. No sore feeling no PI at all. Like the workout never happened. Person A knows they did not reach their max potential in a workout and can go again today. And then rejudge tomorrow if they should rest or not. Only time will tell if they worked their penis enough for it to grow and should wait 2-3 weeks for any results. If no results then move to workout 2 and observe again. Unless they never feel like they need a rest day. Then it may be time to increase the intensity.

After person B does workout one. They feel just as exhausted and satisfied.
But the following day they feel some hard throbbing and soreness down there. Person B now knows they worked out to 90-110 percent of their max. They know they need an off day and to pull back on their workout. So they take the appropriate amount of rest until they feel fully recovered. Then they move to workout 3 until their conditioned enough to move forward.

In conclusion rest days should be judged by the PI and feeling the days following a workout. Recovery can rely on many factors and will differentiate per person.

It’s risky for a person to continuously workout to 80-100 percent of their ability. The risk of injury is increased. Progressive overload shows that a person only needs to workout to 50-60 percent of their max intensity to grow.
For example a day off is 0 masturbation or sex may be 10-30. Never enough to increase size because it’s under the threshold. But never enough to cause fatigue.

Let’s say a person can recovery 50 percent intensity in a 24 hour period but that intensity is not enough to grow. Doing the exercises daily won’t cause fatigue or growth cause it’s under the threshold.

The key is to find the balance on the threshold needed for your body to grow and the corresponding amount of rest that it takes to fully recover from that level of intensity.
And this will differ day to day based upon diet and lifestyle.

That’s why following your PI and charting progress is key. And charting progress includes charting how you feel during the workout immediately after. A few hours after. The next morning. And 24 hours later. Those are very important PI as well.

Start small cause you can always increase the load. But once you cross the line into injury there is no return.

I know my intensity levels and how long each level takes me to recover.
I can feel how much intensity I am doing throughout my workout as well as after. Life has come up and I will be taking 2 rest days back to back. So yesterday I did a 80-90 percent intense workout. This allows me to maximize on my time and my schedule.
I am sore today and throbbing. I know I cannot do another workout today. But I still was able to get a full erection so I know I did not cross that line. All I will be doing today and tomorrow is taking a hot shower and some slight edging in there.
I see edging as a low intensity recovery. Cause kegeling and changing your level of hardness brings in and out blood. Blood out removes toxins blood in brings nutrients. But being hard is a little intensity.

Charting my intensity and knowing what workout brings what level. I am able to maximize on these 2 rest days.

I also believe in fully decon rest as well. And will incorporate that when I plateau.

Interesting point about edging. Do you edge for a while and then ejaculate? Or edge for a time and then let it subside. If I edge for more than 5 mins and then don’t ejaculate, I find my EQ to be worse later in the day. I’ve never considered that it’s a benefit for healing. But it does make sense when referring to nutrients in/toxins out

I will let some precum out. But I won’t ejaculate a full load.
If I fully hold on Precum I see that too. If I fully ejaculate I get a lower EQ the rest of the day as well.
If I balance it out nice I am up and ready at any instant and rock hard. And then when I do finally ejaculate it’s more than usual.

I like to get to the feeling balloon up. Then stop and let it subside to like 50 percent EQ then go again. With light base squeezes to just over inflate the normal girth and good it for a like 30 seconds. Then continue to edge.
Works well for me.

Ah yeah, that’s basically what I’ve been doing. Except at times it’s just too much and I’m too happy to let my erection get what it deserves, positive reinforcement for the hard and happy fella haha. My erection gets so hot these days. It brings me so much happiness to finally get ‘a normal response’ from my penis.

Can’t even imagine what it will be like when I change my diet for the better, quit smoking and be more active outside of work.

I still find it hard to believe I’m fully back from my ED issues. Like it’s been years of it. And only a couple months of being healthy again. Thunders did great for me

It really is an incredible feeling. I had 15 years experience of dealing with ED before I managed it with PE.

Happy for you mate

New here but I’ve read your story. It’s inspirational man. Who would of thought stretching your dick and squeezing the hell out of it was good for it?

Oversimplification I know. But you get where I’m going.

Yeah I had no idea u could work it out and that there were many moving parts to make it work. But knowledge is power as they say.

How to Use Visualization Techniques to Speed up Healing

Interesting read. I have read the 2006 study it’s interesting.

All very interesting! Thanks!

Over the recent holiday, I’ve been too busy with family stuff to do my usual routine. So I ended up having 3 days off in a row, which I haven’t done since I started PE about 6 months ago. I was concerned I’d shrink back from that hiatus, but to my surprise nothing changed. Then when I resumed yesterday, I found that I could more easily extend [I mostly do traction] to the point that I’m limited by the dorsal thickening, whereas I normally feel like there’s a greater mass holding me back before reaching that point.

So, on to Dr. Google I went. I was looking for a better histological understanding of the tunica albuginea, but stumbled on a little something about the Buck’s fascia, which is deep fascia type tissue.
“Deep fascia is able to respond to sensory input by contracting; by relaxing; or by adding, reducing, or changing its composition through the process of fascial remodeling.” -Wikipedia article on deep fascia

I’m thinking that one of the reasons we all seem to “plateau” after newbie gaining, aside from newbie gains substantially being restoration of existing structure which was in some way contracted, could be that our “working out” stimulates the Bucks fascia to thicken and strengthen in response to the stress, and therefore resist our efforts to further expand the penile tissue by whichever methods we are using.

Though only a hypothesis at this point, if it were correct, we would benefit from longer periods of rest; maybe once it seems like a plateau is reached, we should take a few days or even a week off to rest.

Thoughts, gentlemen?

I too had a break and kept gains. When I returned it was way easier and was getting more results in top of what I had, but sadly i injured myself a bit. But even after the 2 month break after the injury, I gained everything I had lost by light wet/dry pumping. It’s a lot more fun than extending, but I loved being able to do 6 hours of being in the extender a day, pumping over and done with in 45 haha. My penis seems to be resisting the pull in the extender, sometimes it’s just too much of a pull, especially for tee size I have it set up at. So I’m going to give it another month before slowly getting back into that

I’m working on a loose 2 & 1, then 3 & 1 schedule with days on/off. But really just responding to how my penis is reacting or feeling. Rest is definitely worth having from my experience, and from what I can see, the most experienced people around here are all for it.

Rest days are when I see the real progress

I’ve started eating a lot healthier, and I think I’m already seeing the benefits.

The premise behind your theory is solid. One of my favorite equations that I do is the optimum level of work I can perform with given devices or exercises. Keeping it right around 85% and resting the appropriate amount in my opinion is the most Optimum that any person can perform penis enlargement. As simple as that.

Getting a feel for how you will understand your 85% and how long you need to rest afterward are the really complicated parts.

Thoughfulgold,

It’s nice to see a veteran and a big gainer as yourself back my opinion. I feel like everyone gets to wrapped up in sticking to a plan to the T they don’t allow for the fluctuations of their own body and mind.
It’s not easy to do it takes a lot of focus. But once you can judge your intensity levels and your rest needed it allows you to optimize on the process.

Mourningwood,

I believe rest is very important. Muscles and tissues grow when in rest.