Stretching time : lost

Hello.

So I started with PE basic routine the 1st of January (New Year resolution ahah).

I started with 2 days training 1 day rest :
- Warm-up under shower with hot water.
- Stretching (multiple directions) —- 5 minutes.
- Jelq (with gel) - 10 minutes.
- Warm down.

Very quickly (after 2-3 weeks), I added stretching time up to 12 minutes because 5 minutes were feeling low on intensity.

I had good feelings, better erection in general, normal morning erection, etc. I had the blue tip problem with lot of small dots, but most of them were disappearing during the rest day, so it wasn’t big deal…

At the end of February, I checked and was happy to see I had improved a lot (in my opinion):
Length + 0.8 cm
Girth + 1 cm

But then someone told me, my stretching time was already way too long and that PE was a run against tissue hardening.

So I took a break of about 1 week. Then I restarted with only 6 minutes of stretching.

Today I just checked again my progress and, as I was feeling, it didn’t improve at all.

Now I wonder what should I do ? Should I add time again ? Should I keep trying at 6 minutes longer ?

Thanks you for your advice.

The general consensus is to not mess with a winning formula until you need you, if the way you were doing it was working for you keep doing it until it no longer works. Then switch it up.

Understood. I guess I should go back to my previous routine.

But should I take the hardening tissue problem seriously ? Could it impair future gain or force me to go to unrealistic intensity to keep progressing ?

I’m new to PE but do you think that week long break may have anything to do with it? Maybe that break may have caused your tissues to ‘solidify’ or ‘harden’. I could be wrong and I don’t want to give the wrong advice. Keep searching around the forums.. I usually find answers to almost all my questions from more experienced users. I always read users saying that you always have to keep your dick “in a stretched state” meaning less breaks and keep your dick stretched as long as you can.

From a purely feeling view, the 1 week break made the tissue soften when massaging it. For now I’m on basic routine. I had results during the first two months while having a strong turtle effect after training. Perhaps I will consider later holding “stretching state” with cock ring or whatever when I will be stop seeing progress.

How serious should I take tissue hardening problem, that is still the question.

As far as I know, Tissue hardening occurs faster if the amount of stress you put on your penis is more.

This is the reason that veterans here advocate that you put just the minimum possible amount of stress for your penis to grow (until it stops working, as suggested in a previous post above)

So, in your case, do not pull your dick too hard during your stretches. (When you pull hard, it may seem like you’re gaining fast. BUT your gains will come to a halt real fast and then you’ll struggle to make any tangible progress further down the line. So, always keep your stretches gentle, just enough to feel the stretch. As regards the amount of time to keep the dick stretched, you should figure it out for yourself by monitoring your PIs. Read this thread if you haven’t already. Physiologic Indicators (PIs) to help growth! )

Hope this helps.

-RJ

I know myself it I use a death grip my partial erection will die soon. The key is finding what works for you.

Thanks I have read all the articles about the basics. I can say I didn’t have any negative PI during the first two month, neither do I have now..

Thing is I have been :

Phase 1 / Pulling quite hard (before pain threshold) for 2 months for long session (12 minutes in multiple directions by series of 30 seconds). ——- Made progress but risked tissue hardening ?

Phase 2 / Pulling quite hard (before pain threshold) for 1 month for short session (6 minutes in multiple directions by series of 30 seconds). ——- Made no progress.

So now let’s imagine, I keep the 6 minutes session and pull less hard, why would I make progress ?

I know you guys can’t tell me what to do because it’s not rocket science. But if I lower both duration and pull intensity.. I’m pretty sure I won’t get any progress ?

Right. Unless you do a long de-conditioning break (6+ weeks) you will actually need to up either the duration of tension or the amount of tension.

Okay, what is your advice ? What would you choose ?

If I listen to myself, I would move back to 12 minutes stretching and 10 minutes jelqing. But I’m not sure if it is the best strategy.

Do that. Do what works for you. Besides, thats not doing very much so I wouldn’t worry. Anyway it’s better to progess now and stall later than to make no progess at all. Those were some very nice gains you had in a short time. Do exactly what you did and pray the results will continue.