The three inch club...?

A few claims of 3”+ come to mind…

Bib [no photos provided]
Horsehung [photos provided, then laughed off of the site]
DLD [photoshopped pics available all over]
Yguy [I can’t remember if he had photos or not… and maybe I am wrong about him hitting 3”+, I will do some research…]

I am sure there are more, these peeps just sprang to mind…

Moral of the story seems to be if you claim 3” or more, it is best to not provide pictures. ;)

Edit: I found some Yguy pics. They showed gains, but no ruler shots that I saw…

Interesting—

It’s got to be upsetting for a guy that legitimately reaches 3” in gains, then gets attacked after posting real images.

With the rarity of 3” gains, perhaps people feel obliged to attack anyone making the claim—and of course that would be within reason…

Is it fair to say less than 1% of all PEers ever hit 3”+ in gains? That would explain the doubt.

I’ve only been PEing a few months—and 3” seems perfectly viable to me, even with the modest gains I have made after 2 months exactly of PEing (.68”)

But from what you’re saying, very few even try to back that kind of claim…

I am sure it would be.

Should you ever come across an example of that happening, be sure to let me know. ;)

I would love to see a 3” gain documented with credible photographs! :)

And by the way, if you consider my post above to be an “attack”, you clearly are new to this interweb thingy. I acknowledged Yguy did have some photos (not conclusive, IMO, but at least he has something) and my final comment was “tongue-in-cheek”.

Me too!

I’ve seen 2” gains that looked perfectly legitimate, I guess I just assumed plenty of people out there really gained 3”… Now that you mention it, I’ve never seen a credible example…

About new to the web comment, I actually missed that part of your post; I think the grey made it blend in for me & I missed that comment completely.

By the way, I was REALLY disappointed when I found out this post was about 3” gains. I was thinking it was about guys starting at 3” (lol)

I am sorry to hear that because I am experimenting with a creative way to write “asides”. (Thunder didn’t like it when it used a small font for my little comments. Thanks for the feedback, I will try something else…)

Edit: Hurray! Thunder has had a change of heart, so the small font is back!

I want to un-hijack this thread, so:

I would say it is extremely rare for someone to even claim a 3” gain, let alone offer some proof of it. Way less than 1%. At least here at Thunder’s.

Personally, I am even suspicious of 2” gains, although I do accept them as achievable by a lucky (and diligent!) few. But the “Three Inch Club” is extrememly exclusive. Although I hear they have secret annual meetings in Area 51. ;)

Meet me there in 2 years when I’ve gained 3”, and we can have a ‘swordfight’!

This thread may be of interest to you:

Collected wisdom from the vets and good gainers

I looked over the first two pages and there are at least a couple guys claiming a 3"+ gain.

Ah yeah, I read all this when I first joined, just a little over 2 months ago :)

I’m re-reading it now… It has more meaning for me I think—since a few months of experience puts things in quite a new perspective.

I’ve gained enough .68" for me it’s really easy to believe that this is all real—I know the gains will slow down, but I’m going to commit a lot of time to hanging & hopefully I’ll have no problem breaking the 2" mark eventually… We will see!

Me too. Lol.