3 Month Experiment

In light of recent events, I’ve found myself unable to pursue hanging right now - or even regular PE workouts….so I’ve formulated a progressive stealth routine, which I’ll be meticulously tracking with Excel.

The template is for a 3-month period, and I’m saving it to my hard drive & backing it up with a floppy.

The new routine is basically 4 or 5 daily sessions, with intense morning & evening stretching (and some stretches throughout the day).

After 1 week of this experiment, I have a plump, sore, spotted member. It seems to offer some promise.

I’ll keep it updated in this thread.

Wad,

How long are each of the mini-sessions?

I was thinking about doing something similar. Perhaps I could offer myself as another experimentation subject.

wadzilla,

This sounds similar to what RB has been doing.. I don’t doubt it can be effective.

tug,

The duration of each session would depend on the routine you want to do. Right now, my sessions include about 5 minutes of stretching & 100 jelqs (each jelq done forcefully & slowly). However, my morning & evening sessions include at least 10 minutes of stretching & 150 jelqs….

so….

A.M. & P.M. sessions - about 18-20 minutes each

2 or 3 other sessions - about 10-12 minutes each

(these are approximations). But I do keep a mini tablet in my pocket & jot down what I do. I plan to post my 3-month Excel journal when I’m finished.

I would encourage anyone to give it a try. It doesn’t matter if you substitute exercises - even from session to session. Just try to do a compression-type exercise (jelqs, ulis, holds, horse440’s, etc.) and an elongation-type exercise (A-Stretches, DLD Blasters, JAI Stretches, Bundled Stretches, etc.)….and keep good records!

I believe that this periodic type of training is even more effective than a long single session - even if the time period was equal in length. My ol’ willie felt really worked - down deep. It was bloated & spotted. Just think, if you could force only 1mm gain per week, you’d gain 2” yearly (in fact I’m not even looking for another 2”, just about 1.6” EL).

Count me in.. I’m going to start tomorrow.

tug,

I forgot to add: be sure to gradually increase your workload. Start with a volume that leaves you feeling “worked,” and gradually increase it.

For example, if during Week #1 you do 2,200 jelqs & 75 minutes of stretching….Week #2 should be at least 2,250 jelqs & 77 minutes of stretching. Obviously, you cannot increase indefinitely, but by going up gradually, you’ll have manageable but effective increments.

But always do at least the previous week’s totals (in other words, don’t allow your unit to enter a “detraining” mode - keep upping the ante).

Right now I’m on a 5-day per week routine, but I did 6 days this week (which I may stick with).

I plan to take a strategic break (of 1-2 weeks probably, at the end of this 3-month cycle).

Keep us updated.

Wad,

Gotcha.. One things for certain, my forearms are going to be fucking huge…

I’ll keep good records…. Perhaps I’ll start a thread in the ‘Progress’ section…..

If this works, you have to attach a name to this type exercise.