OK, time for me to throw a spanner in the works! :chuckle:
After my initial gains, I stopped all forms of PE nearly 6.5 years ago - I’ve done absolutely no maintenance, yet almost all my gains have remained. In fact, I measure larger than my last set of pics posted here way back in 2002 …… Mr Wadzilla, please explain. Am I a freak of nature? Perhaps the exception that proves your “rule”? I don’t think so and I can post recent pics to substantiate my claims.
I read Mr Wadzilla’s “theory”, or started to, but quickly realised that it, despite what I’m sure was a lot of well intentioned hard work, was ultimately of very little scientific value …. except perhaps as a personal learning experience and as a cautionary tale for newbies on how not to write a theory!
Firstly, coming from an academic background, I have a real problem with the title. A theory is an hypothesis that has been tested. To have a theory you must first have an hypothesis because if you don’t, your theory is no more than a skewed opinion. And while everybody is entitled to an opinion, to have scientific value any study must remain totally objective and this most certainly isn’t. The “study” consists of one participant supported by some fairly tenuous and selective anecdotal evidence. However, if you include my documented PE history, the fragile precepts on which this whole “theory” is supposedly based collapses unceremoniously.
Secondly, the science …. or lack thereof. A lot of pseudo-science, unbridled speculation and posturing, but a noticeable lack of anything of real substance. Seriously, Mr Wadzilla, if you were in my class at university, you’d be asked to perhaps consider a more appropriate course choice …. Interpretative Dance anyone? A more empirical approach is what’s needed here, not nebulous subjective speculation.
And these old chestnuts about bodybuilders losing it all once they stop training - of course they do! The excess muscle turns to fat and is absorbed by the body (if you’re lucky!). Even if you inject the penis with “fat”, or have fat grafts sewn under the skin of the penis, the enhanced girth is only temporary - most is reabsorbed by the body and in some cases in as little as 2 years. An analogy between PE and gains accrued by bodybuilding is inaccurate.
Will somebody tell me why so many proponents of PE cite exotic African or South American cultural practices as proof that it works when all the evidence you need is far closer to home? Just take a look at your spouse, mother or grandmother. It is painfully apparent that age and gravity are cruel masters to the average woman’s bosom, especially if left unsupported. Yet Mr Wadzilla’s “theory” would have us believe that tissue regeneration would magically make them shrink back to their nubile beauty ……. I don’t think so. Perhaps the image of sagging women’s breasts is not as marketable as colourful tribal practices. :chuckle:
I don’t know why I’ve kept my gains and Mr Wadzilla hasn’t kept his, and we can speculate as much as we like but we should remember that, that’s all it is, speculation. What works for some doesn’t work for others. There are so many variables that have to be taken into account - age, ethnicity, disciplines, duration - the answers are not as simplistic as Mr Wadzilla propounds and I’m living evidence of that. So, before we can start making any valuable assumptions, there needs to be a series of strictly controlled studies with people in white coats and, to be honest, I can’t see that happening anytime soon - the planet and its inhabitants, have far more pressing problems to address.
In conclusion, I don’t believe that I’m the lone voice in a wilderness of FUD. The way I look at it is that I’m still significantly bigger than I was when I started …. and wasn’t that the whole purpose of the exercise? And unless the Penis Envy Fairy pays me an unwelcome visit one night, after 6.5 years of doing nothing PE related, I’ll wager that my gains are here to stay.
lil1 :lep:
