All right. It seems to me that you believe that I am out to attack you instead of questioning the safety and effectiveness of DLD bends. I am not a great communicator and if that is what my words suggest, then I apologize.
Although your blasters have not worked for me, I can see the logic in them and believe they may be very effective for others. I hope this statement (which I truly believe) better indicates my level of respect for you.
“…and I would never take it that way *sarcastic* because flaming me would be making suggestive remarks that people here patronize me and take pity on me for my disorder and not for my content.”
“You are obviously a highly intelligent individual. You have to realize that when a very likable individual posts about a disability that a “cheerleader effect” is quite possible if not extremely probable. I know that I didn’t want to bring this whole topic up out of fear of aggravating your O.C.D. I suffer from O.C.D. myself and I know what stress can do. At the same time, I don’t want a repeat of joe seven, especially for an exercise that I don’t believe to be effective.
“Flaming would be making innuendo that I am some sort of PE freak different from the people here.”
Well then I am guilty, because it is obvious that your results are not typical. Heck, this is not a criticism.
“This is very true, but would’t keeping this information from the forum be a greater sin?
I was not suggesting that you keep this info from the forum.
“What if this is the exercise that helps someone who may have similar “genetics”, as you put it, to me?”
It is not clear to me that this exercise even helped you. Infect, I think it probably contributed to your injury.
“I have always posted everything I do in hope to get constructive feedback and possibly help a struggling fellow pe’er.”
You got and are continuing to get constructive feed back from me, or at least that is what I was attempting to do. This has turned into a mess.
“”I think a problem has developed concerning your techniques. Everyone likes you a lot and is possibly afraid of aggravating your OCD by questioning your techniques. Of course, if I am right, this is very bad for Free PE.”
“Very rude and mean spirited.”“
This is the point where I really felt like I failed. I think the Blasters may be one of the top five PE achievements. That being said, and I hope you see that I respect you, I stand by what I said. Again, with a very likable person with a disability, the is apt to be a “cheer leader” effect. If people are not as critical of results and propertied gains for whatever reason, PE will move that much slower.
“”Absolutely, that is why I think it important that we hear from those that it may have worked for and those who it may not have worked for. Men are trying to make gains and I think we both agree that it would not make sense for them to do and exercise that does not work, especially one whose safety is debated.”
“This is a very ambiguous statement. In this line of thinking even pulling on our penis would fall into this category and PE would not exist let alone evolve.”“
Where is the ambiguity? One thing you might notice is that you are telling me what I am thinking and I am telling you how I interpret what you say. I can’t remember any cases like joe seven where a guy was just pulling on his penis. Also, I don’t think there is much debate if any about weather pulling on ones penis works. I still have not seen the evidence that this exercise works, but I have seen evidence (joe seven) that it may be dangerous.
“”So it is possible that DLD bends are just a dangerous waste of time and the fact that you have gained so much suggests that you are different indeed!”
“Yes this could be true to…but I am not willing to take chances with my program that has worked very well for me.”“
I don’t like how I worded that last statement and I can see how that being interpreted as offensive. It sounds a little loaded and I suspect that it may have contributed to your impression of the other things I wrote. I am just trying to say, in my clumsy way, that it may not be worth doing if it is particularly dangerous and does not result in gains.
I didn’t want this to go this far. This whole thing is making me feel sick. I just want to hear from guys this has worked for and those it has not worked for and to offer my observation on why I don’t think it works.
Cheers,
PS