Length gains in a year?

Assuming you have a year (or nearly a year) of PE experience, how much have you gained in a full year? If you have several years to choose from please use the best year’s gain.

My first year I went from 5 1/8 to 5 3/4 nbpel which would put me in the .5-.6 catagory, but the 2 following years have gained nothing.

Mravg,

Like you I’m looking at a half inch gain in the first year. I was hoping that since the gains were fairly slow I could keep them going for a year or two. But its a bit worrying seeing that yours stopped.

How do you keep yourself motivated for so long (two years!) when you aren’t seeing any gains?

Gained .85” EL* during the my first PE year (just two weeks ago I went into my second PE year). It’s been a lot of work, many sets of hanging, but I’m happy with what I’ve got to show for it. PE has been good 2004.

*) BPEL specifically, though it doesn’t matter which since my padding is the same now as it was a year ago.

Man, you have to be more specific becasue I wan’t to give you the answer most consistent with everyone elses way of measuring. Do you want BPEL or EL?

I Think he is referring to BPEL

I think absolute max is probably not much more than 1.5” in a first year if you did everything perfect. I gained only 0.5” in my first year, but then it wasn’t a resolute attempt. By that I don’t mean that more is better, only that the right amount of intensity and the right amount of interval and optimal environment.

I also estimated that about 2000 lb/hours would be needed for 1” stretching (@<8lb). People scoffed, and it was indeed the case that I was proven wrong. Some have made it in 1600 hours, but the majority need more, so it seems that putting numbers on things is a very precocious activity.

Increases in my BPEL:

Year 1: 1.31”
Year 2: .19”
Year 3: .25”

This doesn’t reflect what I could have gained in 3 years had I not done minimal PE for a good portion of the time, spun my wheels experimenting with ineffective routines, taken periods away from length exercises entirely (girth only), etc.

This year’s 1/4” came from 2 months of hanging. I planned on doing several more 2-3 month bouts with 4-6 weeks off in between. A long-lasting vein problem scrapped that idea. :( I’m sure I would have gained more.

First year - one inch,

next ten months of on and off - zero.

1st year 2.185 inches

Total length gain 2.25 inches for 4 years work, the first inch came the first year.

Quote: How do you keep yourself motivated for so long (two years!) when you aren’t seeing any gains? Quote

This forum is part of my motivation. I almost convince myself that the whole idea is a lie, but there can’t be so many people claiming good gains and all of them lying.
I also stay motivated by convincing myself that the problem is just that I don’t try hard enough.
Thirdly, I keep going because I enjoy it, even with my crappy gains. It is quality time with my dick.

Hmmm… I’ll say 3/4 inch, over the first year, but 1/4” came overnight (literally) when I started doing manual stretches (right at the start). Realistically I’m 1” longer.

GM

What was the routine that made you grow like that?

Manual exercsies and fulcrum hanging. Check out my Routine thread for full details.

Editted to add: Small starting size and BIG desire for more!