Q to Johan about his AI-stretches

Johan,
I´m very excited about the AI-stretching you´ve been telling us about. I have done them for a couple of days and I´m pretty sure there is something happening down there. I´ll wait another week or two before measuring though.

Now for my question: Could you please explain the exact order of the different moments included in this exercise? I´m not sure I´m doing them correctly (although I can feel some kind of weariness in my ligs). This is how I do them:

1. grab behind head
2. suck in my belly (not flexing it)
3. pull penis to the outer limit and hold for a second or two
4. realising the stretch but keeping my grip
5. repeat

Do you think breathing rythm is vital for this exercise? I don´t breath in any particular pattern when doing this.

A final one: Do you stretch to the outer limit (i.e. stretch really hard)?

Take care,
/sizemoore

Hey sizemoore,

1. Right
2. Right + I start breathing in.
3. Not 100% pulling force, because too strong stretch may lead to inherent stretch reflex. Keep breathing in for 2 seconds and releasing the stretch when exhale.

That breathing thing is mostly just because (2seconds-2-seconds) timing.

Ok Johan, thanks for explaining.

/sizemoore

Hey guys,

Have you tried doing a “reverse kegel” while doing Johan stretches? Instead of sucking your gut in, push your belly out and squeeze your pelvic muscles like you are trying to piss.

When I kegel my dick pulls in a bit. Since we are supposed to contract the opposing muscles when doing AI, maybe a reverse kegel is what is needed here?

I’ve been doing intermittent reverse kegel / belly push-outs while hanging BTC lately, and they enhance the stretch I feel, even more than doing crunches while hanging. I don’t know if this applies to Johan stretches, but is food for thought.

…it is not in the glossary!

Hey dlf,

We are trying to get AI (or JAI) in to the glossary. In the meantime, check this thread for more information.

JAI stretches