The importance of technique

Here is a personal discovery that I want to share.

For the past 4 months I have been doing my wet jelqs the same way, and have only just slightly altered this technique a week ago. And in that week my cock had seemed a bit different. A bit bigger and more strained with what I think is faster growth.

It has made me realize that a lot of the gain process has a LOT to do with the technique of your jelqing. This may be obvious information for most of you, but I only found this out recently. Technique really counts! If you’re not gaining, check your technique, try some different things until you get something that seems to get results. It might help!

In case you’re curious, the difference in my technique is this. When I used to jelq, I used to not trap the blood as effectively as I could. I still gained, but not to my full potential. I used to push the blood up my penis with one hand, get to the gland, THEN put my other hand at the base, then let go with the hand at the top, and push up the penis again. NOW, with my new technique, I push the blood up the penis with one hand, and when I get to about 1/2” away from the gland, I put my other hand at the base, so that blood doesn’t escape, and continue pushing blood up for half an inch then release and push with the other hand.

The difference is that I am not using one hand at a time, so to speak, but rather I am using one hand to trap the blood while the other one does the jelq EARLIER than I used to. I’m not totally sure, but I think this might be a key aspect. I’ve noticed that my penis is hotter and more “worked out”. I don’t know how to explain it, but my body just feels like it was better.

I’m sure glad I found this out, though I wish I had’ve discovered it when I started! Oh well, live and learn, right?

Anyway, anyone else got any confirmations or disagreements with this discovery? I’d be interested to see if there’s some sort of consensus regarding the technique, or if most people don’t know this. I get the feeling most people will be like “duh!” towards this. But I just had to share!

I jelq the same way and you get alot more blood flowing and it feels alot better too.

I figured out early on that jelking feels very unproductive unless you use the two hands technique to increase the pressure (trap the blood as you say).

That is a similar technique to a method I called Girth Blasters. I just apply the second hand to the base immediately: Girth Blasters New Jelq Technique

Nick33 you a have a pupil in here, I was really looking forward to change my technique in jelqing because I think I have hit my first plateau but do not want to stop until Dec (will made one year of PE) and that I way to change without stop, just to add: reading through kingpole’s post I am know devoting 50% the time in my jelq session for very slowly jelqs and it seems that it’s working (more swelling in the end of jelq session), my main problem it’s gaining lenght.

This might sound kind of contradicting, but I’m going to try THAT method from now on. :D Thanks for the heads up.

I have always done a kegel in between each jelq to have a maximum amount of fresh blood. Is this not the normal way to jelq?

Otis, I jelq the same way as you and have had no problems gaining. If it works then do it. Only change when it stops.

This is the way I do it. “Jelq Advice” I described The same style but nick described it better than I did. And it is obviously working good show nick33. Congrats on your rapid gains.

I find this very interesting… I was kind of shocked when I realized how my cock’s reaction has changed during these 2 months of PE. At first, I jelqed rather poorly, not using both hands, not trapping enough blood, but still my cock would end up worked out, rather sore, with minor fluid build up. After two weeks, I got some minor spotting on the underside of my glans.

I then started jelqing “kegel enhanced”, after this I ended up getting some serious spotting (during the jelqing!), which was alarming, so I took some days off and stopped kegeling in between.

Now I use both hands, one reaches just before the glans, while the other grips the base. This traps more blood and everything. I then started doing them with higher erections and started kegeling in between, but now I don’t get any fluid build up at all and no spotting. It does feel sore afterwards and the next day, but I like that.

I’m not sure what to make of this and I would sure like to see some opinions on this.

Nick33:

1) At what erection percentage do you jelq at?
2) How long do you jelq?
3) What grip do you use (overhand or underhand)?
4) Do you stand or sit while jelqing?

1. It varies as the process goes. I can’t stay consistent. I guess it’s mostly somewhere between 40 and 75% for most of the time. Then when I realize it’s too low (around the 5 or 10 minute mark, then once more again towards the end of the session), I’ll stimulate until firm (around 90-100%) and work down from there.
2. Since mid-july, 20 minutes. Before then, 10-15.
3. Standard underhand ok-grip.
4. Sit.

Why the specific questions? :)

How hard do you grip? Because I was going on two months and just wasn’t seeing the postive PIs. Now I don’t grip nearly as hard when I do my ok-grip and it seems to be benefitting me a lot more.

I grip hard, but not that hard.

If I grip as hard as I can, my hand aches too much after a while. So I just grip hard enough to trap blood and push it through, but not so hard that I’m seemingly trying to choke it.

I don’t really know how to describe how hard my jelqing grip might be. But I’ll try - Imagine there is sticky honey on a wooden pole, and the only way you can get it off is to wipe it off with your grip. You grip it hard enough to wipe that honey off, and not leave any behind. But don’t grip too hard or you might get a nasty splinter.

Towards the end of the session I tend to grip as hard as I can though. Since hand ache isn’t a worry. If I grip too hard and it hurts, it doesn’t really phase me, since I’m on the home stretch of the session and it’s well warmed up from the previous 19 minutes.

Nice to hear your progress, but you say your jelqing upward? I’ve really been at this for about 3 weeks now but I have always jelqed downward so that gravity helps me force the blood down into the penis. It’s just always felt the best way to get myself engorged with blood. Am I just confused or is this what most people do here to?