Thinking My PE Career Might Be Reaching the End of the Road...

I felt as if I was at a maximum, but now that I’ve begun pumping I’m enthusiastic about gaining again given all of the early indications.

An extended decon break helped me also.

Thank you for all of the helpful suggestions. Many of you mentioned a decon break — that’s something I had never really considered. I’ve always thought of PE as something I would keep doing until I stopped gaining, then walk away. How long a decon period are we talking about? A month? Three months? Should I do any maintenance work during that period, or just leave my dick alone? Did you guys resume growing after you had previously hit a plateau?

Greetings, Everyone.

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently thinking about whether I should continue to pursue PE, or simply cut back to a maintenance routine (a few minutes of manual stretching and jelqing a couple of days a week) and get on with my life. I’d really like to hear from some of you who have been in my shoes. I’ll try to keep this to a few bullet points, rather than hitting you guys with a full-blown essay:

— I started PE 2.5 years ago. My starting stats were 7” BPEL and 5” EG.

— I grew quickly due to newbie gains and extreme diligence. (I only missed 2 or 3 scheduled PE sessions in my first six months.)

— I’m currently 8” BPEL and 5.5” EG (maybe 5.6” on a really good day).

— Despite continued focus and consistency, I’ve experience no new gains in the past nine months.

— I spend about 40 minutes a day, 5 days a week on PE.

— I’ve mostly focused on manual stretching and jelqing as those are what have provided me growth in the past. I dabbled in both clamping and later water pumping (Bathmate) for about 90 days each. I eventually quit both because the only thing I seemed to gain was bruising and discoloration, each time returning to manual exercises.

As I said above, it’s been nearly a year since my last gain. I’m starting to feel like my dick may have already reached its full physical potential. I realize there are other, more aggressive methods that I haven’t tried (like hanging), but they all seem to require more time than I am able (or perhaps willing) to devote to PE. Honestly, the time I’m putting into PE now (along with the required privacy) is putting a strain on my daily schedule. I never minded in the past, because the thrill of additional potential gains kept me going. But now it seems like my effort simply is being rewarded like it has been in the past. I’m feeling tempted to walk away from PE and devote that time to the gym instead. (I swear, if I had been half as dedicated to my physique as to my penis, I’d be Mr Olympia by now.) I realize that most people gain more slowly as time goes on. Slow gains would be fine. But zero gain is not.

The catch is that I’m still not satisfied with my dick. I realize that I’m larger than average and that I should just learn to take “yes” for an answer, but the truth is that I really want a legitimately LARGE cock. 8” NBPEL and 6” girth would be fantastic. When I look at the measuring tape, it doesn’t seem that far off. But when I think about where I started and how much I’ve already had to grow to get where I am now, I know that it’s not a very realistic end point. Maybe I’m just not meant to have a huge cock? I suppose there are worse things in life. The funny thing is that I never gave my size a second thought before I got into PE. But now that I’ve experienced what it’s like to gain, I just can’t seem to leave well enough alone.

To those of you who are still reading, thank you. Having said (err…typed) all that, my questions are: Has anyone here been in a similar situation? Did you keep on keeping on, or did you call it a day? And what are some indicators that I might be at my maximum potential size?

Thanks in advance for your input.

You have indeed made some good stride to reaching your current measurments. It foes without saying you possess some favourable stats and that is a personal decision you must make relative to your goals and priorities.

Personally I will never stop PE its a way of life and I have learnt more than stretching my unit here and in addition to that PE is not only about growing our unit but having a healthy and functioning unit. I believe that my current regime supports that. Wishing you well brother.

hi Phenyo, you’ve achived great gains man, could you tell us or PM me telling about your experience? Have you been PEing all this 5 years? I am also in trouble with gains I think….

Somebody with good organizational and analytical skills (notice how I subtly imply I don’t qualify) should start a big gainer comparison thread. So many effective techniques are spread out all over, I lose track of what to track!

Big Gainer Highlights
Boils down to:
Knowledge and Dedication.
Knowledge is about knowing the techniques and knowing yourself.
Dedication is about application what you know in the best way possible.

Techniques are the least important of them all as the basics like jelqing, stretching and squeezing are easy and explained in detail.
Knowing yourself is observing how your body reacts. Without that its a guessing game missing the mark more often then not.
Dedication is the most important. Without it the other factors won’t help much.
Dedication also means that one has to accept that PE is a lifestyle.

These gainers had it all without an exception.
Of course there are some who have good genetics and gain easier.

People who not gain lack in some of the above.
Of course there are some who simply can’t gain due to very strong tissue or other conditions.

Since 10 years in PE forums Its quiet easy to spot who has what it takes and who not. And most don’t have it.
Which is btw. The reason why PE won’t go mainstream ever as most people in society don’t have what it takes to succeed in PE.
Even the simplest mainstream techniques - using a machine - like extending or pumping needs Knowledge and Dedication to get benefits.