Before I found Thunder’s, I lurked on the betterman.com forums for a while. I started the newbie routine there and I’ve stuck with it even thought I don’t go there anymore. (The membership here is larger, there are more posts, etc.) There isn’t anything special about that routine, just warmup (& warm down), stretching for ~10 minutes total, and jelqing. I’ve added a little more stretching and a couple more sets of jelqing to the routine as I’ve become conditioned. On my 7th week I started hanging using a Captn’s Wench (I’m up to 12 pounds x 20 minutes x 3 or 4 sets). I also started using golf weights for an ADS on week 7. I wear them practially every waking hour. I usually hang for 5 or 6 days/week. The jelqing routine usually is 4 or 5 days/week.
I’m just incredibly lucky, I think.
Here’s my “training log”. As you can see, my gains have slowed, and taking almost 2 weeks off didn’t help.
Start: 06/17/2004
Official Measurements Routine past wk
Week DATE BPSFL BPEL EG Volume CVol% Jelq* Hang
0 06/13/04 6.000 6.000 5.125 12.541 Baseline
1 06/20/04 6.125 6.125 5.188 13.116 4.59% 50/30/3
2 06/27/04 6.375 6.250 5.313 14.037 11.93% 50/30/3
3 07/04/04 6.250 6.250 5.188 13.384 6.72% None x10 days (injury)
4 07/11/04 6.375 6.313 5.313 14.177 13.05% 50/30/3 (QOD)
5 07/18/04 6.500 6.500 5.250 14.257 13.68% 50/30/3 (QOD)
6 07/25/04 6.625 6.500 5.313 14.598 16.41% 50/30/3 SMWTS
7 08/01/04 6.625 6.625 5.375 15.231 21.45% 50/30/4 SMWTS 2#, golf ADS
8 08/08/04 6.750 6.625 5.375 15.231 21.45% 50/30/4 SMWS 3-5#, golf ADS
9 08/15/04 6.750 6.750 5.438 15.882 26.64% 50/30/4 MTWS 3-5#, golf ADS
10 08/22/04 6.875 6.750 5.500 16.249 29.57% 50/30/4 SMThF 5-7#, golf ADS
11 08/29/04 7.000 6.813 5.500 16.399 30.77% 50/30/4 SMThF 5-8# golf ADS
12 09/05/04 6.938 6.813 5.563 16.774 33.75% 50/30/5 SMFS 6-9# golf ADS
13 09/12/04 6.813 6.813 5.563 16.774 33.75% 50/30/5 SMw 6-9# golf ADS
14 09/19/04 7.000 6.875 5.563 16.928 34.98% 50/30/5SMTTS 6-10# golf ADS
15 09/26/04 VACATION S, Paris 9/21-9/30
16 10/03/04 7.000 6.750 5.375 15.519 23.74% 50/30/5 SMTS 8-10# golf ADS
17 10/10/04 7.000 6.875 5.563 16.928 34.98% 50/30/5 SM 10-12# golf ADS
*Wet jelqs/V-jelqs/# of sets. Note that 1 jelq = 1 stroke with each hand
Sorry for the thread hijacking.
RBM