Hi Roots
>BPFSL: or rather extended stretched length I suppose.
Yes
>Tell me a couple things. How long is each Slider session for you? How often are you re-stretching after relaxation? How often are you using the extender?
Each slider session is almost exactly 60 mins. My unit seems to start getting sore about that time. I would say I restretch up to 4 to 5 times after relaxation during a session. I do get reasonable extra stretch doing this. I use the extender on average for 2 x 1hr sessions 4 days a week.
Funnily enough after a week end break I often get the best stretch the first day but not always
>I don’t think you toughened anything up too much. The screws can create tremendous stretching force and a static stretcher like the slider works somewhat independently of tension because as the tissues relax the stress will decrease until the next re-stretch.
I tension pretty hard usually as much as the strap will take without slipping and not so tight that I cannot last an hour at a time. If you think higher tension may be the answer I could up the wrapping under the comfort sleeve much like hangers do. I normally do most restretches in the first half of a session and run out of extra gain towards the end.
>Ligs and extenders: I pretty much agree, except that connective tissues can definitely tell how hard they are stretched (stress) and how much they are stretched (strain). Generally speaking, lower stretching forces are going to primarily cause fibroblasts in the connective tissue to make more collagen, migrate, and proliferate. This process begins happening almost immediately after an adequate stretch is applied, but it is a slow process on the macroscopic level. This is the principle extenders work on, and it is why time spent extending is so important. What definitely DOES NOT happen is cells being broken down and multiplying, as this guy, and many others, often describe. I think this comes from the false idea that these tissues are actually a bunch of cells butted up against one another. They are not. In fact, connective tissue is only about 20% cells and 80% extra cellular matrix (mostly collagen outside cells).
Very interesting. One thing I noticed soon after starting extending was that my flaccid was much larger as if my dick had been pulled out of the pubic area so to speak. That suggests the ligs had been stretched. Now since I have been doing dynamic pumping as well my flaccid is even much larger probably as big as my erect size at the time I started PE. My erect size was bigger in my youth.
>Once tensions become higher and you reach the “yield” region of the stress-strain curve, true plastic deformation begins. This is a relatively fast process. This is why hardcore hangers still gain, but generally need rest days. The more plastic deformation of this type (collagen fibril breakage and slippage), the more trauma. Standard “bib-style” hanging is kind of a middle ground where you can still spend a long time doing it (though less than with an extender), but cause a bit of plastic deformation as well (though less than the hardcore hanger). Vac hanging is a further middle ground between extenders and standard compression hanging.
I will have to get psyched up to do a bit of hanging as part of my PE
Regards
Austfred