PMP Question

So been using the Penimaster Pro for two months now. Question on use: I keep seeing people post about how you should be adding tension by having more of the lines showing for tension. However, wouldn’t it be the same as just adding more rods over time? I went down a few rods to be able to bump up more of the “tension” from showing more of those lines, but isn’t that the same thing as just going up with rods? I’ve been reading up a lot on this and to me, the stretch length is the same as adding rods versus screwing out the length more.

Unless I am missing something here. I just feel like wouldn’t they both accomplish the same thing?

Appreciate any feedback.

To add onto this, my check for how much tension is more by feel for the strain that I can sense and just by touching the shaft to feel how taut it is. I’ve been trying to use a sort of progressive overload by slowly either adding rods or unscrewing for greater length with each session.