Hanging with FIRe

This is right IMHO

Make sure you’re calculating strain correctly as well.

I believe the equations are as follows.

For daily strain,

(Post - Pre) / Pre

For cycle strain,

(Post - Beginning of Cycle Pre) / Beginning of Cycle Pre

If that make sense.

This is from post #252 of 5.5squared’s log

Does anyone know what that’s referring to? I’ve tried searching for kegels and dick press, and can’t find anything relevant.

He is referring to the exercise some are doing.

It’s an exercise where you contract the muscle which allow you to stop peeing for example.

There is some threads.

Some look at kegels from the practical point of view in order to get a better control of your Johnson, some in order to help with ejaculation control :

How I cured my SEVERE premature ejaculation

Curious to know what people’s thoughts are on recovery time between sessions. The standard convention seems to be for 24 hours (do one session per day) but I was wondering where this logic comes from.

I am not sure whether this would be not enough time or perhaps even over cautious. For instance would 12 hours be sufficient and you could do twice as many sessions per week or would the results be better if an additional day of rest was added in between.

As with most things PE, I’m guessing there is no real answer (yet) but it was one of the things I have been musing whilst on a decon break.

Not sure where it comes from but I tried having a 12 hour gap and also tried having an 8 hour gap. Neither of which seemed to have any benefit. So settled on 24 hour gap.

I also tried twice a day, but it was not any different from the results. I expect it to be way worse long term because you want to stress the tissue as little as possible for every 0.1cm of gains.

What could work is to try less. Currently, I train 3 days and the 2 days off in a 5 day schedule.

It could make sense to only train two days and then take two days off e.g.

But I won’t try it because the risk is too high. If it works, why would I change it.

@CBateman

Does that mean you do weekends some times? Or literally just three days out of the week?

Right, I also do weekends. Fortunately, I currently have the time to do it since I can work from home.
Today and tomorrow for example are the two rest days and then on 16th, I will start another 3 days.

I agree that the 5on/2off schedule should be tested. After all rest is more important than we all think it is.

The next thing I was going to test was a 4 day/week. 2 on - 1 off - 2 on. Weekends remain off.
That would be (on Monday/Tuesday) - off Wed - (on Thursday/Friday). off Saturday/Sunday.

Thank you all for the responses. Good to get some insight on the matter. The 24 hours seems to ‘feel right’ for me but I guess this comes from my standard gym routine. I’m sure there are some studies out there related to recovery time of collagen vs muscle etc.

In any case, I was thinking about the ‘less is more’ principle and considering going down from my 5 on 2 off schedule to either the 2 on 1 off mentioned by 5.5 or 1 on 1 off (both Monday to Friday). Indeed, due to the return of business travel and 1-2 days per week in the office, I may even be forced to take one of these approaches.

I will keep track anyway and if I still manage to make gains with a reduced schedule then I will consider this a win.
Similar results with less work and more rest should also be beneficial for the longer term.

I don’t know if I’m being too worrisome, but when it comes to putting things on your dick, sometimes you think twice.

I got my new Total Man gear in and I was testing out the FIRe pad. The levels are supposed to be as follows:

• Level 1 / Green – 23 °C - 28 °C/73.4°F – 82.4°F
• Level 2 / Blue – 28 °C - 35 °C/82.4°F - 95°F
• Level 3 / Red – 35 °C - 42 °C/95° - 106°F

However, the pictures are showing something completely different. Dangerous? Because tissue death begins at 113°F? The test I did placed two different type of heat thermometers of what I had, one was a food thermometer that seemed to show 120°F+ and the digital cooking/baking thermometer showed 114°F, 161°F, 174°F respectively. The thermometers were just resting inside of the rolled up pad, and not placed between the folds creating more of a pressure against the wall of the heating pad.

Did I do that right? Or are we that have these things in trouble??

I did my first small hanging set yesterday. Didn’t have time for the full one because I had to go to work. I started on blue, felt like it wasn’t hot enough, then went to red. It was getting unbearable, so I went back down to blue. I dunno. Anyone care to weigh in?

-EightInchEnvy

P.S. Mods. I think I graduated to having my avatar! Lol

Oh crud.. Lol 3 more days. (sigh)

I have used the totalman hanger on red for a few weeks without any issue, I have heat on for 1 hour each set. I used a heat gun, this has limitations, to measure surface temperature and body temperature and neither got above 43 C. If the skin temperature got as high as your probe there would be some burning I imagine.

I am currently trying to get a thermocouple in my urethra to get a good idea of the heat penetration. Having some difficulty with the setup but hopefully have some results in the next couple of weeks. Will post here when I get them

@8”

I don’t have any experience with the Totalman pad. I suspect that there is a problem with your test. Try inserting the probe into a hotdog at room temp and then wrapping the pad around that. You may need to do 2 cycles to give the hotdog a chance to warm up. I have only used the Thermedic brand pads. I have never measured the heat from the Thermedic pads. Regular use during the last 11 months and my dick is still still attached.