I wanted to get back to the discussion about penile “toughness” that ensues after a few hanging sets, as I may have some new insights.
I’ve just come off of a one week break from hanging, during which time my only form of PE was about 400 wet jelqs per day for 5 of the 7 days off.
When I first connected up the hanger after the break, I noticed that my penis was much more elastic than usual. It actually felt quite soft in my hands. This is generally not the case. Also, I felt a lot of discomfort resuming at the weight I had left off at, and needed to drop back about 50%. While hanging, I felt a lot more strain than usual in the tunica as well as in the ligs (hanging BTC).
We know that it takes a long time for collagen to break down in the body, so how can we explain the sudden apparent weakening of the tissues? What could have changed in just a week’s time?
Perhaps it wasn’t the collagen at all, but rather the smooth muscle within the CCs, which was affected? As we know, the trabeculae, which criss-cross the insides of the CCs, consist of collagen, elastin, and smooth muscle. Perhaps this muscle lost its “tone” during the break, causing the entire structure to weaken? Certainly, one can intuitively see that a structure with tense muscles is stronger than one with lax muscles.
If it is true that smooth muscle tensing creates the “toughness” that interferes with gains, a new angle for improving PE gains may be to relax the smooth muscle.
How could this be done? I believe certain drugs are marketed as “muscle relaxants.” Could these be helpful? What of other products, systemic or topical? I’m hoping the pharmaceutical folks can please speak up.
