Hi spankman,
You asked the following questions, and I’ll give my responses after.
Q.1. “I noticed in the Pumping 101 Thread that it mentioned that after a while you only need to pump occasionally to keep the results.How long would it take, for example, if you are pumping 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes each before you’ll start holding your pump for 24 hours?”
Peforeal Answer: Keep in mind that you won’t be able to hold the exact same pump that you have when you initially exit the tube. What you will maintain after awhile (24 hours) is a larger, plumper version of your original self. I noticed this effect becoming reliable after about one month. Then the retention of the pump improved from month to month.
Q.2 Also, if you’re holding it for 24 hours, and you pump again before the pump wears off, are you going to build on to those gains?
Peforeal Answer: If you pump every 24 hours, you will be able to maintain a good portion of the original pump, but again not the whole pump. If you do this for month on month, you will build on the initial gains. My personal theory is that you are slowly trying to reset “your dick memory”.
Q.3 Anyone here really achieved that point yet?
Peforeal Answer: I love pumping, and I definitely love the 24 hour pump addition to my dick that I can get.
Q.4 How long did it take you?
Peforeal Answer: Pumping really began working for me in about 3 months after I went on a consistent pumping schedule and did not overpump.
Q.5 How much did you gain?
Peforeal Answer: Looking back at my whole PE career which was mostly novice pumping my first year, I was fortunate to gain about 1 inch in erect length. Since then I’ve added on another 1.25 inches with combos of pumping, jelqing, stretching, etc. Combos have worked best overall.
Q.6 Do you need to do manual exercises like jelqing etc. to maximize the gains?
Peforeal Answers: Based on my experiences, I would say a definite YES!
Good luck to you.
Peforeal