Just Ordered

I just ordered my first cylinder and Pump w/ PSI gauge from LA pump. I’m pretty stoked about it. I have been wondering about the jelqs in between sets. Do you jelq immediately out of the tube, or do you let your erection subside a bit before you jelq?

I’m going to start off with 1-2 sets of 5-10 minutes and work up to probably 3-4 @ ten minutes over the next few weeks with 2-300 jelqs between sets. Does that sound about right?

Welcome to the club, million.

If you haven’t been doing jelks and aren’t conditioned, work up slowly on them. Start with maybe 50 and add 5 or so each day. Soon you’ll be up to lots of them.

Usually when you leave the tube you’ll lose some of the erection you had under vacuum. When your cock is bendable/flexible, you’re good to do on the jelking.

Try to finish every PE session with a good erection (non-pumped). This assures that you haven’t tired something out.

Avocet, I should be good to go with my current conditioning. I’ve been using 2-300 jelqs to warm up with before my clamping sessions. In your opinion is it best to pump everyday when trying to gain, and I mean in reference to your own experience not as a perscirption for me. Personally an everyday program for 6 months or so usually yields great results with the odd day or so missed, but I’ve never pumped.

Give yourself a day off a week, or two if that doesn’t make you crazy. Gives things a chance to simmer down and your head a little time to relax; taking time off cuts the boredom factor, too. You come back at your routine sort of enlivened again?

I’ve taken a break here recently and I have to say that it does make a huge difference mentally. I also think it has physical benefits as well as it seems that my girth has settled over the 5.6-7” mark. That’s a great way to go into this next adventure. I know my size and can track my results, while also being sure to check which variable need to be changed rest days, sets, time in the pump, # of jelqs. It’s almost like starting from scratch with this, and I’m really stoked. I started back today with jelqs and I did 500 and ended with a nice solid erection. Avocet that’s very good advice in case no one ever told you. How did you come to that conclusion?

I got into pumping originally because I have ED; didn’t want to do anything that could possibly make it worse and so got in the habit of leaving each session with a good erection to make sure I hadn’t beaten myself up somehow. I see our friend gprent recommends the same thing and you can surely trust anything he tells you.

Avocet, I know this has been gone over before, but why do you think that jelqing between sets works so well? I’m really stoked to see what pumping can do for me overall. I’m hoping to get into the 8” club and add a bit more in girth so that I’m over 6”. I’m so close as it is about .5” in length and a bit lower than .5” in girth. I really hope this gets me there. I’m going to make sure that I end each session with a good erection, as I’ve done manual sessions where I ended with poor erection quality and it really made things seem worse than they really were, so there is definitely a benefit to leaving each session with a quality erection.

To make sure that I have all of my ducks in a row. You use KY jelly as the lubricant in the tube, and can use Vaseline on the outer/inner lip of the tube to create a good seal. Is this correct? Also, is there anything else I should know about maintenance of the cylinder?

Don’t mess things up by using Vaseline. All I use is the KY (Target or Wal Mart brand much cheaper). First coat your entire cock and 1/4” around the base, then dab a little on the cylinder flange and inside the cylinder about an inch or two. Then, before entering the tube, dip your fingers tips in warm water and apply this over the KY on your cock to make it really slick and enter the tube. The secret to using the water based lubes is keeping a bowl of warm water handy.

Now, since you haven’t used any Vaseline, clean up is a snap afterwards. All I use is warm water and a bottle brush on the cylinder.