Bigk's progress

Hey all,

I’m starting my second real attempt at PE. A little over a decade ago, when I was 18, I started experimenting with PE. I did some stretching/jelqing similar to the newbie routine, but I primarily used an extender (the fastsize brand, if anyone remembers it). The noose style was about all they had back then. I did PE long enough to see some noticeable gains but being in college I couldn’t really make it fit in with my lifestyle/living situations for longer than just summers back at home.

In the years since I’ve tried to take it up again but always struggled to find even an hour of complete privacy four days a week to do the newbie routine. However, I just started a new job that will stay fully remote, and my wife’s work is reopening. Soon I will have the house to myself all day. I’m also much healthier in every aspect than I was at other times that I’ve tried. So, I’d like to actually make the lifestyle change of adding PE to my health regimen and starting down the path to achieving that “thing” I’ve always wanted. I think keeping a progress log and being active around the forum will also help.

I’ve been finding time to do the newbie routine for the past week, but haven’t taken my first measurements yet. I’ll take those soon and post them. I know BPEL, BPFSL, and EG at base, mid, and head, am I missing any other important ones?

After a month to six weeks of the newbie routine, I plan to start using an extender (I’ve been eyeing the Vac Extender) to get the most of my full days at home while continuing a jelqing routine. Any thoughts on my plan of action are welcome, thanks.

I’ll keep you posted.

Sounds like a reasonable plan.

I started keeping a log in a small vest-pocket notebook, each thing I did and how long I spent at it. Every few days I’d use the notebook to update a file on the computer. I found that keeping a record made me much more consistent, and on days when I feel like I’m not making much progress, it helps to look back and see that the log shows otherwise.

Check out littlengine’s progress thread; he’s a big advocate of using heat with an extender, and he found some flexible USB heating pads and battery packs that worked well. Unlike the guys using infrared lamps, he can put the battery pack in his pocket and walk around, so he’s not only mobile, he doesn’t have to have a “PE nest” to work in.

Thanks for the tip, I checked it out and ordered a little portable heating pad yesterday. That should help with doing manual stretches as well, heating up a rice sock in the microwave both for warm up and cool down every single time is a bit of a pain.

I also took your idea of keeping a digital exercise log and started an exercise tracking google sheet, so I can easily input exercises by filling out a form. After some more time to really perfect it, I’ll probably share a template so other people can make their own.

Okay, I’ve taken my first measurements. Up to the time I took them yesterday, it had been about two weeks of very light PE. I spent three days each week working my way up to the full newbie routine, using light force.

Also, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a VacExtender from autoextender. So, once I’m done breaking in, I’ll be able to start using it.

Starting measurements (07/26/21):
BPFSL: 6.625”
BPEL: 6.25”
NBPEL: 5.375”
EGB: 5.5”
EGM: 4.875”
EGT: 4.5”

Hey all, here’s an update on where I’m at so far.
Since my last post, I struggled for a while to find consistency. I practiced about two to three times a week in August but struggled to get more than 30 minutes of private time (I would practice in the bathroom under the guise of pooping). I was about as consistent at the start of September, but then we moved halfway across the country and I ended up taking two weeks completely off at the end of September.

At the start of October, I decided to just start wearing the extender, but my approach wasn’t quite right. I would warm up and do a set of manual stretches, then put the extender on. While wearing, I would turn the tension screws some every fifteen minutes or so, and was trying to wear for an hour and a half at a time. I would then want to break, and warm up again for another “set”. This turned out to not be the right approach and was unsustainable. I only logged 38 hours in the whole month of October.

At the beginning of this month, I did some more research and decided to both adjust my game plan and get more serious. I read about “shockloading” with some girth exercises before doing length work, the idea being that girth work encourages new cell growth all along the shaft, and following with tension helps that growth manifest as length, but am interested in other opinions on the matter. I also realized I’ve been using my heat too high. I was setting my heating pad on the highest setting (around 130 F), which contributed to a lot of the discomfort of wearing the extender.

So, at the start of November, I changed my routine. I now do a quick warm up with my heating pad first thing, then a short session (~10 - 15 minutes) of girth work consisting primarily of modified jelqs. After at least five minutes of massaging and rest, I put on the extender. I’ll wear for an hour, with the first 45 minutes being under heat (the lowest setting: ~110 F). I then take it off and massage and rest for 5 - 10 minutes before putting it back on again. My goal has been 3 - 4 hours a day, and as of yesterday have already logged more time than I did the entire month of October! Also, I’m no longer adding tension multiple times throughout a stretch, I’ll extend the screws maybe once per day, with my goal being to never have to turn them back down to strap in again. I’ve been feeling really good about this current routine. I’m seeing better EQ and more regular morning wood. It definitely feels much more sustainable.

I took measurements again this past week. I’m considering everything prior to that point as a prolonged break-in period. So this marks the beginning of my more intense training.

Post-break-in measurements (11/8/21):
BPFSL: 7.125”
BPEL: 6.5”
NBPEL: 5.5”
EGB: 5.625”
EGM: 5”
EGT: 4.625”

To this point: I had logged 56 hours on the extender. One week of which was on this new routine.

I realized I should mention that I’m currently stretching on weekdays and taking weekends off.