Buckfever's "It's The Final Countdown" Journal

2/5/2024

132 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
48.5 remove device/start manual stretching
53.5 end

Getting to 132 half turns was remarkably easy. Cut the session just a little short to play it safe on the attachment tissue health. Travel plans have changed only losing a couple days in a couple weeks. Thinking worse case scenario we’re 6 weeks out.

For the next steps thinking about the need to cement and wanting to explore pumping for it’s effects on EQ. For sure though on the pumping no red dots I do not want to deal with darkening. Going to keep the pressure under 4 and keep the duration short using the red dots and the edema as the guide.

On the aerobic front I had been focused on incline walking and was finding the repetitive stress was becoming an issue on the joints so am alternating with the weighted Elliptical and that seems to have solved that problem.

2/6/2024

132 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
53.5 turn off heat
60 end

Okay full session at 132 half turns. Glans condition very good at the end. We are getting close.

2/7/2024

132 @ 43.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
38 remove device/start manual stretching
43.5 end

Not sure what happened here. This seemed like the easiest session to get to full tension but 38 minutes in there was slippage. I periodically sand the noose at the attachment point to get the oils off it and had not done that in a while so maybe that was it or maybe the noose is loosing integrity I have not replaced it in a while, but we will see.

Weight is down to 183.8 @ 19.7% bodyfat per the bodyfat scale. We need to lose 8.5lbs of fat to get to target. Long way to go but that’s the lightest reading this year.

Work remains absolutely overwhelming but our economic projections suggest a slowdown is coming, so I don’t want to complain. I do get a couple days off next week so more time for rest and exercise.

Thinking more about the maintenance. I think I want to maintain a certain amount to extending to cement the current level, maybe 3 days a week but also to incorporate a small amount of pumping to explore the effects on EQ. Maybe pumping after the extending and/or on the off days?
I don’t know that switching to pumping alone would be sufficient to cement the stretching gains.

Anyone have a regimen on that? Or thoughts about that?

2/8/2024

132 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
53.5 turn off heat
60 end

Second full session in the last 3 days. Gaining on it.

Yesterday
Dumbbell Bench:
60X27
65X13
The jump to 65 lb dumbbells that’s going to take a while. Weight is coming off now, a couple days under 185, drifting down about 8.5lbs to go, Getting 3 cardio sessions in a week, and 3 weight sessions a week, still on the push/pull.

Doing better on the sleep too.

2/9/2024

144 @ 54 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
35 add 12
46,5 remove
54 end

New high on tension!. This is the max that tension screws can be backed out. Tension was a little high for sure and we had slippage at 46.5 minutes, but it went pretty well overall. Kyrpa has stated that you have to be careful with the incremental increases as they are exponential. So this will take some time to consolidate but we really are knocking on the door of wrapping up this campaign.

Glans condition pretty good at the end.

I was completely blown out and exhausted from work yesterday and I for sure overate last night. Weight is up to 186 this morning. I have a good stretch here the next week where I’ll have more time for rest and exercise.

Got to put a wiggle in it.

2/10/2024

120 @ 50 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
33 low heat
40 remove device/start manual stretching
51 end

Dealing with morning wood, attachment issues, slippage at 40. Maybe the noose is going though. Dinner date night tonight so kept the tension lower.

Ran 8,9 miles yesterday hilly course sore as fuck today. Baptism by fire.

2/11/2024

120 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
33.5 low heat
53.5 turn heat off
60 end

The attachment felt stingy at 120 half turns so I stopped there and went for duration which worked out. Glans condition excellent at the end it was just the attachment tissues that were pinching a little.

So yesterday the EQ wound up being incredible although it seemed to take sometime for it to fill up fully. That said I can’t remember before thinking that my cock looks huge, but that’s what I thought yesterday. Several complaints in multiple positions that it was too deep and that a break was needed.

My thought was that if the EQ was consistent we’re past the point of useful size.

So with that I need to complete this campaign, switch to cementing the progress and incorporate the pump for the EQ benefits.

The other major thing is the health and fitness component.

I continue to run into a wall with work. I came into the office yesterday and found my day extended by an hour and insisted that appointment be rescheduled That was an embarrassment for them and they wound up lying to the client, which I found fascinating but I don’t care.

I would say that the exercise is going well. I’m still sore as fuck from the 8.9 mile run, but from what I’ve read the health benefits of extending aerobics past an hour and out to 90 minutes has some great physiological effects so I want that in there, even though that will take some suffering for that adaptation to get there. And that takes some mental toughness to keep going.

Going to review the meal plan today, I read that the most recent research suggests that higher protein levels during a deficit, combined with strength training helps to preserve lean mass. They said 1.6-1.8 grams per KG. So that means 150 grams of protein per day for me so I need to check. That said my biggest issue is that I need to lose weight. Just a little more discipline and a little more activity.

It’s already mid February, time is flying by.

2/12/2024

144 @ 56.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
49.5 remove device/start manual stretching
56.5 end

Somewhere in there I lost track and backed out the screws twice. Tension felt high from the get go, surprised we got as much duration as we did. Have yet to get a full session at 144 half turns.

Yesterday Dumbbell Bench Press:

65X19
65X16

2/13/2024

144 @ 56.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add ?
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
32.5 low heat
35 add 12
53.5 heat off
60 end

This went a lot better. Getting to 144 half turns with a higher level of comfort and first time for full duration. Slow progress but looking at the log it’s higher highs and higher lows and longer durations. Getting closer and closer.

That said removal of device showed a high level of perceived tension, so I think we’re still looking at a three week run after this weekends travel, to wrap it up and take a measure.

2/14/2024

144 @ 52.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 18
22.5 add 18
25 add 18
32.5 low heat
45 heat off
52.5 end

So today we increased the tension increases to 18 half turns every 2.5 minutes which allowed us to get to full tension at the 25 minute mark. This gets us 20 minutes of full tension at the 45 minute mark so we can shorten the overall session to 52.5 minutes. Real happy that the tissues have accommodated enough to allow this. Not done here yet but starting the transition to maintenance. At some point we’ll advance to 24 half turns and try to get the sessions down to 45 minutes for the maintenance to make room for the pump.

Tension at the end of the session felt comparatively light and the glans condition was excellent!!!

I’m thinking 3 X 45 minutes a week for maintenance in the extender for a period of 240 days to cement.

As far as the pump I’m going to just follow the most recent clinical research which shows that 2 X 5 minute sessions with a 2 minute break at ~ 4Hg is the most efficient for EQ. No post op swelling and no red dots is the goal, so we’ll see what happens. Thinking a period of 3 months and then at that point I can reassess.

So 3 more weeks starting next Monday, then we’ll get some measurements and then transition to maintenance and incorporating the VED.

2/15/2024

108 @ 22.5 minutes

As I was adding tension at 22.5 minutes I did not like how it was feeling so I decided to take the day off. We’re close to finishing up and the only thing that would prevent that is injury.

2/16/2024

126 @ 52.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 18
22.5 add 18
35 low heat
45 heat off
47.5 remove begin manual stretching
52.5 end

So stopped at 126 half turns because the tension felt high. Basically at 18 half turns per 2.5 minutes the rate of tension increase exceeds the rate of the stress relaxation. I haven’t decided if I’ll stick with it or drop the rate of increase to 15 half turns.

Well that’s it for now back at it on Monday.

I’m getting stronger and bigger but the weight is going the wrong way, got to get on it.

2/19/2024

108 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 18
33 low heat
52.5 heat off
60 end

Kept it light to make sure we got the duration. Tension at the end of the session during removal of the device felt light I think we are going to be okay with the 18 half turns for the ramp up in tension.

Weather is looking good for the next 2 weeks so will be ramping up the running. Time to start pushing on all fronts.

2/21/2024

108 @ 41.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 18
34.5 low heat
36 Slippage remove device/start manual stretching
41.5 end

Not good. From the get go the tissues did not seem robust. Overall I feel achy today.. It was a long weekend and a long heavy day at work yesterday. Felt a cold sore developing yesterday evening. So there’s that I’m run down, but also looking at the log there’s been frequent slippage recently so I replaced the noose which is long overdue.

Weight has dropped a little from the peak but that’s about it. Off tomorrow so we’ll sleep in and then see if we can get this thing going again.

2/21/2024

108 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 18
35 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

The new noose worked out terrific providing a much more secure attachment. Because of that the tension is a bit higher so we’ll have to work back up, Glans condition excellent at the end, I believe because the previous noose had lost integrity and the micro slippage was causing stress on the attachment tissues.

Morning weight 188 after a weekend of travel and inconsistent meals. Getting back on the meal plan today, I only have a couple of business dinners on 3/6-7 and that will be it. One of them is at a steakhouse so Ill just have a Fillet and vegetables and that will be fine. The other dinner is Italian and there’s not much on that planned menu that is healthy so I’ll just skip that meal and eat after. I’m behind.

Working from home today so double workouts to get things going..