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

60 @ 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add high heat
35 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

Red dot now formoing a scab. Will have to stay at 60 half turns till it exfoliates. Pretty frustrated right now.

4/19/2024

72 @ 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
36 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

At 60 half turns the tip of the glans was still at the end of the cradle, so took it to 72 half turns. Got 4 sessions at 60 half turns for the 60 minute duration, so will stay at 72 half turns for at least that many sessions before progressing. I need to be disciplined here because I am running out of stamina in terms of executing on this. If I wasn’t overzealous, I would have been done 6 weeks ago.

Weight: 187.4
Weight is going nowhere, I’m going start doing some doubles on my days off. I have to get the walks in, been too lazy and the weather hadn’t helped

I was a prick to the girl yesterday. It wound up being a good discussion because she was able to share her perspective on it. Sometimes I can’t help being an asshole, I really need to focus on remaining a gentleman, till I get through those patches.

4/20/2024

60 @ 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add high heat
35 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

The small bister was leaking a little so kept it at 60 half turns .Definitely felt the tension increase during the cooldown. Glans condition excellent at the end.

Weight: 186.8

Good to see a print below 187.

I need to be more sexually active.

4/21/2024

84 @ 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
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
36 low heat
53.5 remove start manual stretching
60 end

Slept 9 hours makes a big difference. Head swell was robust, good tissue healing. Glans position well further forward in the cradle compared to previous noose so hard to assess where we are by comparison. Massive increase in perceived tension during the cooldown though, so close to the limit here with 84 half turns.

Went out for a steak dinner yesterday and the weight jumped back up to 187.8.

Ran 6.2 miles on Friday, Hamstrings are sore as fuck but we’re getting more consistent with the running again. Weather is better will start back up with the walking today.

4/21/2024

Dumbbell Bench Press

70X10
80X14,8,6,6,6

Still climbing.

4/22/2024

72 @ 53.5 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
35 low heat
46,5 remove begin manual stretching
53.5 end

At 46 minutes the attachment was uncomfortable and I did not want to endure it, so cut it short. I’m thinking to keep the tension at 72 half turns for a while, I thought 84 was too much yesterday given the further forward position in the cradle.

Weight: 188.8

Weight goal is not going well. I need to do more walking and running. I did walk yesterday after dinner and I thought about running but my hamstrings were still a little sore, but that should resolve soon with more consistent running.

4/23/2024

84 @ 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
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
34 low heat
53.5 remove pad
60 end

Tension increase during cool down with removing the pad was insane. Good session. With the current setup I can handle 72-84 half turns of tension and that’s it. I am giving myself till 6/26 and then I’m calling it. My stamina for continuing is waning and I want to move onto other things. What ever we get we get.

Haven’t decided what I’m doing for maintenance. For sure I’m going to do that short daily VED protocol but not sure about incorporating some maintenance traction we’ll see.

Weight: 188.2

Business dinner tonight which sucks, I’m going to do a double workout tomorrow. Going to start ramping things up as my recovery from the runs is improving.

4/24/2024

72 @ 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
35 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

Up at the crack of dawn I have so much to do today. Kept the tension at 72 half turns and thinking I’ll log in a week there and then creep up slowly with weekly increases.

Weight: 188

4/25/2024

72-84? @ 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
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
35 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

Again tension increase at the end was profound. I think I’m dehydrated and sleep deprived.

Weight: 188.2

Did not work out at all yesterday, was called in to work early on an urgent matter that wound up being nothing.

4/26/2024

84 @ 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
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
36 low heat
53.5 remove start manual stretching
60 end

I decided to map out the progression of the tension increases so that I have a schedule to follow since I can’t seem to help but be overzealous. We’ll see if that helps.
Planning to get back to working out today after 5 days off.

Weight: 188.2 Not budging, but I am for sure too inactive and eating out twice a week makes it impossible, Discipline!

4/26/2024

Dumbbell Bench Press:
70X10
80X10
85X8
75X13,8,8

I spent an good hour and 45 minutes lifting in the gym and then went to the forest preserve and ran 3.5 miles. A month ago I sprained my left hamstring and last week Friday I sprained my right hamstring. So I’m just going to do short runs for a while till the right one heals. Anyway I thought this was a good start to get back to it.

84 @ 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
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
36 low heat
53.5 remove start manual stretching
60 end

This went better. I like following a schedule and not having to think about it.

Morning weight 188.4, not good. If I increase the activity level and it doesn’t drift down I’ll have to reduce my intake. May have to anyway now as I’m running out of time. I do have some good muscle though.

4/28/2024

84 @ 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
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
36 low heat
53.5 remove start manual stretching
60 end

4/30/2024

84 @ 45 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
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
36 low heat
40 remove start manual stretching
45 end

Felt blown out, I needed another cup iof coffee so cut it short. I’m off tomorrow, we’ll try to do better.

Weight:188.2 not budging.

Yesterday put in the intermittent fasting. See if I can hold it.

5/1/2024

90 @ 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
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 6
31.5 low heat
53.5 remove pad
58 end

Tension felt very high at the end, maybe some pinching at the attachment glans condition is very good at the end. .

Weight: 187.2 after 2 days of intermittent fasting. Weights and riunning later I hope.