Buckfever's progress report/bananaman story.

10/5/2018

100% @ 27.5 minutes
57% @ 35 minutes

Using the accelerated rate of tension increase. Got some slippage the noose needed replacement. Privacy at this time is a joke, feels like I’m a guest in my own home.

10/7/2018 Update

Yesterday:

57% max tension @ 35.5 minutes

Today:

57% max tension @ 40 minutes (interupted)

18% max tension @ 50 minutes

So recent events have forced days off and shorter session duration and so today I tried to get back on the duration. First session was going well but I was interrupted and soon after I tried a second session and what happened was that the pressure at the base became intolerable so I had to discontinue the session.

My take away from this is that it is important to favor longer session duration over tension because otherwise the attachment points get deconditioned.

10/8/2018

71% max tension @ 35 minutes

Limited time got a short session in. With the new noose the glans sits further forward in the cradle and so the tension levels are higher requiring that the tension be backed off for a time and built back up, as is customary when installing a new noose.

I experience the same with the strap. A new strap holds everything more true and with that tension increases. After almost 1200 hours of turning the screws in and out from the base I finally noticed the screw on one side was extending half the distance from the base, less than the screw on the other side. It is essentially severely stripped.

I just ordered another base assembly which includes everything up through the spring assembly. Once I begin using the new base assembly I am expecting to experience some serious increase in tension at my current rod set up, if I can even manage it, we shall see.

I actually wound up buying a whole extender as a backup for parts, as it wasn’t expensive and I didn’t want to have a deal where it was no longer available. My supplier for the noose no longer carries them, so I’m in the process of finding a new vendor for that.

A quick look and I pulled this up, not sure exactly what the diameter you need is, but there could be something here or even grainger directly and then just cut to length.

I believe it’s 8mm outer diameter, 3mm inner diameter.. I had tried the grainger product early on but found that the solid core of that diameter would not bend adequately and was not effective. I also tried a smaller diameter which worked great but at the time I did not have the velcro straps to secure it and so it would slip. Maybe something to revisit. But I did find a bulk supplier of the noose material and recently ordered a 3 foot length. If that works then I’m buy in bulk and that problem will be solved.

Actually I have thought that the ultimate combo would be a noose/strap coupled with a vacuum type attachment for extending which I believe would balance out the forces on the glans which is the limiting factor.

My problem is time and so I’m not up against that limitation, too often.

Also I am curious what the next published results on the Restorex bring as that is another type of attachment system. Very expensive though.

10/9/2018

100%+ max tension @ 45 minutes

Was pressed for time but was able to easily get back to max tension using the accelerated method of tension increase. If I can be consistent here, next 2-3 weeks we should be looking to add another 1/8” to the extender, we’ll see.

10/9/2018

A couple additional sessions to get the total time up to 105 minutes. 2 of the days sessions where 45 and 48 minutes respectively. Slowly working back the tissue conditioning to handle the longer duration sessions.

10/10/2018

100%+ max tension @ 60 minutes

Things haven’t been going great as of late but this morning’s session was a new milestone. I think it’s going to be a good day.

10/10/2018

Second session:

42% max tension @ 60 minutes

So we were able to get the duration back up. The fatigue the last 5 minutes or so was pretty intense but we rode it out. Back on track!

10/11/2018

100%+ max tension @ 60 minutes

Accelerated the rate of tension increase so that max tension was achieved at 12.5 minutes and was able to get a 60 minute session in. And the glans is sitting further forward in the cradle at the end of the session. So this is definite progress.

It’s exciting on multiple levels. One for the progress itself, but also because it’s a clear indication that progress is ongoing. Also it seems that the rate of extender length increases is holding steady at ~ 1/8” per 3 months.

We’ll see now on the next increase. The 18th marks 3 months since the last extender length increase so I’m inclined to target that, I just need to be disciplined here in the next week and if so I may be able to execute on this. Not going to rush it though if it takes an extra week or 2 that’s fine.

And just to mark it here, the short term goal remains is to add another 1/8” to the extender consolidate that length. At that point we’ll take a measurement, see where we are at and then make an assessment on the long term goal. 3-4 months out and we got some long term planning.

A lot of discipline. Respect to those who’ve come before and led the way.

Good stuff Buck. Looking forward to reading about your next extender bar increase. Like you said, take your time and feel it out.

We keep creeping forward!

The other thing that I’m working on in concert which I briefly talked about previously is fat pad reduction. But not just fat pad reduction but fat loss overall. I’ve been at this now since late spring and have dropped 15 lbs and I’m looking to take off 8 more, which would bring me back to my college weight. Maybe more so than fat pad reduction, specifically I’m looking to have clearly visible abs. I think it’s just a very attractive masculine feature which I used to have and I’ve decided to get them back.

I have been mostly tackling this by reducing my intake and with aerobics, but I have added light weights here recently. But the focus still remains on just stripping the fat off first and then we’ll add some more lifting to add some muscle, later. So far so good.