Buckfever's progress report/bananaman story.

2/17/2020
am

14 minutes manual stretching

pm

28 minutes manual stretching

2/18/2020
afternoon

67.5 minutes @ 33%

Played it conservative on the tension to push out the session duration and to work on glans attachment conditioning.

Finished well forward in cradle.

I don’t know if this is transient, but I am starting to lose my interest in this endeavor and find myself drifting towards completing consolidation of this last extender length addition and then proceeding to cementation.

2/18/2020
pm

33.5 minutes manual stretching

2/19/2020

20 minutes @ 67%
32 minutes manual stretching

No question I experienced tugback toady. It’s the first time since this last extender addition that this response has been elicited. I have read that this is to be avoided, however I have never experienced progress without triggering this and working through it. We’ll see here in the next few 2-3 weeks if we can work through it.

2/19/2020
pm

45 minutes manual stretching

2/21/2020

60 minutes @ 67%

Probably pushed it a little bit on the tension given the recent tug back response but managed to get the duration. What I have found is that when facing the tug back response the way through it is to get the duration up and then work the tension back in. So today was good. Looking in the next 3 weeks to keep the duration up and work through it.

In the past sometimes there has been more than one tug back response with a given extender length addition and I am prepared for that. I’m thinking that I will drop the manual stretching for now as I want a little more precision in pushing through this as I have better defined protocols with the extender.

I have come to a place that I have an anecdotal theory that the sweet spot is indeed right in that zone where the tension and time just triggers the tug back response. That this indicates that the work is right at the point at which accommodation is elicited. And I interpret this as a protective response when some of the tissues are stressed to the point of elongation. Furthermore I think we need to be careful here as too much force will simply strengthen the tissues providing the protective response or will not allow those tissues to relent and thus thwart accommodation.

I’m going to finish this last addition and then I’m going to revisit what role this is going to have in my life. These 1/8” additions take an extended effort for which I find the juice is no longer worth the squeeze.

I will certainly continue with a robust effort for some time after to consolidate the progress. And after that I will continue with a modest use of methods for maintenance and health..

But first things first, lets get this done!

2/23/2020

42.5 minutes @ 33%

Stopped due to attachment discomfort.

2/23/2020

18 minutes manual stretching

Maybe they’ll be more time the next week.

2/24/2020

67% @ 32.5 minutes
28 minutes manual stretching

2/25/2020

15 minutes @ 67%
14 minutes manual stretching

Noose slippage - changed noose.

Lacking time and discipline I’m going to see about turning that around.

2/25/2020
afternoon

41 minutes at low tension
15 minutes manual stretching

2/25/2020

26 minutes manual stretching

More later? I don’t know.

2/25/2020
pm

14 minutes manual stretching

126 minutes on the day tucked in good effort on the day.

Working it back to more emphasis on the extender but still using the manual stretching to tuck in more minutes. I really wish I could bring it back to 10 hours a week on the extender. I just don’t have those blocks of time anymore, principally because I’ve lost 4 mornings a week which were my bread and butter when the glans condition is the most robust.

We’ll just make hay when the sun shines and quit complaining.

2/25/2020
pm#2

14 minutes manual stretching

had some time so went again.

2/26/2020

68.5 minutes @ 34%

Finally exerted some discipline came off the tension and grabbed a new milestone on duration. I need to do more of this. Finished well forward in the cradle.
This puts me right back to where I was before I triggered the tug back. It’s not a bad position but my thinking of getting this extender length addition square by April looks unlikely to me.

Flat out there have been too many instances where I have let off the gas right when progress had been forthcoming and lost the momentum. Still I remain committed to consolidating this last extender addition and still looking at the short run maybe 6-8 weeks to get there. Talk is cheap though.