Dicade's journey to something more

Week 32 completed.

First four days extremely well performed with some additional time spent on all critical activities. Since I was away the last three days of the week I took it easy on Friday and then completely off during the weekend.

Totals:
Stretching: 320 mins
Kegels: 600 reps on either 1 sec or 5 sec, plus 3x10mins
Jelqing and clamping: 160 mins
Pumping: 4 sessions between 30-40mins each, most of the time at 5-7hg and the rest at 10hg

The week turned out to feel like a girth week and a pretty tough one too. I’m in good control of the clamping, but still use the morning wood for jelqs. EQ has been ok, nothing bad nor outstanding.

No official metrics to report from last week, but can notice that 190mm is possible to reach in the pump after around 20-30 mins. Girth, while clamped is somewhere around 142-143mm and a slight improvement. So far so good!

Will have to get my sh*t together and order something for hanging since I’m struggling with the force. My ache in the elbows (golf elbows) seem to be gone though, due to PE. Nice side effect!

A lot of sites advocate that kind of reps for Kegels, but I’m not sure that’s valid. Kegels exercise several muscles I can’t pronounce. Building muscle strength is fairly well established. I went to three sets of ten 5-second Kegels.

Better? Worse? It’s hard to tell how effective Kegeling is, but it sure saves a lot of time.

I know it could be seen as pretty much, on the other hand it’s without adding weights, like you do for other muscles at the gym. The actual force is a lot a less compared to what the PE muscles (or any other) could handle, but in this case there is no way to maximize force by adding weights. When working on your biceps, for instance, you normally add weights to just be able to do 3x10 instead of just tension them. That also why I think it’s pretty easy to add reps for the kegels. But of course, I could be wrong.

I feel that I’m stronger now compared to when I started, but still haven’t figured out how to make use of it.

Week 33 completed.

A really great week with plenty of PE! I have been trying to split the stretching into two sessions, one in the morning for 30 mins where I also add pumping and clamping, and then the second part of stretching in the evening. This works as long as I’m WFH alone, which is not always the case, but this week it turned out well. EQ has been really good, morning wood wakes me up at around 4-5 in the morning but most of the times I manage to fall asleep again. My unit has been pretty swollen most days, leading to bad measures, but I managed to capture one BPFSL after a session showing 206mm. MEG, after pumping and clamping, hits 143-144mm. No new official measures for a long time now.

Totals:
Manual stretching: 360 mins
Kegels: 1200 plus 6x10 mins
Jelqing & Clamping: 130 mins, split equally
Pumping: 117 mins, mostly on 5hg but some sessions at 10hg

Mentioned in a previous post that it starts to become tedious with manual stretching so I have now ordered a vacuum hanger that I hope arrives next week. Will be a learning curve for sure, but I have read plenty of it in various threads here at TP. Will also have to adjust my logging to capture all types of exercises to keep track of everything. Still no comments from Mrs. dicade, but at least she wanted to play in the middle of the night after being out with friends and then two times in the morning. With kids around constantly I’m happy for those rare occasions!

Week 34 completed.

Started the week well with a few combined sessions that included manual stretching, pumping and clamping but as the days went by I slowly lost focus. This was mainly due to other obligations I had to take care of, but in the end I still managed to spend a decent amount of time (close to the plan). EQ has been great and rounded of the week with some intercourse with Mrs on her initiative. The highlight of the week was when my Total Man Vac hanger arrived, but when I opened the package I got a bit disturbed. Even though I didn’t buy more than what is needed for vac hanging I still found tons of stuff in it with no clue how to assemble or use. Spent a few hours watching videos to figure stuff out and had my first 20 mins of proper hanging (at 2,5 kg). All went well I I’m really looking forward to my first full hanging session!

Totals for the week:
Manual stretching: 390 mins
Kegels: 800 plus 4x10 mins
Jelqing & Clamping: 100 mins
Pumping: 119 mins, mostly on 5hg but some sessions at 10hg

I will adjust my routine to the following from next week (open for others ideas of course):
- 3x20 mins vac hanging at 2,5 kg six times per week
- kegels 3-4 times per week, 100x5s, 100x1s, 10 mins straight (no changes, only less sessions)
- jelqing 100-200 per day, six times per week
- pumping for 30 mins at 5hg, 3x5 mins at 10 hg, two times per week

Compared to now this means less work on girth and more on length, since I’ve been struggling with length the past couple of months. I will stick to this plan for 4-5 weeks, increasing either weight or time every week, depending on how much stretch i get. Aiming for around 2%. This week will suck in terms of PE though. Still have plenty of stuff to take care of around the house and friends coming over for two days in the middle of the week so hanging for six hours won’t be possible.

Maybe good to mention that I’m now working hard on the rest of the body as well. Currently on a running program to run 10km by mid august and it requires running for three times per week and this week is number three. I have also managed to get to the gym three times per week the last three weeks and on top of that plenty of power walks (at least 100k steps per week). Weight is moving down slowly but I can see some redistribution of my body.

Week 35 completed. Sort of.

Well, just as expected this week turned out to be a disaster for my PE journey. But there are some interesting findings anyway (always look for the positive stuff).

I haven’t had a single opportunity to have any of those combined sessions with stretching, pumping and clamping due to friends visiting us and wife WFH and kids being sick. I have managed to put together the following:

- 260 mins of manual stretching
- 600 kegels plus 3x10 mins
- 40 mins jelqing (around 700 in total)
- pumping today (supposed to be rest day) for 30 mins at 5hg and then 2x3 mins at 10hg

Not impressive at all, but sometimes life comes in between. So the findings then. This is the first week in a long time that I have let my unit relax fully for so many days, which has probably been good for recovery. It has felt fully flaccid, but still not the same as when I started more 35 weeks ago. I have measured BPFSL several times this week and fairly easy reach 203mm and this is with a least two days without doing any PE. A new record! After stretching I had one measure slightly above 206mm.

I managed to measure BPEL on a declining morning wood in the beginning of the week and reached 185mm, with an EQ at around 5, so there is definitely more to find here with full erection.

EQ has been down, most likely because I’m in the end of a TRT period. I’m on an eight week schedule and this was number seven and I’m expecting low testosterone. Still have a couple of months until next doctors appointment where I hope for an adjustment to six weeks.

Next week will be better for PE but still not great due to yet a few holidays and then some travel with my wife. On the other hand, a slightly less intensive routine seems to do good, but I really look forward to some proper vac hanging.

Week 36 completed.

Well, just as expected, last week didn’t turn out great. I had plenty of stuff to take care of in the beginning g of the week and the last four days included holidays so there where people running around constantly.

The totals,
- manual stretching for 250 mins
- vac hanging 3x20 mins @ 2,5kg
- kegels 800 plus 4x10 mins
- pumping in two sessions, 25-30 mins @ 5hg plus a few mins at 10hg
- clamping and jelqing for 60 mins

I only had one session with the new vac hanger and took it slow and easy to learn and focus on the feelings in my unit. Not everything felt awesome, especially not the tape over the glans. The weight however felt easy so I most likely need to ramp up from next week, staying at 2,5kg this week for more practice.

EQ has been good the last days of the week after my TRT shot. Had a nice 24 hours date including hotel stay with Mrs. and managed to do a quick pumping and clamping before we left home. Worked well later that day!

Search for the water trick method and consider giving it a try. Once I started using it for my vac hanging it totally changed the game for me. Way quicker, easier and less blister prone than taping (in fact I’ve never had a blister since I started using it). If you can’t find previous posts on it and want to give it a try shoot me a message. I figure if you are just starting out with vac hanging might as well know this technique, too.

Thanks TD, will look around for it. Taping is pretty messy, both applying and getting rid of it. 🙏

Week 37 completed.

This was my first week where I managed to hang a bit more consistently, even though I didn’t get to the planned six hours for the full week. Taping is working great now and the time to get all set is manageable. I feel a lot more stretch than doing manuals, hence some extra rest this week in order to adjust to the routine. Elongation has been around 3% so no major increase of weight is planned.

Since I’m also heavy into both weightlifting and cardio (3+3 sessions per week) PE has suffered. Also got interrupted on Monday and only did 2x20mins.

PE has been good, woke up Saturday morning with a 10, that would have been great to measure but it was to early to get out of bed.

Totals for the week:
- vac hanging 210 mins, (3x20 min @ 2.5kg)
- manual stretching 60 mins
- kegels 400 plus 2x10 mins
- pumping only one day, 25 mins @ 5hg
- clamping 2x10 mins
- jelqing 2x100

Upcoming week will be tough but I will try to get at least three sessions of hanging. The other stuff will be easier to manage, maybe except pumping.

Week 38 completed.

Felt like a good start this week but the. It faded out slightly. A few great days with vacuum hanging, slowly moving up on weights.

Totals:
- vac hanging 240 mins, 2.7-3.0kg
- manual stretching 210 mins
- pumping 2x30 @5hg, 1x10 @10jg
- 800 kegels plus 4x10 mins
- jelqing around 3-400
- clamping 60 mins (3x20 mins)

EQ has been ok, but not as good as other weeks. Hasn’t been a problem though Mrs. has had her mind in other places.

Can’t really see any great progress in any direction or any type of measure and it feels like it’s been this way for quite some time now. Will increase weight slightly this week to and see if I can get another mm in BPFSL after hanging. I have noticed that I’m filling the tube better during pumping thought, but length is still the same (190mm if I stay for 30 mins).

Week 39 completed. Sort of.

Late update from last week’s PE. The week start great with two hanging sessions at 3x20 mins with slightly higher weight. Ended at 3.3kg which felt as something I could stay with for a while. After that I got ridiculously occupied with other stuff and family members disturbing my privacy, so no more hanging for the rest of the week. Some manual stretching though, but not to cover for lost hanging time.

This week will be very bad as well and most likely entire summer due to lack of privacy and family business. Considering a decon in July. Might post more seldom too, unless I have something spectacular to report.

Back on track (sort of)!

It’s been a while since my last post, in fact more than two months. Summer has been busy but I have kept going on with the PE stuff as much as possible, even though it’s been hard to follow a defined routine.

My unit has had its fair share of work, mainly jelqing in the mornings, manual stretching in the evenings and a combination of pumping and clamping around three days per week. And of course the kegels at least three times per week.

Seems like I have now ruined two pumps, at least the hand pumps. The tube is loosing pressure fast, in case it even builds any. New hand pump ordered and will arrive in a couple of weeks!

In case we should talk about focus in my routine, it’s been a bit around mid shaft girth. The reason is that I’m slightly thinner here, compared to base and behind glans. It’s not a huge difference, but enough to give it some extra work. I’m currently filling the tube 60-70mm from the base but also the entire width just behind glans. My idea is to make sure I fill the entire width of the tube and after that let what remains to fill in the other two directions. Let’s see how that works.

It’s been no time at all spent on vac hanging, even though that should be my priority. I will hopefully be able to pick it up next week again.

Measures? Well, I have been keeping track and logged if there has been any new progress. I can easily reach 190mm in the tube now, and ended up at 192 after today’s session. Girth was 145mm with a clamp on which is new personal record. BPFSL seems to hover between 202-204mm but varies from day to day. BPEL has only been measured after my sessions and reaches at least 190mm.

I have been slightly frustrated around lack of progress, but when I go back to my log I can see that I’m definitely moving in the right direction. For instance, volume after a PE session has moved up from 275 to 320 the past eight months.

I have spent some time thinking over what the final objective actually should be. I know I said 8x6 when I started around 10 months ago, but now it seems like Mrs. Dicade likes length a lot, so BPEL might have to be 8.5 or 210mm. She seems to be able to handle plenty of girth too, so I’m thinking 6.5 or at least 160mm here. First of all I need to reach a solid 8x6…

Regarding the rest of my physics, I believe I have done some good progress the past five months. Three days at the gym and three days running per week have been paying off well. Weight is down 8kg since April (another 10kg to go until next summer) and VO2 max is currently at 47, moved up from 37 last summer.

Trust the process!

Pick up a used breast pump on eBay. You’ll need a tee fitting, a needle valve, and a check valve to adjust the vacuum, plus whatever fittings you need to scavenge the gauge off one of the dead hand pumps.

Once you go electric, you’ll wonder why you waited so long.

Sounds reasonable. Have you measured the actual diameter or are you going by looks? Most men’s shafts aren’t actually round; they’re slightly elliptical. It seems those areas are most common mid-shaft and near the far end.

Even three or five pounds will show results over time, in my experience. If maximum weight is a hassle, cut back to whatever isn’t so much of a problem and keep on.

That’s the big payback of the tedium of maintaining a log. If I didn’t have measurements logged, I would probably have bailed out long ago.

Well, you want Mrs. Dicade to be happy, right? So you might as well keep on and see how much you can get.

Thanks for great advises and insights Andy!

Will for sure see if I can build an electrical pump, that would be an interesting project!

The few sessions of vac hanging I did before summer was at 2.8-3.3kg and didn’t render any impressive elongation. But I will try to work my self from that weight and see what happens. Most important will be to get the hours done. And for that I’m waiting for an adjustable desk for the home office.l so I can get some stuff done while hanging.