Duke's new journey

Ball ache ended up getting a bit worse after my last post, so decided to take a break from everything until it gets better. It did get better, today it’s almost imperceptible. Reading back my last posts I’m not sure anymore what started it, but FPP seems like the culprit even though I did not feel it straight away. I think the ballooning/edging in the tube part is probably a bad idea. Also if I ever do it again, will probably limit myself to 1 "Hg.

Got back to WK this morning, did them seated instead of standing up because it compresses my balls less. I had forgotten how much of a better range of motion you get that way! Will stay with it going forward. EQ 9.5 as expected after a break, 6 sets of 25 reps, 2 pounds. Might try clamping again tonight. MEG is still at 5 9/16 despite the break.

TLDR; beware of full package pumping, it might hurt your nuts.

Went for a long run yesterday night and the ball ache came back a small amount. That seemed to confirm my self-diagnosis: I probably had some form of benign varicocele (20% of men have it) which I exacerbated/inflamed with FPP. I did clamp afterwards but had limited time and had to do it straight after the run. Cardio always leads to subpar erections for me for about an hour afterwards, so wasn’t the best clamping session. Still got some decent expansion and left ball was fine, confirming that clamping wasn’t the cause.

WK this morning went great, 25-30+ reps for 6 sets, seated again (harder at same weight) @ 2 pounds. EQ a bit down from clamping, say 8.5. Will clamp again tonight, aim for maximal expansion and then will only stealth clamp for maintenance while I travel.

Ended up not having time to clamp due to an excess of work. I figure it’s not a bad thing, will let the ball situation stabilize fully. I will also stop doing WK in the morning so that I don’t edge without release while it heals. It’s getting better every day so I’m hopeful it will get back to normal.

Happy to report that the varicocele pain is gone. I have been reading more about it, and learned that my brother has it. He’s in extremely good shape and has always been, which leads me to think I am genetically predisposed. So my conclusion, Inalways had it to some degree but it never caused any pain, until full package pumping somehow inflamed it.

It has now been a month since I completely quit porn. It has made my sex life, both with myself and with my girlfriend, tremendously better. I am strongly determined to keep away from it forever.

Regarding PE, I’ve been taking it easy while travelling / on vacation. Still doing WK around 2-3 times a week, dropped the weight to 1.5 pounds but doing more reps and short holds at the top of the contraction, to better develop my ability to dry orgasm. Contraction length seems more relevant than absolute power. In a few weeks, I will start my all-you-can-eat routine. As stated in a previous post, I plan on combining hanging SD without a heat pad (heating before the sets), WK, clamping and some light pumping here and there. My medium-term goal is getting to 6x6 NBP.

Dude congratulations on quitting porn! That’s an amazing achievement. I’m sure your testimony will greatly encourage a lot of the guys on here.

PE is more than just growing a big dick. It’s about conditioning yourself to better in all aspects of life so when that moment of truth comes and the wife is ready to get down, we can deliver and feel confident.

Thanks Nico! I agree with your philosophy, to me PE is about becoming a better man / better lover overall, and a lot of that doesn’t have anything to do with penis size.

I officially started my "all-you-can-eat" (AYCE) routine yesterday. It consists of 20 minutes WK in the morning, followed by a single 10min clamping set. At night I warm up with a heat pad and then hang SD for 30min, starting at 2 pounds and upping the weight in 1 pound increments relatively quickly until I feel the fatigue kick in. Yesterday it happened at 7 pounds. Happy to report no circulation issues, seems to confirm they were caused by the antidepressant. This means that I’ll be able to up the time if I feel I need to (really want to restrict it to a single set for convenience). Then, some light edging to restore blood flow to the whole unit, and optional bonus pumping at ~5 inHg. Sets of 10 minutes, 1 or 2.

I plan on doing the morning part everyday, sometimes ditching the clamping. Evening part would be around 5 times a week, no fixed schedule. My philosophy for this routine stems from the idea of applying consistent and frequent tension in all directions of desired growth.

I will not measure until October. Cheers everyone and wish me luck (and gains)!

Yesterday’s routine: morning: 20mins WK, EQ 8. 10min clamp, great expansion. Evening: warmup 5mins, 40mins hanging SD. 30mins fleshlight edging.

The hanging SD made my left ball vein ache a little bit. Will switch to SO like I was doing before. I like the SD angle for the big lig effect it has, but I don’t want to get the varicocele back. By tilting my chair back I can make the SO more downwards, will see if I can get similar lig fatigue that way.

Hanging SO was good, got a bit of fatigue at 7 lbs. Will try 8 tonight. For this cycle, I will generally report every morning, after my WK+clamp session. Will report on the last evening session + morning session.

As I said, hung SO, 25mins (pressed for time), 7lbs. At the end of the night, 30mins of fleshlight edging. Great EQ. This morning, EQ 8.5-9, first clamp attempt failed (was using a vibrator, couldn’t stay on the edge). Switched to fleshlight clamping, had an amazing set. Will be doing this going forward. Unit feeling plump and hot all the time, good sign. No turtling yet. Might go for some pumping tonight.

40mins hanging SO @ 8lbs last night, felt great, nice fatigue. Did 3 sets of pumping, 5+10+10, 5inHg, great expansion. Finished with 20min edging.

This morning lowish EQ, around 6. Usually happens after big pump sessions, not worried. Only 10mins WK, and a set of clamping. Much better expansion when standing up, have to remember that.

Hung 45min SO @ 9lbs last night, again nice fatigue, no issues. Will up to 10 lbs tonight (not enough fatigue felt yet). Finished with 20min edging.

As expected, EQ bounced back from the pumping, 9/10 this morning. 20min WK, dropped the weight again to just 1 pound, but doing long holds with it. I also find that the range of motion is now optimal and I can still reach good muscle fatigue. I now realize there is no point in chasing big numbers, especially since the goal is conditioning the muscles to be able to contract fully for several seconds (around twice the duration of an orgasm). Clamping was great, could really ride the edge the whole time and got plenty of expansion.

Since EQ is great today, will pump tonight. No negative PIs yet, so no rest day on the horizon for now. I’m really going all in for this cycle, and if I don’t measure sizeable gains after over a month of it (will not measure before that), I might just decide to be satisfied with my unit as it is and go into maintenance mode. The current time investment is as high as I will allow myself to go and I am already pretty satisfied with my size. On the contrary, if I do gain I could maintain this for a while (a year or more) and see where it gets me. We shall see.

Hung 45min SO @ 10lbs last night, felt like it generated an optimal amount of fatigue. No significant circulation loss, will stay at 10lbs but try upping the time closer to an hour. Pumping: two sets of 10min @ 5inHg, great expansion, almost fully packing my elliptical tube (which has never happened yet). Also, I’m not measuring but I can see that I am reaching further than I’ve ever reached. Encouraging. Finished with edging as usual.

This morning, skipped the clamping due to time constraints but also felt it would be beneficial. It’s the one exercise I feel one should get a break from at least once or twice a week. 20min WK, EQ at 8 despite pumping last night, everything feels good. Veins are getting more visible. Might pump again tonight if I feel like it.

It’s getting hard to resist measuring, I really feel like I gained a bit of length already. I will still wait the full 30 day delay I committed to. I have a tendency to get obsessed over tiny gains and tracking them, which doesn’t lead to a good mental attitude. Since I’m doing the most time-consuming routine thus far in my PE career, motivation and attitude are key. Hence why I will not measure. In fact, might just put my tape and ruler in a hard to reach place until the 30 days have passed.

As for the routine, hung SO 60min, of which ~30 were at 10 lbs. I then reached a relatively high level of fatigue, at which point I decreased the weight to 9, then 8 lbs. I then subsided to what I consider to be optimal. I am pretty sure I could have pushed it and be fine, but this AYCE routine is all about listening to my body and pushing it just beyond its current limit. I then proceeded with 2 10min sets of pumping, and took the pressure to 5.5inHg. I am really starting to get the feeling for what high conditioning is. For a long time, anything above 4inHg would give me a high amount of red dots on the shaft skin. At first I was sometimes getting a few at 5inHg, and recently none at all and also less of the "tingling slight ache" feeling of pressure. I take this to be pressure habituation due to clamping. Anyway, this is all comes back to listening to my body and pushing it just beyond its limit. 5.5 felt great, and so I will stay there for a couple sessions and see where it takes me.

WK went great, allowed myself 30min since it’s the weekend. EQ still at 8+, maybe even 9. Really amazed by that, probably I am doing something right. Did one clamp set, 10 minutes, good expansion but really focused on clamping further towards the base. I have been noticing the "clamp bite" is starting to get noticeable recently, which is the reason for the change. I guess I should have been doing this from the start but it requires an extra hand with my current setup.

Will try to pump again tonight, and will keep the hanging weight to 9 and see if I reach fatigue that way (aiming for 60min). From what I understand, at these weights fatigue is cumulative over multiple days and one should "ride it".

Hung SO 60min, ~40 of which at 9lbs, then 10lbs for the rest. Was really able to ride the fatigue. 2 pumping sets of 10min @ 5.5inHg. Great expansion, no red dots. Felt a nice ache about an inch below the corona, felt as though it was caused by the hanging. If it is, would amount to stretching/elongating of the tunica. Decided to take one day off per week after all (except WK). So did my 20min WK this morning, but nothing else for today.

Ended up taking another half day off yesterday, entirely due to work. Did my WK and a great clamp set in the morning. EQ was 8.

This morning no clamping, again due to lack of time because of work. Nice short 12min WK session, EQ 9. Tonight will have time for 60min hanging, again starting at 9lbs and upping to 10 if the ligs can take it (they probably will after the break). Who knows, might even go for 11. Then the plan is to pump, 5-5.5 depending on how I feel.

This short off time has really made me appreciate how much more blood is constantly flowing through my unit, and not much is swelling since my veins are quite apparent. I also feel a gain in not so much sensitivity, but just pleasurable potential if that makes any sense. Which is just the positive aspect of sensitivity, I guess. All seems to point to some beneficial growth process happening.