Yep, the point being that it isn’t just stupid because it’s a waste of time. It’s stupid because it is counterproductive. The harder you push, the more the tissue remodels itself to resist.
My approach might achieve better or worse results than his, but either way it adds value.
Kyrpa’s results already suggest that there is little reason to pursue greater loads, frequency, or volume. I’m then left with lesser loads, frequency, or volume. And within that realm, one hypothesis remains debatable. Is there a way to prevent the seemingly inevitable plateau. My hypothesis is that the plateau might be a function of the tissue becoming conditioned to the loads and that this might be avoided by somewhat lesser intensity. Lower frequency and not necessarily pushing each cycle and each phase all the way to the biological limit. IOW, giving up short term results in favor of a more steady and hopefully less limited long term. I suspect that in pushing for those last couple millimeters during a phase, we inevitably push over into the physiological response of toughening the tissue. My protocol intends to discover if that is the case.
Admittedly, there is a high probability that it is those last few millimeters that are most valuable in straining the tissue into an inelastic state that results in maximum lengthening over time. We shall see.
Hey,
pe is practiced for a couple of decades now and you criticize a lot rightfully.
But I think it is time to get down of your high horse and prove your points.
I don’t see any log of yourself.
I don’t share my results at the moment because I don’t know about the long term effects of US.
To be honest most of the guys trying US right now get newbie gains.
It is easy for most guys gaining 1-2 cm with a beginner routine done under 30 min in less than a year.
I am participating in the thundersplace community because it is the only place online that tends to recommend sane routines and not “more is more” approaches and non sense like MOS DLD SRT routines.
Maybe you should go venting there.
If you think progressive routine structures, decondition breaks, avoiding over training and plateaus by monitoring PIs, “ease into the stretch routines/concepts” and a “less is more” mindset couldn’t help and make sure that you continue to gain in the long run, you are lying to yourself.
Heat is and always was a big part for most successful pe guys and is advocated a lot.
This are the concepts that are “preached” by most successful guys around here.
US won’t magically change that because it has been proven to work by a lot of gainers.
You will need to increase time or intensity over time if you don’t do de-conditioning breaks.
Its up to you to prove that lowering intensity temporarily is more useful than going on a break.
In my case it doesn’t work. It is good for cementing, a plateau in itself.
By the way I trained in the last weeks to the point that my tunica walls collapsed in a controlled way and using US for a faster recovery rate (think steroids).
Personally I think it is a bit laughable to measure strain in the 1-3% range.
It is nice to have to get a sense of security that the experimental stuff works.
If I would have used the strain measuring method I would not have trained efficiently in the last weeks as I concentrate on volume. You use one PI, I use a lot more.
Personally I don’t think I can measure a strain increasement of 1-3% without a sensor (good example: ) or measuring volume (i.e. replacing liquid in a container).
If you want to talk about stupidity: Why don’t use a extender for US heat ? I prefer them to static loads that you apply. Extenders use springs and you can easily create a relaxed state while being max stretched out in a dynamic way (springs go back and forth taking care of extending vertically smoothly).
If you are able to execute “ease into” stretches while using US effects, I think it is a lot more efficient than your set up for gains. You don’t even factor in angles or different type of stretches (bundled, fulcrum etc).
You criticize guys like me who did the unthinkable and gain with classic “barbaric” pe approaches.
What did you gain at this point ? You only show that you can create strain in a session.
This is easily replicate able with other pe methods. There have been lots of guys doing it in the past if not all of the gainers.
I can tell you that the Kyrpa US protocol will change with time. I can already tell it is better to do a girth warm up using US and then stretch afterwards if tunica length gains are wanted after exhausting the easy to manipulate structures after the newbie phase.
The newbie phase is not sustainable in the long run in my opinion.
Mark my words: You will need progressive intensity to keep up the strain. Or change focus in cycles or do breaks if you want to apply the same intensity over and over again.
By the way I have never trained that aggressively before in my pe journey than right now because my recovery is so much faster thanks to US heat and its positive influence on my PIs.
I am on a small break right now and will continue to experiment in a couple of weeks with a diffused IPR protocol to gain girth .
" PE is a helluva drug. "