Journey to Average and Beyond

This is for anyone out there like I was, unhappy and thinking about PE but not sure if it worked or if it was worth the time. I want to offer you my tips and experience so far.

I started my PE journey in 2004 when I realized (both in the bedroom and the locker room) that I was not average and in fact well below average at just under 4.5” BPEL x 4” MSEG. I always had a feeling that I wasn’t that big, but once I saw just how small I was, I was embarrassed, disappointed, and depressed. Not thinking that there was any kind of real solution for my small member.

I read about Jelqing around the same time on a PE forum (not sure what it was at the time), but didn’t believe it was real or would work. However, I tried it on and off though summer of 2004, hurting myself and learning along the way, with no real results. About 10 years later, I got back onto the forum once more and started Jelqing again with more consistency about 10 years later, but the amount of work involved and my lack of faith led me to become discouraged and to give up once more. So, I ultimately tried to “love myself the way I was” but it always bothered me and I was never completely happy.

Recently, I realized that I was never going to be happy with how small I was and that I was going to do something about it. If you don’t like something about yourself then do something to change it (within reason, of course).

After some more research on this forum, Hanging sounded promising, seemed possibly dangerous, but it clearly got results. Once I read about experiences from the infamous Bib and other members, I started hanging and haven’t looked back. I started with a noose type (Zen) hanger as it was an inexpensive way to experiment. I also use a vacuum type ADS (all day stretcher) for most of the day. The Zen hanger is working well and I haven’t had any issues with it, but I wouldn’t where it all day, as it will cut off blood flow if used for too long without breaks.

After the first month, I gained a 1/4” and was at 4 3/4” BPEL. After four more weeks, I gained another 1/4” and am now at 5” BPEL. At this rate, I hope to reach 6” by July. Only concerned about length right now and not sure what my current erect girth is.

I started out at just under 4 1/2” and after measuring and realizing for myself that PE works, I am totally blown away. For the other newbies out there - there’s nothing quite like the moment you take your first measurement and realize for yourself that PE works. I haven’t felt this happy and this confident in a long time.

My current routine:

Rice sock warm up - 10min
Quick stretch and wrap
Set#1: 2.5lbs. - 20min
Break - 5min
Set#2: 2.5lbs. - 20min
Break - 5min
Set#3: 2lbs. - 20min
Break - 5min
Set#4: 1.5lbs. - 20min

I “ride the fatigue”, reducing the weight each set as necessary, but the time intervals are the same. Four sets per day, trying to work up to 5 sets per day or at least 10 hours of hang time per week. I do my routine every day of the week unless I hurt myself.

Final Goal: ~7”-8” BPEL

Suggestions:
-Keep a journal about your routine specifics (weights, times), thoughts and feelings (physical and mental) - you’ll learn a lot about your routine and yourself in the process.
-Use a rice sock (1.5min in the microwave) or similar, small heating pads don’t conform and are not hot enough.
-Study the wrap drawings here. Once I got the wrap right, I was on my way.
-Read about fatigue and what it is.

Things that keep me going: 1) Wanting to be proud of what I have. 2) My personal PE journal - keeps me in tune with my routine, myself and how I’m feeling. 3) Knowing that discouragement will come, acknowledge it and let it pass.

You have to be willing to put in the work, and if you want it bad enough, you will.

I owe pretty much all of my knowledge on this, as well as my gains, to this forum. The least I can do is share my story and hope someone learns something from it.

I am planning on updating my progress on this thread every month or so. Thanks!

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your gains so far man. Did you do the newbie routine or go straight into hanging? Also since you’ve been hanging for two months already I am surprised you still feel fatigue at 2.5lbs. Can you describe what this fatigue feels like?

Most of what I talk about here can be found at Bib’s most important hanging threads, below:

Most Important Hanging Threads

The link above is where I started with Hanging. I started off slow. I’ve experienced hurting myself in the past, and wasn’t going to take any chances doing that again and slowing my progress. I’ve done the newbie routine on and off over my PE career, which introduced me to what was necessary to condition yourself to stretching and not breaking tissue. Wanting to get started and being a little impatient, I did some conditioning to get back into it, getting very well warmed up and stretched out to where I felt I needed to be.

I wouldn’t recommend this for anyone that is completely new to PE. The newbie routine teaches you the basics of conditioning necessary to get started manipulating your tissues.

Side note: In the beginning, I hated warming up, partly because I didn’t realize how important it was. Warming up will shape your whole session. Another reason I hated it: At first, I used hot wet washcloths, which was a pain in the ass; obviously, I would get wet in the process, hindering any kind of warm up that it gave me. It didn’t hold onto heat either, so I was never warmed up enough. I found info from somewhere on this forum about a rice sock-best thing ever. Literally just a sock filled with rice tied at the end. I use a long tube sock. Hot as you want and holds it heat long enough to get thoroughly warmed up. I put it in the microwave for 1:30 and it works perfectly. But obviously, don’t burn yourself!

My progress: The Zen hanger that I have comes with a bolt and weight discs. When I started, I began with just the bolt, then added a 1/2lb. And went up a 1/2lb. At a time from there. Hanging is a weird sensation at first, but you get used to it. I am taking it slow as I have read (again at the link above), the best gains have come from those that use low weight and longer hanging time per week. I’m at 2.5lbs working up to 3lbs., but I’m in no hurry: this is not a weight lifting competition.

Fatigue: This took experience and research to understand. For me, it is the feeling of both a stretching and an aching sensation, but not pain. If I feel any pain, I lower the weight and continue. As I believe Bib described in a post, when starting a set, hanging shouldn’t feel like anything, no aching and no pain. Over the course of the session, aching will come slowly and will slowly turn to slight pain, this is when the weight gets lowered, any slight pain goes away and I continue the set. The main concept that helped me is that it’s not a “Grin and Bear It” kind of thing. If this is what you’re experiencing, you’re hanging too much weight. Stop and lower the weight, doesn’t matter if you’re in the middle of a set, just note it in your journal. Monitor your glands as well, if they are full while hanging, there will be pain, stop, drain them and continue.

I highly recommend searching the forum for “Fatigue” and read everything you can about others experiences. This is how I learned, but you also have to experience it for yourself.

Most of this information is here:

Hanging 101 + Sample Routine

I also based my routine off of the sample routine above.

Feel free to ask more questions.

Thanks for the reply. I have read most of the threads in that link but couldn’t really understand the concept of fatigue. That grin and bear it explanation was perfect however. I have been hanging for about a month myself and am currently at 7 sets using 5lbs. I started with 2.75lbs for 4 sets and didn’t feel any soreness at all (apart from initial skin stretching) until three weeks in when I upped the weight to 3.75lbs and then 5 lbs. I have also had prior experience with pe but still redid the newbie routine for three months before starting to hang. This is probably why my penis is more conditioned and can take slightly higher weights.