Thanks for posting those links. I’ve always thought megaphallous was the true documented example of enlargement anyone needed. It can be done in the human body because it HAS been done in the human body.
I’m torn on the conclusions to draw on this. We know occlusion training works for muscle hypertrophy and we know endurance athletes train or sleep at altitude or in hyperbaric chambers because low oxygenation cause positive adaptations in the body. And we have the SyFy Channel names mega-phallus to show it works.
The part I get confused on is I thought these were non-ishchemic (sp) priapisms, That is fresh oxygenated blood continued to trickle in but couldn’t escape, much like traditional clamping. And we know some mega phallus suffered experienced impotence as a result.
After doing a longer decon break I’ve really been converted to the IPR theory. Which lead me to read these studies again. I can’t find it explicitly stated but it appears that in most cases these were not daily occurrences but irregular extreme reactions. Which would mean that after stimulus they had time to remodel or mitosis etc.
Also the threshold for “priapism” is 4hours. These guys were well past that point, well past. I think the mindset in traditional clamping was always I’ll do x number of 10m sets avoid cell death and eventually reach the trigger point in a controlled environment. My worry is there maybe a “threshold” point at 4+x number of hours for hypoxia growth to occur and reintroducing oxygenated blood blunts that trigger.
If that were the case a single workout of five or more hours once a week to once a month would more closely resemble the megaphallous growth experience than six days of 3-6 10 minute sessions.
Obviously that’s riskier.
At which point someone invariably pops up with sage words like “you only have one dick! It’s not worth it.” That’s not unreasonable but in order to get exceptional body response you have to induce adaptation that is extreme enough to trigger the response—or stay home.
I’m not saying clamp off for six hours straight. BUT the 10m mark is conservative. There’s still fresh blood leaking in when you clamp. I just wonder if a 5+ hour marathon of 20 minute sets followed by a week or two off might not be a more speedy regime.
Just thinking out loud.