My high tension extending log

I bought an apex extender over a month ago. I was really interested in hanging, but the logistics of it are a little inconvenient in my house with family. I settled on a extender with vac cup that I can get some good tension with. I also got a little clip-on spring tension gauge to give an estimate of pounds of pressure. I spent the first few weeks getting used to it first. I am not inexperienced in PE, I was doing manual stuff before. With this, I aimed to get two sessions of 15 minutes with heat at about 3lbs. I did this for the first week and then upped it to two sessions of 20 minutes. 20 minutes straight down and 20 minutes straight up. The base of the extender is open so when I do the straight down, I actually go under my ball sack to get a better pull that’s more direct. I seen it posted somewhere and decided to try it. I like using a Hydro-max before sex. 10-15 minutes while in the shower. It’s easy to use without my wife seeing. I’m sure she knows, but it’s still awkward if she saw me with it on. I pump almost daily and enjoy the extra girth I get. I try to also pump after a stretch session, because sometimes my penis seems to get long and thin, so the pump gets it back. Its also a good gauge of how my session went, I know how long I can be in the pump at max, I have been seeing myself get closer and closer to the 7" mark in the pump. I was short of 6.5" when I started. Its not a real measurement, but for me and how long I’ve been using it, it indicated that my length is moving a positive direction. Also visually, it does seem to be slightly longer. This last week, I got more serious and started logging my daily stretch. Where am I extending my stretched length to. I measure that in the extender and try to stay consistent with how I do it. I measure from the top of the base of the extender, Which is 5/8" over my bone pressed and up to my tip. I should also add that it is hard for me to get a good BPEL because its hard for me to get a good erection and hold a tape to it while maintaining that max effort hard-on. I can get an approximation, but it seems to always start diminishing slightly by the time I get set up to measure. I will work on getting that measurement soon.

This Past week, I’ve gotten to do 1hr sessions, sometimes broken up. About 25min SD, 20min SO and 15min SU. The exact daily numbers I logged are slightly different but pretty close to that. I tend to start at less than 3lbs and within a couple minutes and heat, work up to about 5lbs. I try to stay at 5lbs. Only time I push past that is during my straight-out session when I am about to wrap up and take a break, I actually increase pounds and make sure I see no more stretched length and then I take a quick measurement for the day. Its pretty comfortable so far with the vac cup. Its easy to take off and let my head get some blood. no blisters so far. I use sleeves from total man with the vac. The same sleeves I use as an ADS with another vac head I have. I don’t pull a vacuum though, I just set the vac head on my penis head and roll the sleeve down the entire length. I can stay in a nearly 6" extension for quite awhile comfortably. But I only do about 1-2hrs daily of that. All of this, I do when I can and no one is home or in their own rooms. I don’t extend in front of my wife. Thats my limiting factor. I do get off work 30 minutes before her, so I can get half my session done then. I try to work in the other sessions. Today, I happened to wake up pretty early before her and I extended while she was asleep in the same bed. I don’t mind her finding out and knowing, I just feel awkward being in the extending and her seeing it.

Here is my daily log stats for the past week. Also, I did pump daily and wear the ADS as long as I could daily. EQ has been great, better then normal, especially night erections. Typically only get 1-2 hrs daily in ADS

Monday 2/29/24 - 1hr total extending @ mostly 5lbs max. Max stretch 6-5/8"
Tuesday 2/20/24 - 53 min extending at mostly 5lbs max. Max stretch 7" - felt a slight pain this day so quit before 1hr
Wed 2/21/24 - 20min extending at 3-4lbs. Max stretch 6-1/2" - took it easy this day
Thursday 2/22/24 - 1hr extending at 3-4lbs. Max Stretch 6-5/8"
Saturday 2/23/24 - 1hr extending @ mostly 5lbs - Max stretch 6-3/4"
Sunday 2/24/24 - 1hr extending @ mostly 5lbs - Max stretch 6-7/8"
*** These max stretched measurements are not including the base of the extender with is about 5/8"

I am hoping to get 7" max stretch in the following week. I will get my BPEL, EG stats when I can. My EG is about 5.2" up to 5.6" after a good pumping session. I have about a 1" fat pad I should mention. So my visible length is roughly 6". I would love to see that get to 7" which seems easily possible with diet and PE. I’m down to 208lbs from 224lbs.

Thanks for reading and any advice. My weekly updates shouldn’t be this long going forward.

I had a bad week getting 1hr daily in. My wife’s work schedule changed so she comes home at about 4:10pm which really only leaves me about 20minutes to get a good stretch. Monday I got my 1hr. Tuesday and Wednesday I only got 20mins each. Thursday i got 50minutes. Friday I got 1hr and my stretch hit 7” finally.
Today I got another hour and again I hit 7” stretch. I also made it to 7lbs of tension. I’m not trying to move up too fast on the tension. But I’ve been inching closer to it for a few weeks already. Today during my SO stretch I was able to comfortably get to 7lbs within 15minutes and for the rest of the 15 minutes I watched the tension decrease as my length increased to give it some slack.

My ADS use hasn’t been good this week. I’ve been busy. I feel I made the best use of stretching though. Happy I made it to visible 7” stretched length. A reminder, I am only measuring from the top of the base of the extender to the tip of my penis. There is about 5/8” that I am not measuring. This would make me have a 7-5/8” BPFSL.

I did pump daily for 10-15 minutes every day this week as well.

Last night I hit 7-1/8” stretched in the extender. I kinda managed to get an erect NBPEL and it was 6-1/4”

I think I do hit 6-1/4” frequently during sex, but I think it can go up and down frequently during a good 30 minute session. Anywhere from 5-7/8” up to 6-1/4”

It will be a good day when that range can be 6-1/4” to 6-5/8” more regularly. Hopefully soon.

I’ve been pretty consistent this week. I starting easily hitting 7” fsl every time. I can hit 7-1/8” more often. And today I got 7-1/4”

All I have been doing is getting 30-45 minutes daily in the extender using up to 7lbs. I would say I am at max tension for the day only about the last 1/3 of the time. Today I got to 7lbs. I had heat and would check every couple of minutes and it the tension decreased, I increased it back to 7lbs and by the end of my 30 minute session, I was at 7-1/4”

I then showered and did a short pump session just to get some blood in and get that thin feeling out of there. I always feel a little thin after a good stretch session so the pump helps bring it back. I’ve shortened my pump usage lately. Been getting some blood blisters. I thought I had it figured out. Will take a break from it for awhile.

Good weeks progress. I need to get an erect length again soon. Ran out of time.

It was a decent week of using the extender. No gains past my previous best though. I did reach my max, but I never went past it. I do feel like my erect length is longer during sex. I can feel more stimulation when I’m inside my wife deep. I notice her reaction too.

I have gotten 40-50 minutes almost every day. I think I took a day off once this past week. I have been working at doing the three main angles starting with SU for about 3-4lbs, SD for 4-6lbs and SO for 5-7lbs

Times vary but it’s typically about 15 minutes each angle.

I have incorporated more manual stretching too. I’ve found that while I’m in the vac cup, grip is really easy and I can pull in all directions. I will take advantage of pulled both sides and wide circles. Also SU because with the extender in the straight up position, the base sometimes creates an indirect stretch due to my penis having to stretch over the base. With manuals, I can get a direct stretch. I would say I spend about 5 minutes doing that.

I want to add FIR to my routine. I’ve just been using a standard heat pad. But reading these pages, I think that would be the next step in my program.

I still use my hydromax daily. About 15 minutes at moderate vacuum. If I attempt a max vacuum for too long, I get blood blisters. My penis starts to look purple.

That’s it for today. Just going to continue on and try to stay consistent.

Getting into a working routine and finding the time between family and work is a tricky thing. When you get things going you will eventually see that you unconsciously plan when to find your hours. And the gains will keep your motivation up, but make sure to have a plan for the tough periods when nothing seems to move in the right direction.

Keep up the good work!

Yes is has been a challenge. Today I got about 35 minutes in. I try to go for at least 45-60 of various stretching and angles, but didn’t have the privacy.

Started off with manual all around stretches. Went into SO stretch for 30 minutes. Because of the manual stretches I was able to go up to 5lbs tension pretty quickly, then 7lbs in about 10 minutes.

I kept it at 7lbs for 20 minutes. As I kept stretched, the tension would lower and I would increase it back up. This happened about 3-4 times. My final stretch for the day was about 7 3/8” which is a new max for me. It wasn’t easy and it was my goal to hit as much as I could for today. One thing that makes these measurements slightly inconsistent is that i use a vacuum cup and during the stretching, my penis head changes shape. It seems to flatten and sit closer to my base then when it started. Not sure if this is bad or good for measuring. As long as I am getting ball park measurements. I would rather under shoot then overshoot my measurements.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get a full workout in. And continue seeing progress. I’m ready to order a FIR soon.

Decent week of extending. Not really any gains this past week. I think I got 7 3/16” - 1/16” gain. But I don’t really track 16ths just because there is so much variance.

I got my red light/NIR yesterday. I had a good along of privacy and got 70 minutes stretching. First 25 minutes was after work before wife came home. Did all three angles equally.

Second session was 45 minutes SO with NIR. I am started to push past 7lbs now comfortably. I really am not trying to push weight too fast. I can also get to 7lbs faster and be able to stretch at that tension for longer.

I hit 7 1/4” multiple times this past week, including yesterday with the NIR. I was hoping to push a little past with the NIR but no go.

I need to add light tension extending to my routine. Just keep stretched comfortably for an hour or two in addition to my high tension extending. I was thinking of getting a belt or leg strap I can pull tension from. Not a lot of tension, just enough to keep stretched for longer after a high tension workout. Not in a rush.

I had to figure out what week I am on. My official start date was February 19th. This coming Monday will be the start of week 6. I was actually extending since January 20th (about that time frame) but I did a light acclimation and learning period to get ready. Before that I did jelqing and manual stretches.

It’s been a tough week extending. I managed to extend almost every day but one. Some days I couldn’t do a full session, so at I only got 25 minutes a couple days this week. I barely got 7 1/4” once. In the last few days I’ve barely been getting 7 1/8” - this week I started using NIR and was hoping that would help break some new ground in length. I kinda think I am involuntarily getting a little girth, or that when measuring I am fuller more often so I am getting maybe a partial EL. Can’t be certain but I think I need to stop measuring the way I am, and not as often. I got a standard wooden ruler and will be measuring only BPFSL. I think that’s the only consistent way I can track. Measuring with the vac head on can be inconsistent due to my glands, then can be fuller sometimes of vice versa and alter my measurements by 1/8” or more.

Anyway, I am happy with the consistency. I don’t feel inpatient for fast results and therefore don’t think I will quit due to not seeing progress I want. I have had great initial gains.

Just starting week six.

I am starting to have to break up my routines to get 60 minutes daily. Privacy mostly. But I am thinking it might be a good thing. Today I did a 35 minute session with heat pad under and NIR over. Worked up to 7lbs but didn’t rush to get there. I plan on getting another session after work. My theory is that I won’t have as much healing time between stretching which from what I read, is a good thing. When we have a chance to fully heal, our units heal stronger and it takes more tension. I think I read that in hanging 101.

Another change is how I measure. The pubic bone can really throw me off. The bone slopes down into the upper insertion of the penis, so if I push into that part, I can get 1/2” more BP length. But even with the absence of fat pad, I would still get that 1/2” at that point. I think that’s useless to count and can be inconsistent. So I am making a point of measuring bone pressed about 1/2” above. At this point, I only have 1” fat pad. If I ever lose my fat pad or decrease it, I will get more visible penis from this point rather then the other point.

Using this new measurement, I measured 7 1/2” BPFSL.
I think this will be a good new baseline. I wish I knew what it was from this point when I started. I can figure it out later by looking at my history.

Quick report to help me keep track.

Morning 530am

Warm up 5minutes and extend 30minutes 5-7lbs

Beginning BPFSL 7 1/4” Ending: 7 7/16”

After work 350pm: Exact same routine

Beginning 7 1/4” End 7 1/2”

Yeah, measuring length isn’t as easy as some people think. That’s another reason those "penis size" studies are all over the place.

For PE purposes, the main thing is that your measurements are repeatable. If they’re not, you don’t know if you’re growing or not.

Exactly. I am interested in visible erect penis being longer. So this method, although the numbers are shorter, will be more in line with my goals and more consistent for PE. I think it will also give me better measurements to progress any day pad loss. I am in that tough area currently where I am trying to build muscle and lose weight. I can lose a lot of weight if that was my only goal, but getting athletically stronger is a priority for me too right now.

Same here. I proved I could lose weight, and I’ve kept it off, but I haven’t lost much since I started exercising.

While the scale doesn’t show much difference, the tape measure shows I’m still slowly getting smaller around the waist, butt, and thighs. Which, unlike a number on the scale, is directly visible all the time.

Like job performance, fitness has the problem that the things that are easy to measure aren’t nececessarily what you want to do. And the metric tends to become more important than the original goal.

If you’ve come across Mark Rippetoe’s "Starting Strength" program, that’s where it has problems. Rip was an engineer before he was a coach. He likes things he can measure. He also tries to maximize progress. The fastest way to build muscle is with a caloric surplus. Therefore, most of his star students are distinctly chubby. Whatever their original goal was, they’ve bought into the "lift for the metric" scheme; it doesn’t matter if they don’t need a strap-on belly to play Santa Claus as long as their metrics keep improving. It’s beguilingly simple, but really, I have electric motors and hydraulics if I need to move something unreasonably heavy; I’m just after a reasonably good level of fitness and appearance.

That’s so true. I mean when I was younger and lifting, my goal was just to eat as much as possible and feed my goals even if it was junk. I got older and started holding weight more. At my heaviest I was 230lbs. And my energy started going down. I’m at 205lbs now.

I’m 38 now. My program has changed a lot. More athletic and easy safe strength. My goal is to still get around on easier on the basketball court, possibly dunk in one year. But I also don’t want to hurt myself or my joints. I’ve decreased my intensity and am in for the long haul to keep fit and healthy. I do have a one year goal to squat 400lbs and also increase my Olympic lifts. But that is based on me wanting to get closer to my potential athleticism. Right now I feel like I’m 60% - I would like to get to 85-90%. If I pushed 100% that would go against my slow consistent safe plan. I have to have a balance. Work. Family. Home. Gym, my energy has to be balanced across all of those. I guess PE is now apart of that.