Reflections and Progress: thoughtfulgold

I own a bib starter and a regular size bib hanger. I have tried hanging several times in my PE career for about 5 weeks at a time. My last attempt was last year around this time. It was extremely uncomfortable each time and the gains were minimal if I can recall correctly. I feel the discomfort really limited how much hanging I could do and the very particular way that you have to attach the bib hanger and toe it for it to be effective and safe really cut down on the amount of times I was willing to mess with it.

I believe the bib hanger design is sound but I do not believe that it is for me.

I do not believe in the direct emphasis of work Theory. And I will probably pump and clamp in addition to hanging and try to balance it out to where I’m not doing PE all day. However that turns out.

Also, hanging early in your career versus hanging late has you gain on slightly different mechanisms. At this point in my career my hanging gains will likely be a little more muted because it will be based on cellular creep more than any other aspect physically. But I will take any steady gains no matter how slow to reach my goals.

I was thinking maybe, seeing that you ve made your length gains via extentending not hanging (tunica creep so to speak), you could have gotten the ligament creep now that you were into hanging..but now that i hear you ve allready done hanging and probably gained from it, i don t know what to say.

Thanks for the response on the clamping/pumping part…wasn t really sure about it myself as i do some jelqing with my hanging routine.

I really like this 2019 project. I hope that you will reach your goal no matter how long it will take. Your experience provides you the right mentality.

If you reach 10 inches bpel it will be phenomenal. It will be the biggest and most trustful length gain.

It’s still a ways away. But I figure 2019 will be a great time to switch gears and traction for Victory.

Yes, hanging project sounds good to mee too. Good luck with that 10” mark. From your stats it looks like 10 years of PE for 10”, sort of speaking.

Are you still listening to your subliminal audio tape/ do you think its aided in gains at all?

I had a track made by the same person in the winter but haven’t listened to it for a while, just fell out of the habit.

Your question is well timed. I carry a speaker and listen to them constantly. I would say yes because the one I listen to for body size for the last 18 months has yielded me 3/4” in height when it’s been the same for 12 years. As of this morning.

I had a physical this morning and was measured in the office. Quite pleased.

Are you sure you actually gained 3/4” in height?
Everyone can be up to an inch shorter in the evening compared to the morning, simply because of the force of gravity, and physical activity compressing your spine. On top of that its pretty unlikely you gained any height in terms of bone, as you can’t grown more bone after your growth plates have fused, which happens during early 20s.
One method to gain height after your growth plates have fused would be to thicken your cartilage in your spine through sometime like hanging off a bar for a prolonged period of time. Listening to audio tapes/priming your subconscious won’t cause a spontaneous increase in cell growth that leads to increased height.

Congrats TG. I believe it.

I cannot be sure, as I have not analyzed my bones in depth and and detailed individual measurements to a certain where any height would be able to be gained if you wish to talk about the human as a structure and the series of structures that connect to create the Masterpiece that is our bipedal standing and locomotion.

But I have never measured greater than 5’ 10” and 1/4 sans once in the last 12 years where I was 5’ 10” and 1/2 at age 23. So I extrapolated that there was some change that had occurred. That said, I believe it and it is real enough for me as I have also done other measurements in the months prior to this appointment that indicated that my height was greater than 5’ 10” and 1/2 for the first time in 12 years.

Take it with a grain of salt if you will, this log is primarily devoted to penis enlargement after all.

I spent a lot of time thinking today. My mental health is something I’ve neglected. Something that I have taken for granted and not thoroughly examined. But when you look at the level of insecurity that drove me to do PE for over 9 years, almost a decade, there must be something to be said about my mental health from the beginning until now. I have touched on the motivators but I haven’t touched on how being Rife with desperation affected my physical health.

I look back at the times I was most desperate, most down on myself and what sticks out is abysmal erection quality or a lack of erections. Then the total absence of sex drive.

I have worked through my original issues but as I contemplate my mental state and whether I am prepared or not for a relationship I confront this again. I feel physically healthy, even my bum knee is doing well, but when I think about relationships or dating I’m depressed. A feeling of physical weakness accompanies this depression sometimes. It is a significant thing to feel.

So many people who do PE out of desperation start compromised physical bodies. Some are ill or prone to injury. Others simply are clumsy or overzealous. Invariably the worst injury stories come from people who are overzealous and prone to injury.

I do not think that we speak enough on what state of mind does to any one’s body especially when undertaking any physical task. I think that this concept of minding one’s mental health next to one’s physical health needs to be emphasized and paid better attention to.

We say “it’s all in your head” sometimes. But…that is often the exact issue. We simply ignore it.

Very much the “gray area”.

The sweet spot is rarely the status quo. We are always slightly to the left of it or slightly to the right of it, seldom right in the middle. However our persistent drive to the center always ensures we never get too far from form it.

The outskirts are the wild west and out there the risks are as great as the rewards.

Great post.

From my experience i can say that anxiety/fear/panic affects the pelvic floor balance..I can remember way back when i was a very anxious person i couldn t do RKs or even kegels for that matter without flexing my abs and holding my breath, and reverse kegels were out of the question for me.

I think you made a great point thoughtfullgold when you wrote that “if depressed, stop PE immediately”. Depression affects the body functions IMO more than any other light physical injury/illness.

What are the “outskirts” you refer to?

The biggest red flag is when depression drives you to do PE. Depression will destroy your body no matter what way you are seeking to alleviate depression if it is a physical means. Resolve your mind before honing your body, no matter what context in which you seek to do so.