Tonight (technically morning of 1/7, but I have a rather messed up sleep schedule at the moment), I did a modified version of the newbie routine. After reading someone else’s log, I decided to try taking a hot bath when doing the routine, so I did not use a hot wrap, though I did massage my member in the hot water for 5 or more minute before beginning.
When I did the 10 sets of 30 second stretches, I alternated between SD and BTC.
When doing the jelqs, I felt like I was having trouble getting enough blood into my member, even when trying to add kegels, so after every 50, I stopped and tried to get myself a little more up-right. After 100, total, I stopped and tried to get myself all the way up and edge a little, but due to my inexperience edging (historically, I’ve never really attempted to edge), I’m pretty certain I passed the point of no return, though I did manage to keep myself somewhat hard by continuing to stroke after the sensation subsided. Once again, however, I became much more flaccid while doing the jelqs, and so stopped after another set of 50 to try to get myself a little more hard before finishing the last set of 50. I’ll note that while I did not count off seconds for each jelq, I tried to get it roughly between 3-5 seconds per.
Since I had been doing some kegels during the process above, I did not leave a specific bit of exercise for it alone.
After this, I decided to try using this cheap pump I had been given from a friend. Due to it not having a gauge, I tried to not use too much pressure, and I definitely did not leave it on for long. Due to this, I will probably see no gains from using a pump for now, and will likely not use it much if at all in future sessions, at least for a while. Anyway, I put a cock ring I have over the rim of the pump, and after getting myself pumped to the 15 cm mark, I slipped the ring around my base and continued to slowly pump, ever once in a while draining out air before continuing again. While I didn’t try to get super accurate measurements, I want to say I got between the 16-16.5 mark at the furthest. After this, I let myself out of the pump and tried edging again, this time not pushing myself too far. I played like this for a while, putting back on the pump every once in a while, trying to get myself to 16cm or just over each time, then letting myself out again. While this felt like it took a while, I did not measure the time, and am doubtful it lasted over 30 minutes.
After edging for a while, I meant ahead and let my member back into the now warm water, massaging it as a cool-down process. According to the newbie routine, tomorrow should be an off day, but depending on how I feel and any advice given before tomorrow night, I will decide when the time comes whether or not I want to take tomorrow off or not. I will continue edging as I want to get in the habit early as, according to HoustinWood’s thread here Houstonwoods’ Pictures, it will aid in cementing gains in the future.
Please let me know if you think anything I am doing is beneficial, neutral (doesn’t hurt or help; potentially just wasting time), or potentially detrimental! Tomorrow I want to get a hard ruler to get a more accurate length measurement, but after that I will try to avoid measuring again for a month just to see if there’s any measurable effects. If I am having success, I will make any necessary changes and then try to continue for several months without measurement. If, however, I am seeing no gains, I’ll try to seek out advice on how to best modify my routine, then take another measurement a month later.