Strongrat's extender newbie routine thread.

Sup guys, very excited to start this thead.

I got into PE maybe 4-6 years ago when I discovered I had lost some size. I had been just over 7 inches in length BPEL but had shrunk down to 6.5 over the years. This was with good EQ. Looking at various studies on the matter I could only find research with extenders to have any weight to them so I bought a cheap knock off and managed to actually make gains over 3 months of wearing the device. I managed to get to around 7, and shortly after the device broke. I never bought another one and left it at that.

I seem to be in exactly the same position years later. Recent measurements show me at around 6.75 BPEL and 5ish EG wise. I dug out the extender and bought a few things to add to it based on various threads. I have a full time job with weird hours and a new baby so I know getting in extender hours will not be easy. My real goal is to have a NBPEL of 7 inches. I was pretty happy last time with that.

I’m going try to follow two routines and record them on excel.

The newbie routine posted here - 2 on 1 off.
The Jess extender newbie routine on the official site but also at the end of this - https://www.str essnomore.co.uk … /80043-IFUS.pdf

Going to also record my EQ as a metric. I only record any new measurements based on morning erections. I measure 3 different times and if they are the same take that measurement. I don’t use stimulation to enhance it. Ill be recording my stats in this thread as well as problems and progress. I got my first hour in today. I dusted off the extender and was just getting to grips with it again, trying to get the right traction etc. Felt awkward and uncomfortable but that’s how I remember it being last time. Ill take my first measurements during the week of 07/07/2023!

LETS DO THIS!

Day 4

Not much to report apart from problems. The extender is difficult to use. You try and wrap to stop damage to skin but it still seems to leave almost blister like marks. I’ve followed the jess extender official site routine so I’m only using it for an hour a day. Keeping it attached for that long is hard. You can see the head getting smaller and slipping bit by bit. I have bought a vacuum type attachment for the head to see if this is easier to use. I managed to also do the newbie routine posted in the FAQ for the first time today. Managed it once out of 4 days due to no time, I jelqed for 5 minutes, I’m not sure if I was doing it right or not. Keeping everything on an excel sheet - I like graphs etc. Been a good boy and still not measured.

Its basically been a week! One week of using the extender again, which hasn’t been the most comfortable. I’ve stuck to the Jess extender routine and just used it for an hour a day. Today is the first day I’ll try two hours. Had a lot of trouble with the device simply slipping off. I’ve tried lots of different things over the week, medical gauze taped with micro-pore is currently working well. I’ve been trying to tie in the extender with the newbie routine and I’ve only managed to do it three times. So that’s something I have to improve. I wanted to do the newbie routine followed by extending but I don’t have as much time as I used to. Just gotta get it on and comfortable so I can go about doing things without it coming off. Or I’m gonna need to find another method. Still got a vacuum cup with a few bits coming, this might help.

Just got to work on keeping the habit. I have no idea how I used to wear this device for 3-4 hours a day.

My experience was similar to yours. That’s why I went to a cup-and-sleeve extender.

I got one from ebay coming. We will have to see how it goes!

Day two of using an extender for two hours. All I can say is ouch.

I recently starting wearing the extender again, it’s just occurred to me that if I wear the extender straight out the clothing I am wearing actually pushes back against the traction. Its visible on the gauge. Are people wearing the extender sideways across themselves or wearing it down their leg? Are people doing this and then alternating? I can’t really sit there for two hours with my pants down doing nothing while wearing this so I need to find another way. Luckily I’m just only using the extender for 2 hours at a time and it’s only week 2 so I’ve not missed out on too much tension.

Any thoughts welcome

Wearing it straight up or down are the main options. Pointing down produces higher tension for me but you need to wear some baggy pants if you want to conceal it, joggers are good. Wearing it straight out isn’t really an option whilst wearing clothes as you’ve found.

I’m now just wondering around the house in my loose underwear with this thing coming straight out the front of it through the hole haha.

Coming up to two weeks! I’ve managed to find my stride with the extender. I did buy a vacuum cup and accessories however I also bought velcro straps. The velcro strap is actually now working so well and so comfortably that I’ve not even used the vacuum cup yet. I’ve wearing it for 2 hours at the moment. Not a struggle at all. Also doing the newbie routine with its two days on two off regime. The newbie routine has been harder to keep up with as it just requires I run of for 20 minutes. I can wear the extender around the house and still do things.

In terms of specifics, I am only stretching past the very first line of the extender. So the tension is low. I am measuring every time I wear the device to make sure I am stretching around a 1/4 of an inch past my last BPEL. I’m just figuring that I should be stretching past my current length but not going crazy. In the last 30 minutes I might even turn the screws and give it a bit more tension but I find it gets uncomfortable quickly. Slow and steady. In an ideal world I would do the newbie routine first and then wear the extender but life just gets in the way and so I end up doing it the other way around sometimes. Had sex yesterday and my EQ was good, no issue there so I’m not overdoing it.

I think its all working. Flaccid I’m looking longer than before. I’m just thinking about the upcoming weeks wear the device is worn for 3+ hours. It’s just not going to be doable. On Monday I will work 8am-8pm, then need to be in bed for 11pm for work the next day. How could I fit in 3-4 hours? For now not an issue, it’s a problem for a couple of weeks from now.

I wanted to add as well, I initially really struggled getting into the device using two small bars on top of the spring bars. This became easier during the first week and led to me being able to fully turn the screws to their max. I then progressed to two large bars which initially was a struggle to get into. Now I am almost at week 3 I am comfortably getting into the device with its two larger bars and then turning the screws 1/4 out with 30 minutes to go. I think this is a good sign of progress too.

Mid way through week 3! 2 and a half weeks stretching everyday adding up to 31 hours and the occasional newbie routine. Tension still at the first bar - so still low. I have to monitor the tension and usually increase it again to reach the first bar as throughout the session it will decrease as the penis gets more stretched.

Managed to use the extender everyday. Week three should mean three hours a day but I am struggling 2 and a half hours. Some days I can only get in 2 hours. I’ve thought about waking up earlier to get some time with the extender in the morning and then also use it in the evening when I come home. Its the only way I think I will be able to reach 3 hours a day. I am starting to have an issue with the velcro scrap being uncomfortable and so Ill be looking at how to use the vacuum cup I bought - I just need to look at how to wrap before wearing. I did try some micro pore but damn that actually really hurts when you peel it off the glands! . I bought a few other bits so that I might be able to use it like an all day extender. We will see. I have some night shifts coming up so need to work out how I can still extend whilst at work.

I had a piece of card that I was using as a NBPEL measurement. I took 4 measurements before I begun all this. BPEL, NBPEL, EG and a NBPEL on a piece of card. Interestingly the two NBPEL are different as the other was taken with a tape measure. I know I said I would measure in a month but I work up with some morning wood and decided to mark the card to see if there had been any improvement in length and it does appear I have gained a few mm. This is encouraging. I also noticed during sex a few nights ago I looked longer. Not sure if it was all in my head but yeah. All good signs.

End of week 3.

Not managed to do 3 hours of extending a day like the plan. Really struggled with time. Managed to do a mixture of 2-3 hours a day though.

Another issue also came up that I wasn’t expecting. I have been monitoring my morning erections and EQ since the start on an excel sheet, also the amount of sleep. During weeks 1 - 2 I noticed a decrease in morning erections and EQ. This isn’t something I had last time I just used the extender. So I cut the newbie routine out for a week and after 5 days my morning erections came back and EQ was much better. There was actually a point were I didn’t have morning wood for 5 days, after 5 days of not doing manual stretching and jelqing I had morning wood for 4 days in a row. Not sure how to proceed now with the newbie routine, or if I should even continue with it.

My extender routine at the moment is now to put on the extender for as long as possible when I wake up, then go to work come home and put it on straight away. This way I can get in 2.5ish hours and still be useful around the house.
I tried the vacuum cap add on for my cheapo jess extender last night. It was actually very comfortable and I was surprised. I feel like there is an issue though. The vac add on to the extender doesnt stretch the penis the same way that holding it down with a velcro strap does. Even when I had the vac extender at the same tension level on the spring gauge. It’s a different stretching feeling. I’m not sure if I want to change course right now and completely change. It’s only been three weeks and I’ve not done my first offical measure yet. Feel really good about keeping the extending habit up for 21 days in a row!

Hi broski. I myself use vac extending right now but I do agree with you to rather stick with the method you used for last 3 weeks.
Stick with it, and after more time you can analyze what it does for you. If you would mix it now with vac extender, you could not analyze what actually gave you gains.
Remember PE is marathon, not a sprint. You have all the time in the world to vac extend later.

I know I said the 7th would be my first measurement but I decided today was exactly 1 month in so I measured and updated my stats.
Gained about 0.4mm in BPEL and 6ish mm in NBPEL. I have lost about 3kg and almost 3 cm around my waist as I am just shedding some fat before going into a bulking routine in the gym.

So far so good. Approaching 7inches BPEL - the same length I was when I was much younger. Its visibly bigger than when I first started. In the last week I switched over to the vac cup extender. The velcro was starting to slip a lot and cause pain. The vacuum cup can handle more traction. I’m pushing it to half way between the first and second line now. Trying my best to get a few hours done in the morning and then some in the evening.

Little graph of the amount of hours. Came to 59.5 hours. Only didnt manage to keep it up for a few days were work was just too much.

It was going so well ! I was keeping the habit up everyday.

I had a really bad two weeks of work. A week of night shifts followed by an intense week of long shifts. My hours per day have really dropped off.

I had in the last week switched over to the vac and cup extender due to its ease of use and comfort. I know I was not gonna switch but the velcro was now uncomfortable and painful after two hours. I started noticing the glands were completely numb for hours after using the cup. Even with micropore dressing on it. It was just completely unresponsive and my EQ had actually declined as well. I made the decision to go back to the velcro strap for now.

I have another intense week of work coming up before everything calms down. There is no way ill get as many hours as last month in but if I can just get at least 1 and a half hours a day ill be happy. Probably biased as hell but Restorex studies don’t seem to need 4 hours a day. https://pubmed. … h.gov/33223425/

That’s not normal.

I did have a problem with the vacuum bell or cup, though. I experimented with several with different sizes and valve arrangements. One of them went from "modest discomfort" to "yow!" in about half an hour. It was one of the non-symmetrical shaped bells that is supposed to be a closer fit to the average glans. But not to mine. It was also fairly shallow, going back just to sulcus behind the crown.

When under tension, the bell would ‘cock’ and the top edge would press hard into the sulcus, putting pressure on the nerve there.

Perhaps you’re running into a similar problem.