I would really like to pick your mind regarding the high erection jelqs for girth and your thoughts around perfecting your technique, since I'm trying to work my way towards the same thing. Please spill your mind on this in my log or in a PM, all you can think off, and I will appreciate it greatly.
I find that I get the best expansion with high erection level work, but I've never gotten into very intense girth work in the past. I'm trying to make jelqing my staple and finding ways of gaining girth through it. The jelqing technique I'm talking about is braindrain's "perfect jelqing" over at Thunders (
http://www.thundersplace.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111824) - it's not anything particularly special, but just really concentrating on every stroke and trying to make it "perfect". I find that I can become lax too quickly during jelqing at times (it's a fun activity to do), but I'm really coming to find out that I need to work hard to gain - I can't just make my jelqing sessions some easy thing. Not that I'm making my jelqing sessions something particularly grueling to do either, they're still fun for me, it's just a matter of concentrating more. I've actually found that my session goes by a bit faster this way too, since I'm not very absentmindedly jelqing.
Recently I used a pretty tight grip (not painfully tight) and found that it engorged me much better - I'm guessing to about 5.5" circumference during the stroke. I think for jelqing to be really effective you need some expansion beyond your normal erect size, I mean otherwise masturbation would lead to gains and I don't think that's the case. I would really like to get to a point where I can get an expansion beyond just 1/4", or perhaps one that effects my erect size post-jelq - I think that would be a positive sign that the jelqing is doing its thing, but I'm not sure what I have to do to get that. I'm still working on my jelqing technique, I don't think I'll ever say I've become adept at jelqing until I get that sort of expansion post-jelq.
There are some variations on jelqing I would like to try that are aimed specifically at girth (right now I'm focusing more on length considering I've gained in that so well) - the V jelq, Jelq Squeeze & modified jelq squeeze. Currently I'm jelqing the sides primarily with my overhand OK grip. I have this idea that I'll gain girth from jelqing the top & bottom of my penis more than the sides - I've noticed that some men gain well in girth from one way or the other (I don't know what makes this the case). I've considered using the Jelq device for this, but feel I get a better expansion from my hands (also I can control the force better with my hands). I think that, if "perfect jelqing" doesn't do the trick for me in terms of girth I'll try a modified jelq squeeze - that is, the jelq squeeze (tourniquet grip at base with one hand, jelq up the shaft with other) with three fingers used horizontally - thumb on top of the penis and index&middle finger on the bottom, then jelq slowly up to the head. I'll have to test out different erection levels to see what's optimal for me. There's also an underhand OK grip (I currently do overhand OK) done with an intense grip and vertically towards my chin, I've heard this is better for girth gains but never really bothered with it myself - I think it's the idea of taking the ligs out of the equation or something.
Another option, beyond jelqing, are squeezes and horse 440's. I think I've actually gained .125" EG from periodic squeezes (Ulis) that I've never been able to cement. I've never done more than a few squeezes, so I've always been curious as to what a slow progressive routine of squeezes might do for me. After seeing Yguy's (
http://www.thundersplace.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10748) progress log, where he was doing up to 30 minutes of squeezes, made me kind of curious about a higher volume of squeezes (slowly worked up to, of course). Of course I've seen great things about Horse 440s as well, but also heard they're a very intense exercise so I think I'd use them only as a last resort before going on to clamping. I certainly hope I won't have to though.
I think that's about it for my random ideas for girth work, future plans, etc. Hope it wasn't too boring for you! ha ha.