Hi, I have read through your progress and it was REALLY IMPRESSIV, and so I became very interested in your routine, so I'm wondering what your weekly routine looks like and when you take breaks, etc. I'm thinking of starting, but I'm a complete beginner.
Thanks. It's really simple:
100 stretches, mostly straight down or out
2 to 3 sets with a compression hanger using between 15 and 20 pounds, with 100 stretches between each set.
100 stretches
30 minutes to 1.5 hours with LG hanger using 5 to 10 pounds.
100 to 200 more stretches.
That's it. I used to schedule 5 days on, 2 days off, but lately I've been busy so I just go every day until I have a day I'm too busy and just take a rest day or two.
I take a lot of supplements and am pretty strict about my diet. I'm not a gym nut but I do workout regularly with my home gym and get a decent amount of exercise. None of that is for PE, but I'm sure it helps at least a little.
One thing I should also explain is that I let myself go for quite a while and was up to 250 pounds at one point and am now down to 202 with 12 still to go. I'm 5'11" and naturally muscular but at 250 pounds I was massively overweight with pre-diabetic blood sugar levels, high cholesterol and extremely high blood pressure from undiagnosed sleep apnea (mainly also due to my weight). I think getting serious about diet and exercise has helped since I started getting serious about my health shortly before discovering PE. My blood pressure is normal, cholesterol is normal, blood sugar is normal, after about 2 years. My testosterone level is in the 900s now. I also think I was up to half an inch longer when I was younger and atrophied over time, which would somewhat explain my unusually fast initial gains quickly getting back what I had to begin with. The other half of that equation is consistentcy. I haven't had any huge breaks unless it was impossible due to vacation or whatever.
Good luck!
P.S. If you're just starting out don't use anywhere near that much weight. Start with like 2 and build from there. Never hang with weight that is painful.