Thanks guys. Well my PE journey so far has been an interesting one but now I've found my feet again, I'll be looking to make some gains.
For any newbies reading this, PE works! However it does take a lot of time so just be patient. I think it's quite easy to get a bit obsessed with increasing your size, so you jelq and stretch away without really taking in the progress that you make over time. A month of solid jelqing can feel like a life time and then you check your measurements and you may not have made any progress. It's at times like these that you look at PE and say "pah, it doesn't work", but that is not the case. I've been going since February this year, starting of with a BPEL of 5.8 inches and I'm now at 6.6 inches. That includes a months break where I got married and went away on honeymoon!
So obviously it's working but the question is, why change it? Well with help from Bib over at Bib hangers (the guy is a legend btw), following three of his simple tests, it looks very likely that I will gain from hanging. There isn't a large amount of information about hanging here, so let me explain the fundamental differences between this method of PE and jelqing.
As we know jelqing works by forcing blood through the penile shaft and expanding the spongy bodies known as the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum. It is also said that jelqing can lengthen the suspensory ligament of the penis. I'm convinced that it can but I do wonder how effectively it can stress the ligs or tunica. This is where hanging comes in.
Basically with hanging, you are are trying to stretch and deform the tough collagenous tissues of the penis. These are the longitudinal and lateral fibers of the tunica and the various ligament structures. The aim of hanging is to achieve controlled damage of these tough tissues and this is where gains can be made. From speaking with Bib, it appears that it's quite important that you perform his three tests to establish where the best gains can be made. These tests basically work out the condition of your ligs. If they are tight and high, then you will get better benefit from hanging BTC (behind the cheeks) which will pull out these ligs. If you're ligs are fairly well stretched out, then a different hanging angle to attack the tunica may be in order.
A very important aspect of hanging is rest time and I do think that this applies to manual stretching as well. Basically when you hang, you stretch and deform the tough tissues and ligs. When these tissues heal, they become stronger than before, much like the area of a bone break. From reading many threads and progress logs from people who hang, it seems that the people who make the best gains ensure that they are hanging every day. Why every day you might ask? Well it's quite simple, because these tissues heal and become stronger, it makes it more difficult to break them down again on the next hanging session. Therefore it is better to continue deforming these tough tissues, while they are still weak before they have a chance to lay down new collagenous tissue. I have a feeling that if you are just manual stretching, it's important to stretch every day and not let your ligs heal. Healed ligs, heal stronger, which makes them even tougher next time to stretch and gain. Please note, this is just a theory of mine and where it applies to hanging, it may not apply to manual stretching, but in theory it makes sense.
Another important aspect of hanging is when you are not hanging, you should try and leave your penis in an extended state. Any healing that does occur between hanging sessions is better to occur when you are extended (I'm thinking simple ADS here) as I believe this makes it easier to continue to deform the tissues whilst they are still weak which makes them easier to further deform.
So, what does this all boil down to for me? Well, I'm simply doing light ADS at the moment to leave my penis in an extended state. I am not going to stretch or jelq now until my hanger arrives as I want to give my penis a rest so that I can really go for my ligs when I begin. Ironically, it's the conditioned ligs that I believe are harder to break down as they are used to certain stress levels. From doing my PE, I am fairly well conditioned, so I think this little bit of rest time will aid me in my hanging journey.
I'll post up my routine soon but I'm really excited about following a new PE route. From the tests performed, I could potentially gain up to another 3 inches with fully stretched ligs. Would I want 3 inches? Well I'd take it if you offered it too me, but I think if I hit any where near 2 inches, I'll probably stop hanging and go back to working on my manual exercises again. We'll see though
