Rest days are crucial

[theisland Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close theisland]

In 10 years of PE the one constant for me in regards to gains has been rest days. I am not intelligent enough to come up with theories, however the gains from PE must be similar to gains from actual working out IE the gym? Or no? Who else has a similar experience with rest days and gains.

Took a 4 month break and after a month I made gains from of about .35 inches in girth after rest days.

[fantasist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fantasist]

Absurd. U may had better EQ, no way u can make gains from resting. It's already pretty hard to gain with actual work.

[Physdoc Retired Moderator Member of the Month July 2019 Find all posts View Profile Close Physdoc]

Agreed, rest days are critical. And it's for similar reasons you need rest days when working out. The first time I took a months long break, I lost half of my previous gains. Really bummed me out. But I gained them all back after a month back on regular extending. I extended for another several months and took another few months break. That time I restarted with no loss of previous gains and have gained some since then. I didn't take those long breaks on purpose - just life got in the way.

Gaining .35" girth in a month sounds pretty extraordinary. I imagine your EQ improved with the PE over that month, but still you probably had some real gains.

[theisland Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close theisland]

Agreed, rest days are critical. And it's for similar reasons you need rest days when working out. The first time I took a months long break, I lost half of my previous gains. Really bummed me out. But I gained them all back after a month back on regular extending. I extended for another several months and took another few months break. That time I restarted with no loss of previous gains and have gained some since then. I didn't take those long breaks on purpose - just life got in the way.

Gaining .35" girth in a month sounds pretty extraordinary. I imagine your EQ improved with the PE over that month, but still you probably had some real gains.

Lots were EQ as I just cured my HF. But prior to that I was 5.75 mid shaft and yesterday I measured a solid 5.9. Which is good considering I am only extending and bundling.

I have stalled on length. I really want 8 inches but I’m not willing to go back to the risky exercises. Hanging was great but is so dangerous and killed EQ. If I could just get another .5 inches to 7.5 I would be more than happy.

[PhallicPhun Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PhallicPhun]

I’ve only been at it for 6 months but I regularly see slight gains when I do my routine for 4 or 5 days, then rest a day, sometimes 2, then the day after I resume my BPFSL is about 1/4 inch longer. Of course that isn’t permanent but I’m seeing about 1mm permanent gains every 3 weeks. I just tested this theory tonight and even though I’m only 7.8 BPEL I could stretch it past 8 inches completely flaccid after a one day rest. Maybe I have a very stretchy wiener but that’s what I’m seeing (big very temporary gains followed by small but regular permanent ones).

[Dreadsteed Senior Member Member of the Month March 2022 Find all posts View Profile Close Dreadsteed]

Your tissues need rest to repair the microtears you create during extension. I have seen a couple guys on here recommend taking a week or a few off if you’re not gaining or your EQ goes down