PE and hardness?

[jelqerman18 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jelqerman18]

I just got done jacking off (felt like having a morning splurge) and I didn't feel 100% hard. it seemed long and thick and everything but it didn't seem 100% erect and hard. Is this from PE? is it the gains kicking in or is this not soo good? this is the first time this really happened to me and ive been doing pe for about a month and half now

[Joint-Expansion Senior Member Member of the Month August 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close Joint-Expansion]

That is usually a sign that you need to back off and take off a day or more of rest. Rest your penis until Erection quality returns to full capacity.

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

From my experience, variances in EQ can be caused by any of the following:

- Overtraining
- Over stretching specifically will kill my EQ
- Too much masturbation (If i Keep it once per week, it's good)
- Too many consecutive days with PE
- Of course, the ubiquitous Porn issue

I think it's best to not masturbate as a standalone act. If you do your normal PE routine, finish off each routine with edging, and 1-2 days per week, release (ejaculate) as part of your edging session is probably the best reccomendation I have received...

[jelqerman18 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jelqerman18]

How much stretching is over stretching? cause I recently added stretching into my routine

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

I think it's probably different for everyone. For me, its a big deal. Meaning, if I do any intense stretching at all it shows up instantly in my EQ. I keep this all in my log to see how things effect EQ. Maintaining a high EQ is the single most important thing you can do to maximize gains.

I suggest going 5 days without masturbation or stretching, and see if your EQ improves. If it does, start to add stretching back in very slowly, and keep increasing intensity while monitoring its effect on EQ.

[jelqerman18 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jelqerman18]

what does EQ stand for?

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

Erection Quality. It's a scale from 1 to 10, where one is very soft, and 10 is the super hard rock solid erection that we all strive for.

[jelqerman18 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jelqerman18]

Yeah that's what I was guessing haha. yeah im gonna half my current routine cause I think im over training and things should go back to normal

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

Here is the scale I found in another post.

10 - Raging rock-hard
09 - Very hard
08 - Hard
07 - Mostly Hard
06 - Somewhat Hard
05 - Semi Hard/ Semi Soft
04 - Somewhat Impotent
03 - Mostly Impotent
02 - Impotent
01 - Completely Impotent