Average girth is less than we think?

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

So referring to studies, we often uses the MEG-measurement. But MEG-measurement is not a standard for measuring girth. Maximum/base girth seems to be more normal.

• Kinsey uses the thickest point: p.120 you can find the insctructions on how to measure:https://books.google.se/books?id=s7…ference&f=false
  
• Israeli study uses BG: http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/%7Emsbm/li…_12_328-333.pdf
  
• Middle eastern men done 2015 uses BG:Erect penile dimensions in a cohort of 778 Middle Eastern men: establishment of a nomogram. - PubMed - NCBI
  
• German study uses BG and head girth: Does penile size in younger men cause problems in condom use? a prospective measurement of penile dimensions in 111 young and 32 older men. - PubMed - NCBI
  
• A study comparing several studies: (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…6806.x/full#ss4) just one study uses midshaft, the rest use base girth/max girth.

So people complaining about being average or below in girth, please take into consideration that it's not your midshaft girth you should compare.

[Phoenix7672 Senior Member Member of the Month Oct 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Phoenix7672]

Kind of makes sense. I'm sure condom companies were interested in the study data, and they are primarily concerned with base girth vs anything else.

Granted, one thing I've never really understood are people who seem to have a 1"+ difference between MEG and base girth. I can understand there being a sizable difference between smallest and largest on the shaft...but do that many guys gain 1" or more in thickness in the last inch or so of their penis? I'm 0.25" thicker at best.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Guys doing pe seem to gain girth unevenly and the base is the most common biggest gaining spot .

I haave actually gone to some effort to make my gains even.

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

Kind of makes sense. I'm sure condom companies were interested in the study data, and they are primarily concerned with base girth vs anything else.

Granted, one thing I've never really understood are people who seem to have a 1"+ difference between MEG and base girth. I can understand there being a sizable difference between smallest and largest on the shaft...but do that many guys gain 1" or more in thickness in the last inch or so of their penis? I'm 0.25" thicker at best.

The CS is largest at the base, that's why the base sometimes os thicker than the rest of the penis.

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

And some guys measure half of their fat pad. I measure my base girth in a way that only measures dong.

Your opening post makes me feel even bigger, thank you! I always measure mid shaft so now I feel thick.

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

And some guys measure half of their fat pad. I measure my base girth in a way that only measures dong.

Your opening post makes me feel even bigger, thank you! I always measure mid shaft so now I feel thick.

Or one or both of their nuts...

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

Or one or both of their nuts...

Or a very large CS at the base?

[DickerSchwanz Senior Member Member of the Month Sept 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close DickerSchwanz]

My midgirth was bigger then base girth. Now I solely focus on increasing base girth considerably. has its perks.

I agree that the CS is bigger at the base. It has a layer less I think. Also Through training reverse kegels and ic kegels it seems that the IC muscle got thicker at the sides exiting the insides.

5.3 below head, 6 mseg, 7 beg would be my dream distribution.

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

My midgirth was bigger then base girth. Now I solely focus on increasing base girth considerably. has its perks.

I agree that the CS is bigger at the base. It has a layer less I think. Also Through training reverse kegels and ic kegels it seems that the IC muscle got thicker at the sides exiting the insides.

Do you clamp? Clamping improves base girth greatly.

[master-gauge Senior Member Member of the Month May 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close master-gauge]

This would only work in my favor as the BEG is a fair bit more then MEG.. My MEG is measured from the edge of the tape and the center, and the "width" of that tape is on the base side before I record it.. Yup Condom companies are only concerned 'bout the "Base.. Base", lol.. On the up side My head is 5" girth just ahead of the coronal ridge, I personally think that is a bit impressive, I didn't measure that starting out but I can tell u it wasn't even close to that..

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

And some guys measure half of their fat pad. I measure my base girth in a way that only measures dong.

Your opening post makes me feel even bigger, thank you! I always measure mid shaft so now I feel thick.

Or one or both of their nuts...

Guys are you implying that I'm measuring incorrect? Speak up instead of hinting.

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

Guys are you implying that I'm measuring incorrect? Speak up instead of hinting.

Lol...speaking for myself, no. No need to hint about anything here, if I thought that I would say it or nothing at all.

[GettinBig1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GettinBig1]

Phoenix, I know last time I measured there was close to a 1 in difference for me in beg vs meg... I guess its a combination of me naturally having a much larger beg to start out, and then hanging made my beg even bigger.

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

Phoenix, I know last time I measured there was close to a 1 in difference for me in beg vs meg... I guess its a combination of me naturally having a much larger beg to start out, and then hanging made my beg even bigger.

Yes, the same for me, when I started my BEG and MEG were about the same, now from extending with a slider at pretty high tensions and hanging, my base girth has grown a lot, while mid girth hasn't increased in months.

[thecrowing Member Find all posts View Profile Close thecrowing]

Here's what confuses me about this. I have a bit of extra skin around the lower side of the base that isn't actually part of the shaft, if that makes sense. This is why I take into account my MEG and not BEG. It seems like, for me, going by BEG would be cheating.