AtWitsEnd Progress Thread

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Well, I've decided to make a progress log as it seems most of the questions I ask should be within the context of my individual routine, size progression, bodily indicators, ect. and not just thrown out there.

So a little about me, I'm 6'0" tall, white, regular gym goer who works 40 hours a week with a 1.5 hour commute one-way (I know, working on changing that). I'm circumcised, and my measurements are 5.75" NBPEL and 4.75" EG. I've always had an EQ that no one could complain about, but since starting my PE journey, I have an even better EQ. I used to be a very chronic and daily porn viewer/masturbator, and when I made the commitment to PE, I also made the commitment to limit porn and masturbation to 1 day a week that I would use as an edging, measuring (maybe just 1x every 2 weeks), and "reward" day. So I'm really not sure if the increased EQ can be attributed to the PE or the cessation of porn & masturbation.

I completed 120 days of the JP90 program, and for the first two months of that or so, I would follow the program TO THE TEE, including counting every single jelq and V-jelq, which would take me approximately 1 hour to complete the program, with warm up and warm down included. Then, I switched to timing the routine and finish in an hour, to avoid the headache and mind-numbing that counting all those jelqs would induce. I remained at 5.75" NBPEL and 4.75" EG after 120 days of the JP90. I was quite disappointed and honestly felt that PE was a waste of time.

Now, my focus is exclusively on hanging, after doing much research and reading the "Hanging 101" thread, among others, as it seems that hanging is the sure way to gain not only length, but girth, no matter what if you progress slowly and avoid injury. My fingers are crossed anyways.

I built a sock hanger, and that's what I have been using. This saturday 12/28/2013, will be the two-week mark since I began hanging. My routine for week 1 was as follows:

*All hangs in the straight-down (SD) position
*I do daily kegals/reverse kegals on the commute to work 3x20 reps each
Day 1
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 2
Same as Day 1

Day 3 (add 1 set, making total of 3 hangs)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 4
Same as Day 3

Day 5 (add 1 set, making total of 4 hangs)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
15 min hang with 2lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Days 6 & 7
*"rest" days with 1 light set hang
*trial days with 2.5lbs weight (0.5 lb increase)
*trial days with 20 min hang sets
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Week 2
*All hangs in the straight-down (SD) position
*I do daily kegals/reverse kegals on the commute to work 3x20 reps each
*All of week 2 have 2x hanging sets in the morning and 2x hanging sets at night

Days 1-5 (they are all the same)
***Morning***
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night***
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

*Will measure Sunday 12/29/2013 and report back

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Man you are putting in work I hope you get the gains you are looking for, you deserve them.

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So, last night I gave myself a little Christmas present and visited a fwb that I haven't visited in about a month, since before I started hanging. During the sex she made frequent comments on how hard it was, and while she was sucking it, I could have sworn it looked bigger, and was just amazingly hard.
Now we're just chatting over text and I've been told that she thought it looked bigger and that it was definitely harder. Said she was sore today and that usually doesn't happen with us.
All good news : ). Let's see something on the ruler Sunday!

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Well, today was the big measuring day AND... I'm the same size. I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed, even downright pissed. I'm sacrificing too much of my life for their not to be a benefit. And I know it's only been two weeks that I've been hanging, but there should still be some newbie gains. Everyone gets newbie gains, and then things slow down or there's no growth after that. But what chance do you have of getting bigger if there's not even newbie gains?

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Well, some updates on my routine this week and some venting that I need to do. The routine first. Well, the first couple of days this week I stuck it through with the crappy sock hanger, and then finally on Tuesday (I believe) my Bib Starter came in the mail. Wow, what a device. It was very intimidating at first, and quite a fucking headache to even attach at all the first couple of days, but now I think I at least have the basic gist of it. I'm sure there are fine tuned adjustments to make, as well as some improvements to be made to my wrapping, but all in good time I suppose. I started doing the BTC angle first thing this week, which means I'm splitting my hanging angles from SD in the morning to BTC at night. I started with 2# BTC and have stuck with 2.5# SD for my hangs. With the Bib Starter though, I can definitely tell that I'm getting a different kind of pull, and that it may be working better already from what I can tell. I was tolerating 2 sets of 20 mins BTC with 2# weight, but I have yet to tolerate 20 mins straight of BTC with 2# with the Bib. I'm going to assume this is normal. I do notice that when I take the hanger off after each set, my penis is swelled on the area that was covered by the hanger, but after some heat and light jelqs, my penis girth evens out of course. Is this normal?
Here's my routine for week 3:

Week 3
*Morning hangs in the SD angle, evening hangs in the BTC angle
*I do daily kegals/reverse kegals on the commute to work 3x20 reps each

Day 1
*Used Sock Hanger
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 2
*Used Sock Hanger
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 3
*Used Sock Hanger
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 4
*Used Bib Starter, it arrived in the mail in the EVENING
***Morning*** (SD) with Sock Hanger
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (SD) *used Bib Starter for the first time, stayed in the SD angle because I didn't want to try the more strenuous BTC angle with a new device
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 5
*From this point on, used Bib Starter for all hangs
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
20 min hang with 2.5lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC) *I don't know if it was fatigue or what, but feelings of increased tension led me to bail on each set before I reached 20 mins
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
13 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
12 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 6
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
15 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

Day 7
***Morning*** (SD)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
20 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat
***Night*** (BTC)
10 min warm up with wash rags heated in hot water, wrapped around the penis
16 min hang with 2.0lbs
10 mins of 1x helicopter shakes (20 spins), light jelqing in all directions, re-heat

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Oh boy, things just took a bad turn. After my last of three sets of BTC last night, I was doing light jelqs and felt some discomfort in this large vein that I've always had on the right side of my dick, happened to look down and immediately felt and saw that my dick was tightening up and retracting. "Oh boy" I thought. I noticed that the superior aspect of that vein is swollen past where it usually borders, as well as general increased plumpness and size of the vein in general. Now when the penis is flaccid and not messed with, things look and seem halfway alright, but if I apply heat to the penis or start to have an erection, that's where problems begin and the vein swells and expands beyond where it usually does on the superior aspect, with some discomfort in that area as well. I wouldn't call it particularly painful, but I can feel it. I did a 10 minute set of 2# SD hanging this morning, but I think tomorrow I'm going to leave my dick alone and see how things pan out from there. I'm quite upset as I'm hanging with light weights and following the guidelines and precautions as closely as I can.

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There's a definite learning curve to PE, relax and take it slow. Im beginning my 3rd month and im finally starting to understand PE better.