Appy's Log

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Starting this to keep myself honest and on track!

Background:

First discovered PE 6 years ago. Tried to do it but quickly got bored. Think I lasted two weeks. If that.

Hung around on the fringes over the years every now and again but never did any PE. Decided at the start of 2015 I would get to it... Lasted two weeks again.

June 2015 - I'm back and starting this log to keep me honest. Have had a change in my situation so i now have a reasonable amount of time to devote to this.

Technically I started last Monday but as I'm just getting back into it I haven't done much so will count today as day 1.

Starting EL 5.1, EG 5.3

Lets do this!

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Day 1

3x20min Hanging 3lbs

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My approach:

This will evolve over time. It will be a mix of things based on research I have done. One post I made here back in January will influence it, reposted below. Hence my choice of hanging as the primary method;

"This is an interesting study, albeit in birds, which lends credibility to the idea that prolonged stretching leads to increases in muscle cell size.

Role of muscle fiber hypertrophy and hyperplasia in intermittently ... - PubMed - NCBI

I'm not sure what the rational was but this study used a protocol of 24hrs of hanging interspersed with 48-72hrs of rest for a total of 5 days hanging over 15 days. The results were significant:

Muscle mass and length increased significantly 53.1 +/- 9.0 and 26.1 +/- 7.3% in the stretched anterior latissimus dorsi. Fiber number, which was determined from a histological section in the midregion of the muscle, did not change (control 1,651.6 +/- 94.8; stretch 1,626.0 +/- 70.9). The slow tonic fiber areas increased significantly an average of 28.6 +/- 5.7%, whereas the fast fibers increased 18.5 +/- 8.4% when compared with control values. Mean fiber area (average of slow and fast fibers) increased significantly by 27.8 +/- 6.0% in the stretched anterior latissimus dorsi.

The question is how to apply this to PE? Clearly 24hr of straight hanging isn't feasible with urination etc but maybe something close to it could be achieved?"

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12x20min hanging 3lbs

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Monday 3x20min 3lbs
Tuesday 3x20min 3lbs
Wednesday 1x20min 3lbs; 1x20min 4lbs

Waiting for new hanger. Current one can't handle 4lbs without slipping

Will try and work out a fix until it arrives as 3lbs is too light now.

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Thurs/Fri off.

Saturday 1x20min 2kg
Sunday 2hrs 2kg
Monday 2hrs 2kg (May add some jelquing later)

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Day off, been out all day. Back to it tomorrow.

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3hrs 2kg
Jelq 20min
BM 20min

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3 1/2 hrs 2kg
20min Jelq
20min BM

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2:40 Hanging 2kg
20min Jelq

Struggled with the hanging today. For some reason just couldn't get it comfortable despite trying multiple wraps. Might give it a break tomorrow.

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2hrs hanging 2kg

Struggled with the hanging again today. Different reason this time. Have been changing the wrap and position continually and think I am getting there. Today the problem was an intense burning at the top of the shaft. Apparently this is normal given where I was attaching. Will try again tomorrow and see if I can figure it out.

20min Jelq
20min BM

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2hrs hanging 2kg

Rest day for anything else today.

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Monday
1x20min 2kg
1x20min 2.5kg
1x20min 3kg
20min jelq

Tuesday
Off

Wednesday
Off

PI's slightly down so taking a couple of days off. Will reassess tomorrow.

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Thursday 1hr hanging 2.5kg
Friday hanging 1hr20min 2.5kg

Decided to drop anything additional for the time being and focus on hanging. Still working on getting the wrapping right but getting better.

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Saturday/Sunday off
Monday 1hr20min hanging 3kg