Log for 2008

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

Hey all. The gains from 2007 weren't that great. I had been fully plateaued before that though so I'm not 100% disappointed. I also tried some new methods. Since the most rapid gains I got were when I was hanging (girth gains too), I am going to start this year out hanging again. I bought a vacu-hanger to do it with. Also, I'll be starting the year out taking Yohimbe every couple of days, taking a lot of vitamin C, getting a good amount of B vitamins, and getting a lot of fish oil. Once in a while I will get some extra L-Arginine.

Looking back at last year, the two months to emulate most seem to be January and July. The two main things that these months had special to them was hanging for January, and both had good variety.

01-01-08
Coronal ridge circumference: 5.125 (sat on edge; following the angle of the ridge)
Girth at thickest point: 5.5625 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Girth at thinest point: 5.125 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Bone Pressed Length: 6.875 (standing, legs wide, hips forward)(reached this measurement just barely)
Estimated volume: 15.6227
Estimated volume w/ coronal ridge circumference factored in: 15.1992

02-01-08
Coronal ridge circumference: ?.????(forgot to do this, but it seems like its increased)
Girth at thickest point: 5.5625 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Girth at thinest point: ?.???? (didn't record this right away and forgot what it was by the time I did write it down)
Bone Pressed Length: 6.875 (standing, legs wide, hips forward)
Estimated volume: 15.6227ish
Estimated volume w/ coronal ridge circumference factored in: 15.1992ish

03-01-08
Coronal ridge circumference: 5.3125(sat on edge; following the angle of the ridge)
Girth at thickest point: 5.5625 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Girth at thinest point: 5.1875 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Bone Pressed Length: 6.875 (standing, legs wide, hips forward)
Estimated volume: 15.8059
Estimated volume w/ coronal ridge circumference factored in: 15.6836

04-01-08
Coronal ridge circumference: - - - - - (sat on edge; following the angle of the ridge)
Girth at thickest point: 5.5625 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Girth at thinest point: 5.25 (sat on edge; perpendicular)
Bone Pressed Length: 6.75 (standing, legs wide, hips forward)
Estimated volume: 15.6995
Estimated volume w/ coronal ridge circumference factored in: - - - - - -
Ps. I may be best off limiting my PE in areas other than hanging because in the upcoming months I'm going to need all of the free time I can get. Hanging is just a potential exception because of the ability to read while doing it.

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

(12/30/07) - I'm counting this as 2008 because it was after I measured for the end of 2007.

Pumping:
20 min @ 4Hg w/ heating pad
5 minutes relaxing
20 min @ 4Hg w/ Heating pad
*cool water ADS for an hour or so
Vein was sticking out a little bit.

Yohimbe:
note: don't take yohimbe at night.

Late at night masturbated pretty hard, lol. It's doubtable, but maybe having an official start date on new years will make it so I am better about not doing it, particularly rough like that.

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

(12/31/07)

Hanging:
1.25 lbs x 10 minutes
--5 minutes relaxing w/ heat
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--5 minutes relaxing w/ heat
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--5 minutes relaxing w/ heat
notes: It felt a little better when I wet the inside of the sleeve. I'm not sure, but I might have gotten slight blisters just at the edge of the right side of my head. I'm real glad I went with the vacuhanger instead of a clamp style one; I see a little bit of potential for head gains from this.

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(01/02/08)

Intense Clamping:
8 min
Hanging:
1.25 lbs x 5 min
Intense Clamping:
8 min
Hanging:
2.5 lbs x 5 min

note: got dots, hanging seems great though.

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

(01/03/08)

ADS: did the vacuuhanger leg-strap thing for about 2 hours while i played video games today

Pumping:
20 min @ 4Hg
5 minutes relaxing
20 min @ 4Hg
*went right to bed after

[remek Founder Find all posts View Profile Close remek]

Beaver: Happy New Year! Here's to gaining more in 08'

What hanger are you using, by the way?

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

Beaver: Happy New Year! Here's to gaining more in 08'

What hanger are you using, by the way?

Thanks Remek, Happy New Year to you too! I'm using the vacuhanger made by the auto-extender people. The only other thing I've tried was the homemade swim cap method, and this is worlds better than that. I could leave this on all day without circulation problems. Also, I don't want the extra skin/hassle that seems to go along with clamp style hangers. Not to mention I could use some head gains and this seems like it might help a little with that.

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(01/05/08)
Hanging:
2.5 lbs x 10 min
Clamping (Intense):
8 min
Hanging:
2.5 lbs x 8 min
note: workout got cut short because I got a visitor

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(01/06/08)

Hanging (SO):
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--5 minutes relaxing
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--5 minutes relaxing
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes (with 100 quick pull back kegels done half way through)
--5 minutes relaxing
note: good PIs from this. I think I will make a habit of incorporating pull back kegels into hanging when I do it straight out.

an hour or so later:
Jelqs:
200ish (some were varied to be more like a base push through)
Reverse-Jelqs:
100ish

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

Note: I've still been keeping up with the Yohimbe every other day; I just haven't bothered writing it down. It seems to make a solid difference and I seem to be one of the lucky people that doesn't notice the side effects much, as long as I take it earlier in the day.

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(01/07/08)

Hanging (SO):
2.5 lbs x 12 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing
2.5 lbs x 12 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing
2.5 lbs x 12 minutes (30 second pull back, 20 second pull back)
--10 minutes relaxing
note: Holding a pull back is HARD. As I haven't been training kegels specifically, I'm probably already approaching the realm of over training them.
note: I need to figure out what the right amount to be resting between sets is.

A couple hours later:
(01/07/08)

Hanging (SD - standing):
3.75 lbs x 8 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
3.75 lbs x 8 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
note: I upped the weight because I looked at my training from last year and I moved up quicker than I am now. I will hover at 3.75 lbs for a while though because of the head vacuum. I felt like it was tiring out the base of my penis too. I will stay and inch up the time a lot before touching more weight.

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(01/09/08)

note: In general I'm getting unusually good PIs from hanging. Also, I think the day off did me good.

Hanging (OTLL):
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
Hanging (OTRL):
2.5 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
Hanging (SD - standing):
3.75 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat

later:
Intense Clamping:
8 min
--10 min relaxing w/ heat
8 min
--10 min relaxing w/ heat
8 min
--cool water ADS for 1 hour
note: more fluid buildup than I think I've ever noticed. Although going from clamping to the water felt good.

later:
Hanging (SD - standing):
3.75 lbs x 8 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat (plus probably an extra 15 minutes of wandering)
2.5 lbs x 15 minutes
note: On the first set I had too much pushed into the hanger so I got sort of a vacuum ring just below my head, it was less comfortable that way too. Also a thought: on days where I have 2 hanging sessions, the second one needs to be a little lighter.

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(01/10/08)

Hanging (SO):
2.5 lbs x 15 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
2.5 lbs x 15 minutes (200 quick pull backs then 50 done in stages)
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
2.5 lbs x 15 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing
note: by done in stages I mean trying to go from 0% contracted, to 50, to 100, to 50 back to 100.

[remek Founder Find all posts View Profile Close remek]

Beaver: It looks like your post has motivated a few people to start a log

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

Beaver: It looks like your post has motivated a few people to start a log

Yeah, it looks like it has. I'm glad to see that.

Hanging (SD - sitting):
3.75 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
3.75 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
3.75 lbs x 10 minutes
--10 minutes relaxing w/ heat
note: noticed that when my abs are contracted the stretch suddenly seems more intense.