Dicade's journey to something more

Week 32 completed.

First four days extremely well performed with some additional time spent on all critical activities. Since I was away the last three days of the week I took it easy on Friday and then completely off during the weekend.

Totals:
Stretching: 320 mins
Kegels: 600 reps on either 1 sec or 5 sec, plus 3x10mins
Jelqing and clamping: 160 mins
Pumping: 4 sessions between 30-40mins each, most of the time at 5-7hg and the rest at 10hg

The week turned out to feel like a girth week and a pretty tough one too. I’m in good control of the clamping, but still use the morning wood for jelqs. EQ has been ok, nothing bad nor outstanding.

No official metrics to report from last week, but can notice that 190mm is possible to reach in the pump after around 20-30 mins. Girth, while clamped is somewhere around 142-143mm and a slight improvement. So far so good!

Will have to get my sh*t together and order something for hanging since I’m struggling with the force. My ache in the elbows (golf elbows) seem to be gone though, due to PE. Nice side effect!

A lot of sites advocate that kind of reps for Kegels, but I’m not sure that’s valid. Kegels exercise several muscles I can’t pronounce. Building muscle strength is fairly well established. I went to three sets of ten 5-second Kegels.

Better? Worse? It’s hard to tell how effective Kegeling is, but it sure saves a lot of time.

I know it could be seen as pretty much, on the other hand it’s without adding weights, like you do for other muscles at the gym. The actual force is a lot a less compared to what the PE muscles (or any other) could handle, but in this case there is no way to maximize force by adding weights. When working on your biceps, for instance, you normally add weights to just be able to do 3x10 instead of just tension them. That also why I think it’s pretty easy to add reps for the kegels. But of course, I could be wrong.

I feel that I’m stronger now compared to when I started, but still haven’t figured out how to make use of it.

Week 33 completed.

A really great week with plenty of PE! I have been trying to split the stretching into two sessions, one in the morning for 30 mins where I also add pumping and clamping, and then the second part of stretching in the evening. This works as long as I’m WFH alone, which is not always the case, but this week it turned out well. EQ has been really good, morning wood wakes me up at around 4-5 in the morning but most of the times I manage to fall asleep again. My unit has been pretty swollen most days, leading to bad measures, but I managed to capture one BPFSL after a session showing 206mm. MEG, after pumping and clamping, hits 143-144mm. No new official measures for a long time now.

Totals:
Manual stretching: 360 mins
Kegels: 1200 plus 6x10 mins
Jelqing & Clamping: 130 mins, split equally
Pumping: 117 mins, mostly on 5hg but some sessions at 10hg

Mentioned in a previous post that it starts to become tedious with manual stretching so I have now ordered a vacuum hanger that I hope arrives next week. Will be a learning curve for sure, but I have read plenty of it in various threads here at TP. Will also have to adjust my logging to capture all types of exercises to keep track of everything. Still no comments from Mrs. dicade, but at least she wanted to play in the middle of the night after being out with friends and then two times in the morning. With kids around constantly I’m happy for those rare occasions!

Week 34 completed.

Started the week well with a few combined sessions that included manual stretching, pumping and clamping but as the days went by I slowly lost focus. This was mainly due to other obligations I had to take care of, but in the end I still managed to spend a decent amount of time (close to the plan). EQ has been great and rounded of the week with some intercourse with Mrs on her initiative. The highlight of the week was when my Total Man Vac hanger arrived, but when I opened the package I got a bit disturbed. Even though I didn’t buy more than what is needed for vac hanging I still found tons of stuff in it with no clue how to assemble or use. Spent a few hours watching videos to figure stuff out and had my first 20 mins of proper hanging (at 2,5 kg). All went well I I’m really looking forward to my first full hanging session!

Totals for the week:
Manual stretching: 390 mins
Kegels: 800 plus 4x10 mins
Jelqing & Clamping: 100 mins
Pumping: 119 mins, mostly on 5hg but some sessions at 10hg

I will adjust my routine to the following from next week (open for others ideas of course):
- 3x20 mins vac hanging at 2,5 kg six times per week
- kegels 3-4 times per week, 100x5s, 100x1s, 10 mins straight (no changes, only less sessions)
- jelqing 100-200 per day, six times per week
- pumping for 30 mins at 5hg, 3x5 mins at 10 hg, two times per week

Compared to now this means less work on girth and more on length, since I’ve been struggling with length the past couple of months. I will stick to this plan for 4-5 weeks, increasing either weight or time every week, depending on how much stretch i get. Aiming for around 2%. This week will suck in terms of PE though. Still have plenty of stuff to take care of around the house and friends coming over for two days in the middle of the week so hanging for six hours won’t be possible.

Maybe good to mention that I’m now working hard on the rest of the body as well. Currently on a running program to run 10km by mid august and it requires running for three times per week and this week is number three. I have also managed to get to the gym three times per week the last three weeks and on top of that plenty of power walks (at least 100k steps per week). Weight is moving down slowly but I can see some redistribution of my body.

Week 35 completed. Sort of.

Well, just as expected this week turned out to be a disaster for my PE journey. But there are some interesting findings anyway (always look for the positive stuff).

I haven’t had a single opportunity to have any of those combined sessions with stretching, pumping and clamping due to friends visiting us and wife WFH and kids being sick. I have managed to put together the following:

- 260 mins of manual stretching
- 600 kegels plus 3x10 mins
- 40 mins jelqing (around 700 in total)
- pumping today (supposed to be rest day) for 30 mins at 5hg and then 2x3 mins at 10hg

Not impressive at all, but sometimes life comes in between. So the findings then. This is the first week in a long time that I have let my unit relax fully for so many days, which has probably been good for recovery. It has felt fully flaccid, but still not the same as when I started more 35 weeks ago. I have measured BPFSL several times this week and fairly easy reach 203mm and this is with a least two days without doing any PE. A new record! After stretching I had one measure slightly above 206mm.

I managed to measure BPEL on a declining morning wood in the beginning of the week and reached 185mm, with an EQ at around 5, so there is definitely more to find here with full erection.

EQ has been down, most likely because I’m in the end of a TRT period. I’m on an eight week schedule and this was number seven and I’m expecting low testosterone. Still have a couple of months until next doctors appointment where I hope for an adjustment to six weeks.

Next week will be better for PE but still not great due to yet a few holidays and then some travel with my wife. On the other hand, a slightly less intensive routine seems to do good, but I really look forward to some proper vac hanging.

Week 36 completed.

Well, just as expected, last week didn’t turn out great. I had plenty of stuff to take care of in the beginning g of the week and the last four days included holidays so there where people running around constantly.

The totals,
- manual stretching for 250 mins
- vac hanging 3x20 mins @ 2,5kg
- kegels 800 plus 4x10 mins
- pumping in two sessions, 25-30 mins @ 5hg plus a few mins at 10hg
- clamping and jelqing for 60 mins

I only had one session with the new vac hanger and took it slow and easy to learn and focus on the feelings in my unit. Not everything felt awesome, especially not the tape over the glans. The weight however felt easy so I most likely need to ramp up from next week, staying at 2,5kg this week for more practice.

EQ has been good the last days of the week after my TRT shot. Had a nice 24 hours date including hotel stay with Mrs. and managed to do a quick pumping and clamping before we left home. Worked well later that day!

Search for the water trick method and consider giving it a try. Once I started using it for my vac hanging it totally changed the game for me. Way quicker, easier and less blister prone than taping (in fact I’ve never had a blister since I started using it). If you can’t find previous posts on it and want to give it a try shoot me a message. I figure if you are just starting out with vac hanging might as well know this technique, too.

Thanks TD, will look around for it. Taping is pretty messy, both applying and getting rid of it. 🙏