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garglechapper · 04-15-2008, 04:30 PM

I haven't been able to do any PE for the past week or so because I've been travelling around or always with people. But now I'm back at uni where I have a lock on my door and no family to barge in on me when I'm exercising so I can get back into it.

It's embarrassing to admit this, but I'm pretty sure that the newbie gains I thought were too good to be true were really that, too good to be true. I have been measuring even when I couldn't exercise. It seems that just by pressing harder in some places (just below the pubic bone) I could get huge differences in apparent length, like half an inch. I think that I really wanted to see gains so without even realising I just pressed harder and harder each time I measured. So stupid and frustrating. I'm going to have to be very careful how I measure from now on.

Anyway, measuring from the pelvic bone with a reasonable pressure I am still reading a gain of an 8th of an inch which I am happy with.
I am going to be very very mindful of how much pressure I am using and where I am putting the end of the ruler from now on.

It's embarrassing to admit that I was making such a stupid mistake, but it feels good now that I know about it and I'm not confused by the unreal gains. So, onward!

EDIT: OK, I had it wrong again. This is so irritating, but I have finally figured it out. I measured just now (10 mins after writing above comments) to update the measurements in the first post. I found that the only way to get a reliable measurement was with the ruler pressing into my pelvic bone an inch or so above the base of the shaft. I also have it turned vertical, not horizontal. (So the writing is pointing out to the sides) Then I press hard, until I feel the ruler is against the bone and it wouldn't make any difference if I pressed harder. This was I will always get the same measurement as long as I can feel the bone through the ruler.

When I did this the measurement that I got correlated with the most recent mesaurements. It conflicted with my starting measurements. In other words, contrary to what I had imagined, I actually did it wrong the first time and correctly after that. So my starting measurement is all wrong, which is why my gains were so large.

I have re-estimated my starting length and from now on all my measurements should be reliable. This must all sound obvious but it has been a real confounding mess for me to figure out. Ahh, the trials of the noob. Oh well.

04-15-2008, 04:30 PM	#17 (permalink)
garglechapper Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I haven't been able to do any PE for the past week or so because I've been travelling around or always with people. But now I'm back at uni where I have a lock on my door and no family to barge in on me when I'm exercising so I can get back into it. It's embarrassing to admit this, but I'm pretty sure that the newbie gains I thought were too good to be true were really that, too good to be true. I have been measuring even when I couldn't exercise. It seems that just by pressing harder in some places (just below the pubic bone) I could get huge differences in apparent length, like half an inch. I think that I really wanted to see gains so without even realising I just pressed harder and harder each time I measured. So stupid and frustrating. I'm going to have to be very careful how I measure from now on. Anyway, measuring from the pelvic bone with a reasonable pressure I am still reading a gain of an 8th of an inch which I am happy with. I am going to be very very mindful of how much pressure I am using and where I am putting the end of the ruler from now on. It's embarrassing to admit that I was making such a stupid mistake, but it feels good now that I know about it and I'm not confused by the unreal gains. So, onward! EDIT: OK, I had it wrong again. This is so irritating, but I have finally figured it out. I measured just now (10 mins after writing above comments) to update the measurements in the first post. I found that the only way to get a reliable measurement was with the ruler pressing into my pelvic bone an inch or so above the base of the shaft. I also have it turned vertical, not horizontal. (So the writing is pointing out to the sides) Then I press hard, until I feel the ruler is against the bone and it wouldn't make any difference if I pressed harder. This was I will always get the same measurement as long as I can feel the bone through the ruler. When I did this the measurement that I got correlated with the most recent mesaurements. It conflicted with my starting measurements. In other words, contrary to what I had imagined, I actually did it wrong the first time and correctly after that. So my starting measurement is all wrong, which is why my gains were so large. I have re-estimated my starting length and from now on all my measurements should be reliable. This must all sound obvious but it has been a real confounding mess for me to figure out. Ahh, the trials of the noob. Oh well. Last edited by garglechapper : 04-15-2008 at 05:12 PM.