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Originally Posted by Dicko

Break gains is mysterious and poses some important questions.

Does gains happen instantly during the applied stress, like when you increase the length of a rubberband by stretching it (plastic deformation), and/or do gains happen during breaks after the applied stresses (actual growth)? The latter implies that we trigger some kind of growth mechanism that actually results in an increase of mass (similar to how the penis grows naturally?), how else could you get gains during a break, if that is what's happening?

Dicko, I believe that for the most part, our penis grows from a combination of both. If all the tissues in the penis are to grow (which only makes sense), then we can assume that some of those tissues might be stretched right away (such as tunica, perhaps) while others will grow after rest (such as the smooth muscle, perhaps).

Originally Posted by Dicko

Many of my gains have been break gains. Lets say you train for a month, measure at the end of that month (post-training measurement) and there's no increase. Then you take a break for a month and measure again after the break is over (post-break measurement) and find that you have gained. That's a break gain.

Yea, I would say that most men experience break gains to some degree. Some men only gain on break.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Now, the problem is that I used BPEL and you could argue that the post-training measurements was influenced by a lowered erection quality and that the gains was there already and only after a break did I get back my erection quality and noticed the gains. That would make it look as if you have gained during the break when you really haven't. Of course a BPFSL would rule out erection quality from the equation and so you would have a reliable measurement to use as a reference.

So, if we could prove that the BPFSL increases during a break I think it would tell us something very important about PE gains, and it's simple to test. Do you know of any BPFSL increases during breaks? Of course it's important that the measurement is very reliable.

I hope you understand my point.

Dicko, you make an excellent point. That's a great observation, and perhaps the "break gains" aren't really break gains at all - perhaps it's just a matter of erection quality. I don't know of any particular cases of anyone reporting BPFSL increases during breaks - or even looking into it for that matter.

Either way, I think gains come from a combination of both break gains and PD gains - depending on the tissues that are being enlarged/stretched.