Garglechapper's progress log

[JonPop]

Johnson & Johnson, baby oil gel, is the best I have found.
Like your new avatar, kinda cute and peacful.

[garglechapper]

It's from a film called Princess Mononke by Miyazaki (can't remember his first name). One of my favourite films. Japanese cartoony stuff. The guys in my avatar are tree spirits. They make funny noises and run around, it's pretty funny.

[garglechapper]

Well I just finished another session, and since I'd been getting wood every morning this week I thought I'd up the intensity a little bit. I did 10 mins of stretching, holding each stretch longer and pulling a bit harder. When it got to jelqing I used tons of lube and really forced the blood up my pole, till the glans was rock hard. I made sure I could feel it get hard each time.

Well the session felt good. My dick definetly knows something happened, like its got a hangover, lol. But there's no pain at all. More like an anticipation in the base of the shaft. It feels like something is going to happen, either grow or shrink. Don't know if anyone knows what I'm talking about.

Anyway I'm really excited. I measured again expecting there to be no new gains, I mean I already got a quarter of an inch in a week and its only another 5 days later. So I was preparing myself to be disappointed. When I looked at the ruler I was at 8". That's half an inch in 12 days. WTF?! I am still doubting this as I am typing. I measured 3 times with 3 separate erections because I kept having to check, so I am sure that the ruler isn't lying. And my erection wasn't that strong any of the times either, 8-8.5 max. So I am pretty hyped right now. I am going to measure again tomorrow just to check because I still can't believe it. This is crazy! I know the gains won't last like this for long but dammit I'm gonna enjoy it while it does last!

GC

[JonPop]

garglechapper, (snicker) that's good news. What you have described is working to fatigue.

Congrats on the gains. Take 2 days off and see if you are still measuring the same. I know, it's hard when you see a gain to not keep going or to go overboard. Now is a good time to take a 2 day break. JP

[garglechapper]

Hey JP, I have never heard of working to fatigue before, what does it mean? And is it bad? You are scaring me!

Edit: I searched "fatigue" and found a couple of threads explaining it. I should have known it was nothing to worry about when you said it's good news, lol. Phew. I'm glad I havn't hurt my knob

Will take two days off as you suggest and let you know what happens. Thanks!

[garglechapper]

Well after my two day break I felt anxious to get back into the thrust (harhar) of things. Did the usual 10mins warm up 10 stretching & 15 jelqing. Not quite so intense as last time. I don't have the same tired feeling, but my little man is hanging long.

I measured again, and it's at 7 7/8". I must have measured wrong two days ago I guess, maybe I got too excited to get to 8" and pressed the ruler in too hard. I am unsure. I couldn't help feeling disappointed when I took this measurement but really I'm happy because my gains are still way beyond what I was expecting. So good news! And now, bed

[garglechapper]

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.