Why Does Edging Work?

[Midnight Man]

The concept of edging makes sense to me. Although I've not measured, my cock looks and feels a little bit longer and thicker to me after a good jelqing workout. Keeping the blood flowing through my penis for an extended period will encourage this more engorged state to become the norm.

[Dante311]

I would say edging is very beneficial... just restating a) It'll help prevent precum by training yourself to delay or avoid the PONR initially during sexual stimulation. b) It help fills the penis with fresh blood and engorges the penis with blood post-w/o or on an off-day to help in the recovery of the penile tissues and fill the "blood chambers" to promote the increase in gains... although nothing short term will affect this - it will definitely help in the long term. I noticed I made the best gains when I was edging consistently with PE 3-4 times / week

[beetleboy]

So if the benefits of edging are based on keeping an erection for a longer period of time, wouldn't pumping or wearing a cock ring have the same effect if you did it for the same amount of time? Seems logical to me because your still forcing the penis to fill with blood and keeping it there.

[Motivation 2]

i too have never understood why edging is attributed to size gains. i have tried edging now with morning wood for about 2 weeks, once a week on an off day... and i definitely think it benefits your sexual stamina and lasting power(and how much you jizz lol). but on a lot of my workout days i have sex sometimes less then 2 hrs later, and the sex usually lasts at least for 25min. this is basically the same thing as edging and i really dont feel like this process can lead more size in length.

from arguments for edging, it seems the main 2 reasons people advocate edging is because you stay erect for a while (which i already addressed above) or it brings in new blood to your penis to promote faster recovery and rebuilding. This sounds logical, but if it is true than why not just get a full boner for 15seconds directly after your workout. wouldnt this do the same thing?

[Pretty1]

you dont need to edge right after you workout edge or baloon when you can its a great feeling your penis reaches full capacity and yes it is an excercise so treat it as one, it is a more pleasurable work out and worst case scenario you can get from it is a tired penis for a day or two

[blink2000]

Actually this has probably helped with his gains:
going411by7: "My edging sessions normally run for an hour or more--sometimes two hours"

Edging mimics a known medical condition known as a priapism induced megalophallus. I think I understand some of the principles that make edging effective. Basically, it works the same as known medical conditions which increase penis size.

I think this is pretty interesting stuff, take a look:
(I started a new thread in the science section)
https://www.pegym.com/forums/pe-theo...ing-works.html

[Pegasus]

Thanks blink ,will look at it.
Yes ,it does mimic a medical condition, as does chemical pe. However edging uses no drugs.

I got gains from edging also. From what I have seen, for most people gains start around 25 or 30 min of edging, however the body quickly adapts to this volume and further gains cease. At this point you will get further gains by increasing volume,(time) however this can quickly become very time consuming,as the body keeps adapting.
Now I got gains from edging, long before I ever heard of pe and would often do an hour and sometimes 2hr plus. Despite the extended time and regular "training" the gains stoped when my dick adapted. However when used in conjunction with other pe methods it has great potential to increase gains. There does seem to be a small number of guys it doesn't work for,the reasons are unknown.

[Uk-Dude]

I have been edging for the past week to see if it helps with my Prem Ejac.
As has been said it suppsoed to build up stamina long term I believe. Hoping eventually when I have sex again I wont have to stop halfway lol.
At the moment I usually stop and start aboout 5-6 times in a 20 odd min session. Occassionaly I screw up and have hit the PONR
NOt sure if its just me but when I finally cum its huge! Big orgasm and lots of cum if not very watery at the end. Hope thats normal lol.

I will do a bit more research into how edging will benefit me more with my PE

[diamondback]

I don't know if edging works by itself in isolation from other PE techniques. However, used in combination with pumping (or in my case tubing) edging greatly increases sexual desire and the feeling of sexual anticipation which in-turn affects blood flow and length of time in a state of "enhanced size". Pumping or tubing or using an extender are purely mechanical forms of PE while edging introduces a mental element that I'm sure affects hormonal ballance and the all important physiological signals for cell growth.

After a tubing session of 3 or 4 hours my penis takes on a feeling of sweet burning fatigue and even the thought of an edging session causes an inflow of blood and a state of enhanced size that lasts for hours which I'm sure has cumulative effects that increase permanent size over time.

[Unit]

So if the benefits of edging are based on keeping an erection for a longer period of time, wouldn't pumping or wearing a cock ring have the same effect if you did it for the same amount of time? Seems logical to me because your still forcing the penis to fill with blood and keeping it there.

I'm there with beetleboy, isn't erect/engorged either by hard-on or mechanical even chemical, all doing the same thing, filling the penis with blood for a long time.
What stops me is the thought of adding an other hourish to my PE work-out. I mean some days I have more to do than to hang-out and yank my crank.