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I had some newbie/noob questions and concerns in regards to my routine (I'm doing JP's 90 day beginner's routine). My full first session was last night. I think I did okay, but I just have a few questions/concerns and things I'm not sure about.
And I apologize beforehand for asking and sharing concerns that are probably noobish or naive, etc. I'm sure that other guys new to PE have asked or shared these concerns a million times but I was unable to find answers to these questions/concerns or at least ones answered thoroughly. That said, I do apologize if these have been answered and addressed. And of course some of my questions/concerns are no big deal I'm sure (i.e. the first one about Helicopter Shakes), while others are maybe more serious in nature. These will appear in the order in which they appear in the routine/work-out. And I want to thank everybody in advance for addressing my noob (and maybe "dumb") questions/concerns:
1) Doing the Helicopter Shakes I'm pretty much unable to swing the unit in a circle or in a circular motion and I'm basically only able to swing it in an up and down manner (and of course I do know how to swing or twirl a keychain, but find it hard to do this with the unit!)
2) ****This second one after thinking about it a little while ago is something that I now believe I likely had wrong (and NOW I understand what it means, and I have no issue or problem) because I had the wrong idea of what "down" exactly meant (I believe now that it basically means facing the floor - which makes sense - as opposed to facing your body or stomach, something I initially had thought) I'll still post it though just in case***
>>I'm a little unsure if I'm holding the unit correctly when doing the stretches (in relation to whether the palm should be up or down). And just to be clear, when I say the "back of the hand," I mean the part of the hand that is on the opposite side of the palm. In the instructions it says to hold the unit behind the glans in the OK grip palm down, however in the various videos and some of the diagrams it shows the OK grip and the palm in the up position (or the back of the hand in the down position, facing the stomach and body). In one of the videos titled Basic Stretch (the one with the slim black dude) it shows him doing it with the palm up (or the back of the hand down facing the stomach/body). Maybe this depends on what you are comfortable with? But in some of the other videos I've seen (including simulation videos on YouTube), it mostly shows it the way it is shown in the Basic Stretch video (the palm up?) although I've seen it done the opposite way too... Bottom line, is the way it is shown in the Basic Stretch video the correct way? That's the way I assumed was correct and the way I had been doing it...<<<
(Again, I believe now I know what is really meant by "down" and it does NOT mean "down" to the stomach or body, but down to the FLOOR or maybe put another way NOT towards your face (the back of the hand though would be facing your face). But if you are stretching your unit say towards the ceiling or kind of up high, your palm "might" be facing the ceiling and not the floor, so it's a little confusing, but I guess it all depends on the angle, LOL)
3) When it came to the jelqing part, I was unable to get an erection (the 60 or 70% needed). The unit maybe got like 15% erect, if even that, before I even lost that. So I tried to stay with the jelqing and not stop, but as you can imagine, it was very, very difficult to do the various movements with the hands, and at times I was basically just jelqing stretched skin! First of all, I'm not sure how "safe" this is, but I'm sure that it probably has no benefit. Question: should I have stopped (at least temporarily) to try to get it hard/erect? I don't have ED issues (I'm also not 25 anymore! LOL), although of course my EQ could be better (one of my main goals like many guys on here of course is to improve this).
If this occurs while trying to jelq in the future, is it a good or viable option (assuming you can't get your unit erect after more than a few minutes or several minutes) to just stop and came back to this later (an hour or two later, or later in the day - hours later)? (And of course when coming back to this, warming up correctly, but no stretching). Or is it better to basically just write it off and call it a day and only try to do this the next day, doing the full PE session (including the stretching)?
It was pretty frustrating that this was happening when trying to jelq! (I know it's not the end of the world, but frustrating nonetheless, LOL)
Again, thanks so much in advance to everyone for their help! It's much appreciated! :-)
I had some newbie/noob questions and concerns in regards to my routine (I'm doing JP's 90 day beginner's routine). My full first session was last night. I think I did okay, but I just have a few questions/concerns and things I'm not sure about.
And I apologize beforehand for asking and sharing concerns that are probably noobish or naive, etc. I'm sure that other guys new to PE have asked or shared these concerns a million times but I was unable to find answers to these questions/concerns or at least ones answered thoroughly. That said, I do apologize if these have been answered and addressed. And of course some of my questions/concerns are no big deal I'm sure (i.e. the first one about Helicopter Shakes), while others are maybe more serious in nature. These will appear in the order in which they appear in the routine/work-out. And I want to thank everybody in advance for addressing my noob (and maybe "dumb") questions/concerns:
1) Doing the Helicopter Shakes I'm pretty much unable to swing the unit in a circle or in a circular motion and I'm basically only able to swing it in an up and down manner (and of course I do know how to swing or twirl a keychain, but find it hard to do this with the unit!)
2) ****This second one after thinking about it a little while ago is something that I now believe I likely had wrong (and NOW I understand what it means, and I have no issue or problem) because I had the wrong idea of what "down" exactly meant (I believe now that it basically means facing the floor - which makes sense - as opposed to facing your body or stomach, something I initially had thought) I'll still post it though just in case***
>>I'm a little unsure if I'm holding the unit correctly when doing the stretches (in relation to whether the palm should be up or down). And just to be clear, when I say the "back of the hand," I mean the part of the hand that is on the opposite side of the palm. In the instructions it says to hold the unit behind the glans in the OK grip palm down, however in the various videos and some of the diagrams it shows the OK grip and the palm in the up position (or the back of the hand in the down position, facing the stomach and body). In one of the videos titled Basic Stretch (the one with the slim black dude) it shows him doing it with the palm up (or the back of the hand down facing the stomach/body). Maybe this depends on what you are comfortable with? But in some of the other videos I've seen (including simulation videos on YouTube), it mostly shows it the way it is shown in the Basic Stretch video (the palm up?) although I've seen it done the opposite way too... Bottom line, is the way it is shown in the Basic Stretch video the correct way? That's the way I assumed was correct and the way I had been doing it...<<<
(Again, I believe now I know what is really meant by "down" and it does NOT mean "down" to the stomach or body, but down to the FLOOR or maybe put another way NOT towards your face (the back of the hand though would be facing your face). But if you are stretching your unit say towards the ceiling or kind of up high, your palm "might" be facing the ceiling and not the floor, so it's a little confusing, but I guess it all depends on the angle, LOL)
3) When it came to the jelqing part, I was unable to get an erection (the 60 or 70% needed). The unit maybe got like 15% erect, if even that, before I even lost that. So I tried to stay with the jelqing and not stop, but as you can imagine, it was very, very difficult to do the various movements with the hands, and at times I was basically just jelqing stretched skin! First of all, I'm not sure how "safe" this is, but I'm sure that it probably has no benefit. Question: should I have stopped (at least temporarily) to try to get it hard/erect? I don't have ED issues (I'm also not 25 anymore! LOL), although of course my EQ could be better (one of my main goals like many guys on here of course is to improve this).
If this occurs while trying to jelq in the future, is it a good or viable option (assuming you can't get your unit erect after more than a few minutes or several minutes) to just stop and came back to this later (an hour or two later, or later in the day - hours later)? (And of course when coming back to this, warming up correctly, but no stretching). Or is it better to basically just write it off and call it a day and only try to do this the next day, doing the full PE session (including the stretching)?
It was pretty frustrating that this was happening when trying to jelq! (I know it's not the end of the world, but frustrating nonetheless, LOL)
Again, thanks so much in advance to everyone for their help! It's much appreciated! :-)
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