are spontaneous routines as effective as cycles?

[toffeepeanut Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close toffeepeanut]

I dont' get much privacy since I share a room. My jelqing depends on whenever I'm home and my roommate is not. Which is almost never.
This affects my routine.
Overall, I'm looking at about 4-5 net ON days per 7 days. Except they aren't consecutive. I can be on, on, off, on, off, on, on (or something like this)

So from your guys' experience, is this routine less effective than a consecutive cyclic routines?

[DemOne Banned Find all posts View Profile Close DemOne]

So long as you're getting proper rest periods and don't overwork yourself, I doubt a sporadic routine like that would be less effective.

[Unit Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Unit]

That sound like my routine. Watch your PIs and you'll be fine. If it's a choice of sporadic PE or not doing it, then you are defiantly going to gain more by doing PE than not.

[rbi99 Retired Moderator Member of the Month Nov 2017PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close rbi99]

When your roommate is gone, and you start doing your routine, I would be more concerned if you couldn't fully concentrate on what you are doing for fear he might walk in on you. A poorly performed routine might be worse then no routine. As for trying to do five days a week in your situation, I would perhaps try for fewer and do them longer and better if possible.