MadYogi's PE Log

[madyogi]

3/30 -- 10 min warmup, 15 min stretches, 150 jelqs, 4x 30 sec uli, 10 min edging with climax (Low Intensity Day)

[BallsMahoney]

Good looking program yogi! Keep it up. My length shot way up very early too, its a huge motivator to continue PE.

[madyogi]

Thanks, Balls. It's definitely a motivator when you see an 1/8" every 2 weeks or so. I'm hoping it continues, but I keep thinking a plateau is coming. We'll see. I'm definitely looking at this as a 1-2 year journey, so I'm just getting started.

[BallsMahoney]

It'll probably slow down after a while, but my guess is you could ride this wave a while longer. Your BPEL goal is definitely achievable. If you stop PE you will lose some of your gains. I look at it as a few years to grow, and a lifetime to maintain.

[madyogi]

3/31 -- 10 min warmup, 20 min stretches, 300 jelqs, 3 rounds of uli, 5x10 Erect Squeezes, 10 min edging with climax (Med Day, 60mins)

Mid-Shaft Girth is starting to tick up. I'll add girth stats/goals to my sig.

[Slitherinsnake]

This is motivating just because I started back in February and see that you're making progress. Im hoping to hit this month conitnuing a decent program and seeing some growth

[madyogi]

This is motivating just because I started back in February and see that you're making progress. Im hoping to hit this month conitnuing a decent program and seeing some growth

Nice, Slither ... we're all in this together (to borrow a COVID-19 cliche). Seriously, it's good to have a community showing progress to keep you on track as an individual. Stick with it, bro!

[madyogi]

4/1 -- 10 min warmup, 20 min stretches, 600 jelqs (~35 min), 3 rounds of uli (~5 mins), 10 min edging with 5x10s Erect Squeezes interspersed and climax

This was a high volume day. Tomorrow will be a rest day, and will mark the completion of 3 4-day micro-cycles in this "new" program I am kinda putting together on the fly based on previous fitness program periodization techniques. It remains to be seen if it will translate. My plan is to see this macro-cycle through to Friday, April 17, which will be 7 micro-cycles. At that point, I'll be at 10 weeks into my program. Not quite 90 days, so I might extend it if gains are still coming, I still have positive indicators, and I haven't blown the stress-strain curve based on BPSFL (see my next post in this thread for more details on that).

NOTE : When I count jelqs I'm counting every rep, not both hands as one rep. I realized this might be confusing or misleading after reading more up on the exercises. Some places count both hands as a single rep. That's not how I'm rolling.

[madyogi]

Okay, let's do some program design theory. My style is to absorb as much as I can about a new subject to feel relatively informed, then try to talk it out with others who are also relatively informed (some more, some less than me). I think everyone benefits from this process, so please feel free to chime in if you have thoughts/expertise to offer.

Let's set some baselines:

• My main goal in the short term is length.
• My LOT is in the downward position.
• My BPSFL is 6" while my BPEL is 6.5" which would indicate my limitation is Tunica.
• Further, my EQ is generally 9+/10.

The baselines indicate a program emphasizing length is a good idea at this point, particularly one concentrating on upward/straight out stretches. According to How To: Routine Creation, this calls for roughly 30% girth work and 60% length work.

Okay, so let's look at my routine from today:

• 20 min stretches (all length, concentrating on up stretches at various angles)
• 35 min jelqs (50/50 length and girth, with concentration on lower EL, upward angles, and a bit more tug to finish)
• 5 min uli (50/50 length and girth)
• 1 min erect squeezes (all girth and during edging)

This roughly breaks down to 35% girth and 65% length. I am basically good with that breakdown. Plus, my Low and Med Volume days are more stilted toward length than this one is, so overall I expect a given micro-cycle to be right around 70/30 length/girth. If anyone disagrees with my calculations/understanding so far, please let me know.

The next post is going to get deeper into the weeds. Come along if you like.

[madyogi]

Okay, so deeper we go. I came across this the other day, and I'm honestly still digesting it, but it's my kinda shit : The Long Game - Learning with Longer Stretch. On this thread, the guy discusses at length (yes, I know, the puns are flowing) a BPSFL based routine design strategy that incorporates the stress-strain curve from physics and a fair bit of knowledge about fibrous tissue biomechanics. It's definitely worth a read, if you can stick with it. I'm still working through it myself.

That said, I did start tracking my Pre-workout BPSFL vs Post-workout BPSFL (10 mins post workout) to see if any of it translates. My Pre-BPSFL today was 6" and Post-BPSFL was 6.25". If you read the thread linked above, you'll find an equation to get the amount of strain [(Post / Pre) - 1] * 100 = percent strain. So my strain for today was 4.167%.

You have to read through the thread to get the details, but the basic idea is that you want to sit between 2-5% strain (newbs can be closer to 5% while veterans should be lower in the range). Too little and you're not doing enough. Too much and you're doing too much.

Like I said, I still haven't digested all of it, but the guy is putting forth a model to use BPSFL to "signal" when it's time for a break. There are obviously other good reasons to take a break (bad indicators, stalled progress, etc), but this seems promising to me, as the other reasons mentioned are probably lagging indicators. I plan to explore this more as I move forward on my PE journey. Would love to hear thoughts from the community as they arise.