This may possibly be one of the most important, or certainly useful, article I will ever write!

     Today I am going to cover my approach on how to progress in both the weight you use and the amount of time you use to grow.

     In this article I will be covering two different systems to track your progress.

One will involve calculating your fatigue after every session, if you don’t know how to do that please see my YouTube video “wtf is strain/fatigue” in my PE4DUMMIES playlist on YouTube.

Now If doing all that math and sciency stuff doesn’t appeal to you then that’s perfectly fine, because the other method simply involves measuring your bone pressed stretched flaccid length once per week.

Step one: “Where do I start?!?!”

     In the beginning stages of wearing an extender or hanging we are simply tryinf to condition the tissues, that is to say we are getting them used to the novel processes of being stretched and strained and attached to things like vacuum cups, compression hangers, extenders and the like.

“Start low and go slow”. In my time in the PE sphere I’ve never seen an objection to beginning with 5lbs for 30minutes so we will use that tried and true recommendation here. Your body will be the ultimate deciding factor in this, however. If you experience pain or serious discomfort, STOP immediately.

PE is never going to be comfortable. There will always be some discomfort associated with pulling on your penis, HOWEVER, the discomfort should always be minimal and never ever truly painful.

Tracking progress:

     The simple way to track progress is to measure your bone pressed stretched flaccid length. This is accomplished by grabbing the head of the penis and pulling away from the body as far as you can (I find using a bit of toilet paper or paper towel to really help) . you will then press a ruler into the space on top (above) your shaft where it meets your abdomen and press the ruler in as far as possible. This is your bone pressed stretched flaccid length, or BPSFL.

Your BPSFL is a very reliable method of tracking your growth. You SHOULD see your BPSFL go up at least somewhat EVERY TWO WEEKS. If it stays the same for 2 weeks then it is time to progress. We will cover that later

     The second method of tracking growth is to measure fatigue.

Fatigue is measured by dividing your post session length into your pre session length.

For example if you begin the session at 100mm and end at 103mm then we divide 103 by 100 and we get 1.03, which means we got 3% elongation that session!

We will always strive to hit greater than 2% elongation. If you fail to hit 2% elongation for one entire week or at least 4 sessions, it is time to progress.

How to progress in time and weight:

The planned progression of time and weight over time is known as periodization. It is how you will intelligently maximize each weight and time so that you continue to grow for as long as possible while using as little weight and time as necessary.

Lets revisit that starting example of 5lbs for 30minutes.

After 2 weeks of using 5lbs for 30min little Timmy has not seen his BPSFL change, nor is he reaching 2% fatigue. What do we do? Simple, add more time.

My minimum recommendation for the duration of a training session is 40min. so now we will have little timmy use 5lbs for 40min instead of 30. Not surprisingly he begins to grow again. His BPSFL increases and he is hitting 3% strain. Great  job Timmy!

After some time, Timmys BPSFL and fatigue numbers aren’t being hit anymore. What do we do now? Add more time. We will go to 50 minutes. Again, Timmy’s little jimmy begins to grow again!

So you can see that the trend here is to add time whether in 5 or 10 min increments using the SAME WEIGHT until you reach 70-90minutes.

I personally never go over 70minutes per session because my lifestyle will not allow for it although 90min sessions are certainly within the realm of what will work.

So we finally get to the point where Timmy is using 5lbs for 70min and not seeing results. What do we do now?

Add weight And reduce time.

We will now use 6lbs for 40minutes and assess if that is enough of a stimulus to begin growth again.

The same rules apply, if BPSFL doesn’t change and fatigue isn’t met, add 5-10 minutes.

Here is a chart showing exactly how I personally progressed using this system:

5lbs for 40min, 50min, 60min, 70min, then add weight and drop time to:

6lbs for 40min, 50min, 60min, 70min, then add weight and drop time to:

7lbs for 40min, 50min, 60min, 70min, then add weight and drop time to:

8lbs for 40min, 50min, 60min, 70min, then add weight and drop time to:..

And so on…

Note that all of my gains have been made with 10lbs or less over the past 2 years using this method because you literally squeeze every bit of progress out of every weight you possibly can.

Remember we ONLY increase weight when we cannot increase time any further. For some of you 60min sessions will be all your life allows, and some will be able to do 90. 90 minutes is the maximum efficient amount of time before diminishing returns set in and where adding more weight becomes more effective than adding more time.

DO as little as necessary, NOT as much as possible, ONLY progress in weight or time when you have not ween growth for at least 10 days or 4 non consecutive sessions.

Implemented as written I have yet to see this approach not produce consistent results or serve to break plateaus.

NOTE: This is why i favor tracking your progress in millimeters because it is MUCH easier to track small changes with millimeters than inches. Also for stupid people like me, the math is easier in millimeter than fractions of an inch.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to reading your comments and writing Part 2 of this article!

I plan to record this as a video so leave anything you'd like me to revisit or clarify in the comments section.