I've been here on these forums for almost three months, been PEing for three. This doesn't make me an expert on anything, but I have learned a few things along the way. Some background: I'm not a kid, I'm in my forties and as such I've managed to figure some things out in life, developed common sense. I read everything I could before I placed my one and only penis in any sort of peril, when I was done reading I read everything again and made sure I understood it. If you want to avoid mistakes and injuries during your PE journey then at least listen and consider my advice and observations.
1. You'll notice after being here for awhile that the VAST majority of people start PE and drop out within the first couple of months. This does not mean it doesn't work, it means people aren't willing to invest what it takes to be successful. Don't be that guy.
2. What works for one person won't work for you. Asking for advice on your routine isn't going to yield any satisfactory or useful advice. Your beginning journey into PE isn't about finding the perfect routine. Your goal for the first three months is to condition your penis, perfect the basic exercises, and most importantly to learn how to listen to your penis. Learn when you are overtraining and when you can push the intensity a little further. Advanced exercises should never be attempted until you have learned this crucial skill of listening to your body.
3. Increases to your routine go beyond reps and adding time. ANY increase to your routine should be done in slow increments. If you are following number two in this list then you will become progressively more effective in the exercises you are already doing. If you've gone from ten minutes of jelqs to twenty over the course of your first month but then suddenly have a eureka moment and your jelqs become 100% more efficient then you should consider scaling back your time.
4. You do not know better than everyone else. Stop trying to drastically modify long standing and proven beginners routines. I'm all for innovation but don't offer a new beginner routine until you have actually completed a beginner routine and have a clue about PE. You may be able to come up with something that will become the de facto standard for years to come, but don't experiment with your own oenis until you've learned some things first.
5. Stop reading the sales pitches and leave the devices until later. If you do everything correctly you will gain with manual only, look to hanging and devices after you've stopped gaining manually and have conditioned your penis. And do not ever as a beginner start adding a device routine on top of a full beginner manual routine. Go to the injury forum, go directly to the injury forum, do not pass go, do not collect $200
6. If you are not gaining you are doing something wrong. Focus on technique, figure out a proper jelq. Not gaining does NOT mean you should start doing two sessions a day. Nobody is ever not gaining because they aren't putting enough time in, they just aren't using their time effectively. Technique and form will get you gains, not squeezing until your penis pops or pulling it out by the roots.
7. Gains happen on rest days, not from the exercises. The exercises prepare the penis for gains made during the healing process (read: rest days).
8. No, you do not have to follow your beginner routine to the letter, it should be used as a guide (see number two, what works for one won't work for you). If you can't do 5on/2off because of your schedule or you feel overtrained then do 2/1 or 4/2, whatever you feel is right for you. If your beginner guide says this week bump up your jelq times but you don't feel ready then don't do it. If you have really listened to your body and feel like you can bump it up more than what the routine calls for then do it (carefully and slowly).
9. The single most important piece of advice and the source of this rant - READ. The main website has explanations and photos and videos of all the exercises. There are complete manuals and guides for beginners. Use the search feature in the forums or better yet google your question with "pegym" in the keywords. Your question has probably been asked and answered a couple dozen times. If you can't find your answer after looking then post it. People here are very generous giving their time and advice, so be polite and don't have them answer the same question they just answered yesterday for someone else.
10. Did I mention read? Read all the important threads. Take a look at the stickies in the beginners forum. There's over a MILLION reads on the JP90 thread, now look at the "Safety first" thread. Do you see what I'm getting at? 53 thousand reads compared to a million, one for safety and one for blindly jumping right in. You only have one penis. An injury can last a lifetime, taking an extra week to read before starting a routine is a small investment.
11. Patience. This really is a journey, take your time. Getting your 8x6 isn't going to happen overnight, and if your life is such that you have to have it in a month then you need to re-evaluate your life and priorities.
I should add one more for an even dozen but I think this about covers it. My goal with this thread is to eliminate the silliness and help newbies (I still consider myself one) from injuring themselves. You'll get the usual welcome from the members and be told to read the "start here" link in the top left of the page, as a beginner you should take their advice and actually start there before you begin doing any exercises. I also hope to clear up all the naysayers who say PE doesn't work, it does work and will work for anybody who approaches it properly. It just doesn't work overnight. Spend the next three months learning and perfecting YOUR routine, if you gain size then great, if you only gain knowledge then you are further ahead than you realize and will gain in the second three months of your journey. That is your goal, learn, master technique, acquire knowledge about your body and PE.
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