Girth exercises slow down length gains?

I have seen a lot of mixed information and would like to try to see if someone can say something to help me finally pick one side for myself. Does girth work actually slow down length gains or can you do both at once and get same length results?

There are no easy answers here. What are your goals?

Whether you extend, clamp, jelq, hang, etc, none of these exercises produce fast results, so no need to dwell on stagnation.

If you want length and girth, I would suggest starting with jelqing and then move on to extending. Then move onto clamping and other expansion based exercises.

If you want girth, then start with jelqing and move on to clamping and other expansion based exercises.

Regardless of the approach, it’s a grind.

Thanks for the reply LittleEngine, I just began hanging after manual stretching for many months went from 6x4.5 to 6.75x4.5 and my goal would be 7.5x5+. Was wondering if clamping would slow down length gains from hanging.

Nobody can tell you for sure. Everybody is not going to have the same outcome. Some say girth work makes it tougher to gain length, other people say it doesn’t matter. And either of those things can be true for different folks. I only know that for me, I seem to be able to gain in one dimension or the other, but never both at the same time. Again, that is true for me,but not necessarily everyone. I gained an inch and a quarter in length, then concentrated on girth, gaining a half inch of that, then returning to length, which I’ve gained another quarter inch of, so far. I will likely continue with my length centric workouts until I hit a plateau, and then I’ll go back to girth oriented stuff like pumping and clamping.

I am agree with LittleEngine!
DJ

I’m pretty sure it affect everyone, only different degree. Just as some people get very easy gains and can do even without heating, and some people have to use huge amount of heat and still see slow gains.

So I would advice to focus on something you want first and later see what you can get extra.

I think it all depends on the exercise. I tried clamping at about six months in to PE. I got the feeling that it halted all my gains. It took another 4 months with no gains before I realized the I needed a decon break. I blame clamping for this. I feel it’s one of the most advanced PE exercises and that it should only be done when all other options are exhausted. Luckily the decon break worked and I resumed PE. Other girth exercises might work to help length gains. Stretching the tunica is certain ways for instance. I find that placing exercises in a certain order is very beneficial as well.