How much is to much rest

I know about the search button, but I didnt find any good results.

But my question is: How much restdays per week is too much?

:rolleyes:

I don’t know. Kallea is trying 1on/1off right now. For some guys that is to much. For some guys that is perfect.

What’s your main concern about too many rest days?

It’s a totally personal thing, my advice read Sparkyx thread on PIs and EQ and use that info to adjust your routine.

I want to find a good line between overtraining and not too much rest.

IMO, most guys who are not gaining are probably undertraining. Soreness means deformation. No soreness… no deformation… no gains. I don’t read many posts about how sore a guy is.

EQ is important but to expect good EQ all the time is a mistake IMO. I am starting to think that in order to gain consistently you need to spend as much time with marginally good EQ as with marginally bad EQ. Keyword marginally… avoid extremes.

I hang and lightly clamp so my comments are geared toward these PE disciplines vs jelqing and manual stretching. Hanging and clamping stresses are more easily measured than jelqing and manual stretching so you can adjust your routine more precisely. I use soreness and EQ as my indicators of undertraining/overtraining.

When I get marginally bad EQ, I reduce the amount of weight about 10-20% and only for a day, 2 days at the most. I do NOT take a rest day unless my erection is totally dead and that has only happened twice in 6 months.

I am gaining slowly, about 1/8 inch per month BPFSL. My BPEL is just starting to move. My girth for some reason could go ballistic if I tried but I don’t because it causes attachment issues like it is right now.

This may not be the right thing for all guys and it takes months to determine if your routine is working, but if you are not gaining then I recommend trying to pushing it a little harder and learning to deal with more soreness and fluctuating EQ.

Also, do not use BPEL as your measure. With a marginal EQ, BPEL is not going to be reliable. Use BPFSL, (after your max set) or your clamped max girth as your measure of gains. They too will vary but they will indicate when you have deformed the right tissues.

When I am forced to reduce stress, that is when I have seen the best indicators that I am gaining, but I do not interpret that rest per se is the reason why I have gained.

sheLovesIt

Yeah. I’ve been going about a month and I’m feeling discouraged. I went from a 10 minute routine, to basing it on the Newbie Routine with 200 jelqs, to basing my sessions on the Linear Routine for a day…back to basing it on the Newbie Routine. I don’t know if my intensity of squeezes during jelqing is appropriate or anything.

It’s very difficult because this is pretty much a “you’re on your own” activity. Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots of support here within the community. But it’s not like you can go to a local PE instructor the same way that you can find vocal lessons or a personal trainer for lifting.

Honestly, I need to be able to do this without so much thinking. I feel like I have to monitor PI’s, EQ’s, and it’s a little overwhelming since I have kids and a full-time job. I’d like to get this done — I’m going to try to stick with the newbie routine. Sometimes, I just don’t know if I’m doing things right and when I’ll see gains. I think that, if I saw my first gains, I’d be more content with the path I’m taking.

Maybe I just need to stick to the newbie routine with absolute conisistency for a while. I used to use more intensity in my jelq squeezing and I got more soreness….I may need to get back to my original method of intense jelqs to see results…

I try for 1 day off sometimes I forget and do more than that. Sometimes I notice gains after doing 2 days in a row. It depends on how hard ur last workout was.

Hmm this might work! Thanks man!

Guys, this old thread of mine is worth a read.

Measurement method and good record keeping

Guys, this thread is in the newbie forum, the OP is a newbie. This is not the hanging forum. Just saying.

Rest time is completely individual and depends on the intensity of your PE workouts, and your body’s ability to heal. There are guys who beat the shit out of their dicks with clamping and hanging, and don’t take rest days.

Personally I go for 2 days on, 1 day off routine, works best for me.

But what I definitely recommend is mixing things up, so your dick cannot become accustomed to your workouts. I will do one week of 4 days on, 2 days off, then one week of 1 day off, 1 day on…you get the picture.

Shelovesit’s post makes sense, but it depends on your lifestyle too. I like to have sex, so I don’t want to train so hard and make my erections weak.

Thanks Chicken for posting, I will try to change my on and off days and also keep an eye on my EQ.

I do have marginal EQ from time to time. If I think that I am going to have performance issues, I take 50 mg generic Viagra about an hour before. I have only done this a few times and it worked great.

The hanging forum is kind of dead. We need more recruits! Maybe it is time for a few newbies to graduate?