In my experience, you do not accomplish much by doing the textbook “jelq,” or stroking it like a trombone for 50, 100, 300 times. Most of us start out this way because we do not know any better and the visual experience looks and feels conducive for growth. Any of my comparisons to body building have nothing to do with the bio anatomical effects but more to do with the therapeutic stimulus and tuning into physical changes (fatigue effects). Most of us know when we have had a good workout, and most of us have experienced the results of a disciplined resistance exercise approach.
In PE, the experience is analogous from the standpoint of the feedback from the effected area. But so many people are not tuned into that; instead they scamper around with a myriad of exercises that are probably doing very little to stimulate growth. Do not be dissatisfied with a workout if you do not get that “pumped” feeling, it took me a very long time to finally get a pumped feeling after every workout. I never got a pumped feeling after jelqs (I believe Uli’s are the only real effective style of jelq), but always get a pumped feeling after hanging or clamping trials. But this consistent pumped feeling did not occur until a couple years into the PE discipline.
Just as you can curl 3 sets of 12 reps with the appropriate weight and get bicep gains, you can do 3 sets 6 reps of Uli’s with 60 second holds and accomplish girth gains. It is about bringing fatigue to the vascular physiology that stimulates growth, and that can be done very quickly (especially when your a newbie). And it is getting tuned into this epidemiology or the physiological feelings that take place in your penis that communicate new growth is taking place. It took me about 3 months of wandering through the forest before I realized what was taking place and what was needed to “make it big.” So, I am just saying, you have to get dialed into what your penis is telling you and then figure out a disciplined routine that will get results. Over time you will have to change your routine because you will plateau but you will know when this is occurring. At that time, consult with others to instill other methods to continue to augment growth.