Buckfever's "It's The Final Countdown" Journal

10/3/2023

80 half turns @ 51.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33.5 low heat
47.5 turn off heat
51.5 end session

Better session, making good progress again now that we’re consistent. Glans condition good at the end.

10/42023

80 half turns @ 48 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33.5 low heat
43 remove start manual stretching
48 end session

At 42.5 minutes felt a little slippage so removed the device and started manual stretching for the cooldown. It’s not unusual for the day after a tension increase for the glans not being quite up par for a full duration session. Happy that we got to 80 half turns 2 days in a row.

We do not have a long way to go here. If we go up every 2 weeks this is10 weeks max.

10/5/2023

80 half turns @ 36.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
31.5 remove start manual stretching
36.5 end session

Similar to what I experienced Monday I did not like how the attachment felt at 31.5 so I shut it down finished with manual stretching for the cooldown and called it. Avoiding injury and taking extra rest for the tissues to recover is really a cornerstone of progress.

10/6/2023

72 half turns @ 35 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 remove start manual stretching
35 end session

Thinking that 80 half turns is too much too soon. But we will take a day off and see on Sunday.

10/6/2023

80 half turns @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33 Low heat
50.5 Turn off heat
60 end session

So this was by far the best session we’ve had on this campaign. A day off and some sleep seemed to do the trick. I’m still not a fan of the full 60 minutes, I find it mentally really rough compared to 52.5 minutes. But realistically as we get to higher levels of tension and there is a need for more time to gradually get there, the sessions probably need to be longer. We’ll see how this plays out.

Glans condition very good at the end.

10/9/2023

80 half turns @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33.5 Low heat
50 Turn off heat
60 end session

2 days in a row at 80 half turns for 60 minutes. We’re gaining on it!

10/10/2023

80 half turns @ 42 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33 Low heat
36 remove device start manual stretching
42 end session

Attachment didn’t feel right so removed the device and did manual stretching for the cooldown. I’m starting to think that sleep is a huge factor in terms of progress

10/11/2023

88 half turns @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
32.5 add 8
33 Low heat
50.5 remove start manual stretching
57.5 end session

Lost track of time felt a little slippage at 50.5 minutes. New high on half turns but given the slippage we’re not quite there yet, but we’re gaining on it.

80 half turns @ 50 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
33 Low heat
43 remove device start manual stretching
50 end session

Kept the tension at 80 half turns still got slippage at 43 minutes. Probably could have kept going but my approach this campaign is to avoid injury at a ll costs. Every week we’re progressing and all we have to do is keep it going.

10/13/2023

88 half turns @ 53 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
32.5 add 8
33 Low heat
46 remove start manual stretching
53 end session

Better than yesterday and the whole week better than the week before. Off tomorrow.

Slow and steady.

10/15/2023

88 half turns @ 57.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
32.5 add 8
34.5 Low heat
50.5 off
57.5 end session

A little bit uncomfortable right at the end, I think the attachment wasn’t perfect, but a good start to the week.

I started L-carnitine, read about NO production during a cut is muscle sparing. Not sure how true that is but I’m giving that a go.

Correction that’s L-Citrulline.

10/16/2023

96 half turns @ 58 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
32.5 add 8
35 add 8
34 Low heat
51 heat off
58 end session

I could tell almost immediately that there was more of an accommodation today. Glans was well forward in the cradle to start and the initial tension felt lighter. After a choppy summer we’ve been pretty steady this past month and progress has been steady. Just looking to get to 112 half turns so just 2 more tension increases. The tension increases during the cooldown so it makes me think that there is a therapeutic effect to the heat. We’ll see at the end if it yields a result.

10/17/2023

96 half turns @ 53 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 8 half turns
10 add 8 half turns
12.5 add 8
15 add 8
17.5 add 8
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 8
22.5 add 8
25 add 8
27.5 add 8
30 add 8
32.5 add 8
35 add 8
33.25 Low heat
45 remove device/start manual stretching
53 end session

So I made a strategic decision to remove the device at 45 minutes. I was surprised to readily get 96 half turns for the second day in a row and did not want to risk overworking the attachment tissues. Based on the ease of removal it was probably unnecessary. I have to say that this progression is going better than expected, since we’ve been consistent this past month.