Siud's PE tryharding

Hey fellas!

After about 2 months of lurking, testing things out & hella lot of reading I’ve decided to start a log.

The main reason being to provide some data for everyone. I can not thank enough to guys like Kyrpa, longerstretch, manko007, igigi and actually everyone sharing their routines, thoughts and insides of what they are doing and what are their results. My approach to the whole PE thing took some many turns that I’ve already lost the count.

As for now I’m into testing methodology based on strain measurement, heat application & 3-phase stretch routine. So far doing extremely low loads as I’m trying to figure out how to take correct measurements of BPFSL and how to properly use my setup before I jump into adding any weights.

As everyone starting out I’m pretty sceptic, but I’m not in a hurry, I will test things out slowly, come into conclusions which I hope will be correct and then share everything in this topic.

ATM I use Vacuum hanging for Phase 1 & 2 and then Vacuum based extending with fixed length for cooling in stretch. Only 2 days into 1st cycle so I will not share anything yet until I make sure my measurements are quite repeatable and I feel confident with what I’m doing. I will try to come up with correct weights for me by rating the strain after each workout and then checking if I gain anything after 2-3 full 5 day cycles (and how much if I actually do).

Also I have an idea on modifying my extender to have detailed force measurement in all phases of stretching but I still need some parts to collect and with my schedule it will take some time. The goal is to test another period strictly using stress-relaxation in all phases, applying desired force and then waiting until relaxation occurs, before applying it once again which will eliminate the creep that is used during hanging. Obviously will share it later on if it works.

So far I am patient, testing stuff & enjoying reading informational threads. Ultimate goal is to make gains with as little effort and work as possible and make them sustainable, not rushing into things. If I don’t succeed, that is fine too as I still prefer that rather than getting injured.

Cheers!

Sounds really interesting. I’ll follow your thread for updates.
Good luck buddy. And most important just enjoy your pe.

After initial “easy gains” which I think was rather getting new range of motion than true elongation I have stalled. After few trials I think the cause lies in insufficient heating. And this is because:

I use IR heating pad and it has already been discussed, that effectiveness of the IR is not much better that standard heating pads.

With use of stress relaxation with weight under 1,5kg I can easily achieve +0.4-0.5cm in about 40 minutes, which is 2,42-3% strain.

Then, going for another round in sr extender, 10min - no heat; 40min - heated; 10min - cool down fixed length, I barely achieve additional +0.1cm. I use max weight of about 2.2-2.4kgs and I can feel the tissue becoming stiff. Together with calculator generated by Kyrpa I am quite sure that this load is beyond stiffening point for me, and with proper therapeutic heat it should deliver additional strain sufficient to gain length.

Plan A is to try to perform the P2&P3 with creep and hanging SD. If I will see no gains in pre-BPFSL then I will go to plan B. That means doing a decon, ordering a digital scale and US device. As I suspect the heating being insufficient trying ultrasound and monitoring heat seems to be the best solution.

What is also interesting for me, is that some people claim to gain length with ~2% strain, while for me 3% is achievable “cold” and with relatively low weights. Seems like this is another argument to determine your own load-strain curve, and also determine what strain is achievable for one individual before the stiffening actually occurs.