As you venture forth through weeks, months, or even years of performing penis exercises, hopefully you will be showered with consistent gains. But at some point, the gains may slow down and possibly even stop all together. After all, you’re not likely to end up with a 24” penis that is 12” in girth. Your body simply can’t produce such a thing. In any case, such size would be counterproductive, as few, if any, women would want to play with you.
If you ever get to this uneventful point—in which you’ve tried it all but it just isn’t working anymore—stop performing penis exercises. Quit. Layoff. Take a vacation. Whatever you do, don’t continue what you’ve been doing. If it didn’t work today, it most likely won’t work tomorrow, either.
Why would this happen? In simple terms, your penis is just following the natural laws of biology—it’s adapting to the exercises. Think of it as your penis seeing the exercises as a threat. So it builds a shield against the exercises. As time goes on, you will have to use more and more exercises to penetrate the shield—and gain even more. You may eventually get to a point in which nothing penetrates the shield. Your penis stops growing and an unwanted plateau shows up.
Over the years, the men of the penis exercises community have learned that one of the best ways to overcome a plateau is to take a break. That’s because during a break, the penis eventually lowers its shield. So when you return, you will be able to gain.
Several penis exercisers have confessed that their most prominent gains were also their early gains. Fortunately, many men find that after they take an extended “deconditioning” break, their penis is often as receptive to the exercises as when they first started performing penis exercises.
Depending on the conditioned state of your penis (that is, how adapted your penis is to the exercises and how long you’ve been exercising) an effective break lasts six to twelve weeks. Many men find that two months is an optimal amount of time to renew growth.
Since you’re not cementing your gains when you break, some of your gains might be temporarily lost. It’s even possible that you’ll lose all of your gains. This is uncommon, but it happens. The permanency of your gains largely depends on how long ago you made the gains. Generally speaking, any gains you made three or more months ago are probably permanent. Either way, don’t worry. Gains are easier to recapture the second time around. Most men find that they restore their gains and even add more to their size within just a few weeks of returning.
When you come back from a break, you’ll want to start out lighter than what you left with. Your penis won’t be as strong, or as conditioned, so less exercise will often do the trick. Depending on the length of the break, you may find that when you return you can even gain with a beginning routine. Moreover, since your penis is less conditioned than it was before, starting out where you left off will most likely lead to over-training The best thing you can do is start out light and rapidly work your way back to where you left off.
You can still kegel while on break. So if you hate sitting around while you can be actively improving, try spending the extended break focusing on your kegels. Pull a Tiger Woods on your pelvic floor muscles: really get in there and perfect your kegel routine.
If a long break doesn’t sound appealing, but you really can’t get past a plateau, then try taking several little breaks. Go for one week on, one week off. You may also want to look into penis enlargement devices, which have helped many men. For more information on devices, see the “Penis Enlargement Devices” section in Appendix A. Another thing you might want to try is the Plateau-Breaking “Shock Routine” (outlined in the previous chapter).
His Story
What a break did for me
When Chris hit a plateau after roughly five months of performing penis exercises, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He was only half-way to his goal, but committed to not giving up. In an effort to jump start his gains, Chris did what many others do: he tried using a penis enlargement device—such as a hanger or an extender. Chris went for hanging. Although many men make extravagant gains with devices, Chris did not. He eventually worked his way up to hanging several hours each week, but the ruler measurements kept coming back with the same numbers.
After nearly a year of ample work and no growth, Chris realized, “If I haven’t gained yet, something must be wrong.” Still committed to reaching his goal, Chris did some research. He heard that taking an extended break will possibly restart his growth, so he took three months off from performing penis exercises.
When Chris came back, he was surprised to find that his gains rolled in rapidly. He nearly gained as much as he did when he first started performing penis exercises. Even better, Chris declared, “Taking a break not only gave my penis a rest, but it gave my mind a rest too. The exercises gradually became more boring and tiresome than anything.” He eventually understood that these breaks were needed to keep his mind fresh, and his motivation high.
To stop himself from hitting another plateau, Chris set himself on a strict penis exercises routine, cycling between exercising and breaks—exercising for six weeks, and breaking for twelve weeks. Chris finally reached his goal after five cycles, and says, “I’m finally happy with my nine-inch penis.”
Interval Training
Until recently, men were often advised to perform penis exercises through a plateau—often unsuccessfully. “Do whatever it takes,” was the mantra. Fortunately, the discovery of the deconditioning break showed that one of the easiest ways to keep gains coming isn’t to work through a plateau; it’s to work around it using the same method that Chris used: rotate between taking a break and exercising.
This kind of training is termed interval training, which can be done in one of two ways. The first way—and often the easiest—is to just penis exercise until you reach a plateau (if you ever do), and then take a two or three month break. This is the best option for now, as there is no telling if you’ll ever hit a plateau. Several men just keep on gaining, never having to worry about plateaus or breaks. If you later find that you’re susceptible to plateaus, try the second way—do what Chris did: set yourself on a plan in which you exercise for three or four weeks, then break for six or more weeks.