Pumping frequency

[erik821]

I try to pump at least once a day for 15-30 mins. For some reason I've got it into my head that this is optimal. But of course I could be wrong. How would I know? Is there an optimal "routine"? Does anybody here pump twice a day?

[CanGetItUpButNotOff]

Like you, I've tried to determine an optimal schedule by reading/watching everything I can find on pumping recommendations. I have found no consensus. Completely devoid of any scientific, or even anecdotal, evidence I've settled on 3-4 times per week, pumping to a low pressure for a series of 5 minute intervals for a total of 20 to 40 minutes.

This is likely totally meaningless, but FWIW my dick is typically 5 to 5½ inches flaccid and 6½ inches erect and in the tube under low pressure it goes to 7 to 7½ inches. Higher pressures don't increase my length much at all but run the risk of (very) minor injury. Once I caused some bleeding on the glans that scabbed over and disappeared in a few days. More frequently, I get little red dots indicating blood under the skin (petechiae) on my glans that go away in a couple of days. So, even though minor, I don't see the benefit of over pumping to run the risk of any injury.

For context, I pump only for penile rehabilitation, not to use constriction rings for sex.

[RJ_in_Pa]

I too, like Cangetitup, try to pump 3 or 4 times a week for therapy. I’d like to do it every day, twice a day, but it is quite the time commitment. With the prep, pumping up, massage breaks between each erection, then clean up, you are looking at 45 minutes to an hour.

I got a lot of good info about pumping up when I first started to do it from Spontaneous1. You might want to search his comments.

Lastly, watch your pressure. Although it is tempting, stay under the 5 lbs of pressure or you risk hurting yourself.

RJ

[CanGetItUpButNotOff]

Good point about the time commitment. My wife knows what I'm doing but she prefers to pretend and be ignorant so it's best if I find time when she's out. But I'm able to optimize the time by doing other things. I can settle in with my pump and then spend the time on my phone browsing the Internet, catching up on the news, watching YouTube videos or reading FT. So, ît is significant time but not much wasted time.

[dtwarren1942]

For increasing size I found that pumping twice a day (morning and evening) for 20 minutes at 5 hg, six days a-week, including one 45 minute session at 4 hg, worked well for me.

[CanGetItUpButNotOff]

For increasing size I found that pumping twice a day (morning and evening) for 20 minutes at 5 hg, six days a-week, including one 45 minute session at 4 hg, worked well for me.

Are these 20 & 45 min sessions non-stop at 5hg or do you break the time into up/down intervals?

[erik821]

I should also note that I've been doing this same 'routine' for close to two years now with really good success. I'm at the point now where I actually look forward to it. Combined with daily Cialis it's pretty much got me back to where I was in my 20's. I'm 55. I've been using the same $35 VED I bought on Amazon two years ago but have gone through quite a few suction rings and the best are just the basic black ones with the hole in the middle.