You're probably being a badass in your training, I don't think anyone doubts that. The half-assed bit in your case is not measuring and taking pictures.* That doesn't mean you aren't working hard, it means you aren't working
smart. You're stretching every day until your hands are too cramped to continue, but all of that could be wasted because you didn't measure and really didn't know if all that work was paying off. Red can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's all he was getting at.
Now you've got some measurements, you've shed some light on what's actually going on. You aren't completely blind anymore, and you've got some data to guide you when you put in all that hard work. Good job getting on that fast!
*Btw I would take pictures every time, even if you don't ever intend to share them. Measuring accurately is harder than people think, and most people screw it up laughably. We're measuring
tiny changes, too, so there isn't much room for error. Taking pictures will give you the measurements AND give you insight into how good a job you're doing measuring. I've already fixed some problems and made my measuring more uniform in just a couple months because I have those pictures to look at!