I'm curious if there's any quantitative info regarding the duration of decon breaks in relation to the time/intensity of the exercise/force...i.e. if your routine is aggressive/daily, how many days/hours of decon would be needed to repair? If the routine was moderate? Genetics definitely play a role, but there should be some sort of 'general rule' that, collectively we should be able to answer
Good news and bad news. Until we can start having penis enlargement studies complete with biopsies and tissue histology we will have little more than anecdotal evidence. We can however make inferences based on other studies of wound healing, collagen remodeling, tissue elongation, etc, etc. That coupled with anecdotal evidence can pave the way for more experiments on these boards.
Combing through data on the boards and in my own PE career I have noticed some things and really I am not the first. Taking into account that remodeling phase can take months if not upwards of a year to complete we can assume that decon breaks need to be long. Me and others have noticed improved rate of gains when these decon breaks are between 1 to 3 months and even longer. Taking a week or two off is a drop in the bucket and will not relate to easier gains when restarting though might be a nice psychological break. Believe me that's first thing I tried too.
The longer and more intensely one has been performing continuous PE usually the longer the break needed generally. I tend to look at micro and macro cycles. Again not my idea but works. Hence my 1 day on a few days off for micro. 2 on, 2 off or 5 on and 2 off (etc, etc) have worked for others. It's not set in stone. Then there is macro cycle. In me and others it has been noted gains come rapidly first 2 to 4 week's, then slow down. With adjustments in intensity and time under tension it is possible to push this out to maybe around 2-3 months. This all is dependent on what you are currently doing is enough to generate a growth response, not so much too generate a stiffening reaction or injury, and not too little to be not doing much good. Too much science to go over here but take away is there is a thing as too much and of course too little.
So in regards to decon breaks there are some variables. I do recommend them for 1-3 months long every 1-3 months depending on routine. Those that deploy them in their routine effectively tend to make sustainable gains, especially when starting back. These are the cheap and easy gains I speak of. You can keep chasing gains using more hardcore techniques, making less gains, making NECESSARY decon longer and future gains harder.... or you can take some time off, let the body do its thing and come back for some cheap and easy (or easier) gains.
Intensity, time, techniques and heat while under a tensile load must be in the right amount and adjustments made as needed. I've mentioned this and could be wrong so far it stands but I've been tracking BPSFL strain rates and when it slowed down this last campaign despite increasing time and load I knew it was time for a break.
I don't think my current paradigm is the best and could probably use tweaks. But guys I've been in the game for 15 years and after taking around 20 months off and changing my routine to match data have made a 0.5 inch BPEL gain in a little over a month!!! Now half of that might have been reclaiming lost gains but it still stands and I think I'm close to the Holy Grail. Time will tell and I look forward to my next campaign for new gains and the data I'll track.
