Bathmate Hercules - Am I Pumping Too Hard?

First things first, I'm 24 years old, and I have what I would consider to be a small penis (14cm = 5.5 inches), so I bought the X-40 model without hesitation a few weeks ago.

It's been pretty great so far, loving the pump and post-pump feel. However, lately it's been getting hard to detach the X-40 when I'm done, and today I detached it after much struggling, to find my scrotum and the base of my penis imprinted with the grooves of the Bathmate pump.

Now I'm not even fucking sure how it's possible I can be only 14cm long (hell, even when fully pumped I just barely peek past the 15cm (6 inch) marker inside the Bathmate) and be too big girth-wise for the X-40. I've tested it before I bought the Bathmate and when fully erect, my girth at the bottom was only a tiny bit over 13cm (5.2 inches or so). How is this happening? I pump REALLY, REALLY hard so I'm curious if that could be an issue, that maybe it's stretching me too far? Or maybe I should stop watching �naked people movies� while I'm suBathmateerged in the Bathmate and just pump flaccid? 20 minutes too long to be pumping?

I already have problems keeping my testicles from getting sucked into the X-40, I can't imagine how bad it would be with the X-40. Plus, come on, my dinky 5.5 incher in the X-40? It seems sili. Not to mention the money.

For what it's worth, I mainly want length as opposed to girth...as I'm sure you can guess. Should I pump less hard, go in flaccid, and focus on Bathmate stretches rather than intense suction? I really don't want to abandon my X-40 just like that, what can I do to improve?

Sorry for the trouble, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ah, sorry, some more info I should include: I'm cut. I just measured my erect girth now at 5.7, but that's only a couple hours after pumping so the pump is surely still pushing that number up.

The grooves are normal. Until you get them on your penis itself don't worry about the X-40. What's happening is, is part of your fat pat is getting sucked up. Happens to me too. Try wrapping your Testicles with a hair elastic to prevent your scrotum from getting sucked up in the tube.

I like going in as hard as I can, I find I get more length expansion this way. I also pump to max for Bathmate stretches. I get a better internal stretch this way

Metroman35;479021 said:

The grooves are normal. Until you get them on your penis itself don't worry about the X-40. What's happening is, is part of your fat pat is getting sucked up. Happens to me too. Try wrapping your Testicles with a hair elastic to prevent your scrotum from getting sucked up in the tube.

I like going in as hard as I can, I find I get more length expansion this way. I also pump to max for Bathmate stretches. I get a better internal stretch this way

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Thanks for the advice. The grooves do sort of get on my penis itself though, on the bottom where the penis meets the scrotum. Maybe doing the hair elastic trick will help prevent that, I'll try it out tomorrow. What do you think about stopping erect pumping/not arousing myself while pumping? Good/bad idea?

I get the grooves with my X-40 as well and when i get ready to take my Bathmate off i press and hold in the release button to let the internal pressure decrease making it easier to take off. Look at it as a sign of your girth is growing and keep up your workouts. The next sign of progress is when you're tip hits the bottom of the release valve. I have a X-40 as well and use the X-40 as a warm up for the X-40. Keep up the good work...

islandboy;479025 said:

I get the grooves with my X-40 as well and when i get ready to take my Bathmate off i press and hold in the release button to let the internal pressure decrease making it easier to take off. Look at it as a sign of your girth is growing and keep up your workouts. The next sign of progress is when you're tip hits the bottom of the release valve. I have a X-40 as well and use the X-40 as a warm up for the X-40. Keep up the good work...

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Thanks, but there's no way I'm ever going to hit the tip in the X-40, lol. That'd be going from 5.5 to like 8.5, plus girth will definitely be my limiting factor, not length.

Any opinions on flaccid pumping?

Hang in there i started around 6.5 to 6.75 on a good day and its a journey for sure. Now on a good day i can hit 8.5 by 6.25 (up from 5.75 grith). Sorry my numbers are in inches, one day in my old age i will learn the metric side too as this site is just about world wide. With the Bathmate being semi to full erect is better, my experience flacid has been i get a werid angle and i double up or get stuck at the bottom of the tube. One thing i finds to help with a good Bathmate session is to warmup with some basic stretches or jelqs so im semi hard and ready to go. Are you getting a good suction after you are in your Bathmate if so give the DLD hardcore stretches a try...

islandboy;479025 said:

I get the grooves with my X-40 as well and when i get ready to take my Bathmate off i press and hold in the release button to let the internal pressure decrease making it easier to take off. Look at it as a sign of your girth is growing and keep up your workouts. The next sign of progress is when you're tip hits the bottom of the release valve. I have a X-40 as well and use the X-40 as a warm up for the X-40. Keep up the good work...

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Agreed

I always arouse myself prior to entering the tube. But stopping pumping to getmaroused again? I don't really see the reason. But try it out see if you get more expansion. I don't see it as a bad thing at all

Metroman35;479039 said:

Agreed

I always arouse myself prior to entering the tube. But stopping pumping to getmaroused again? I don't really see the reason. But try it out see if you get more expansion. I don't see it as a bad thing at all

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Just to clarify, I don't stop pumping to get aroused again, what I've been doing is just bringing up some �naked people movies� while pumping to stay aroused. I'm going to try not doing that and see if it still works, since I think that might be putting too much stress on my penis.

Prominence;479110 said:

Just to clarify, I don't stop pumping to get aroused again, what I've been doing is just bringing up some �naked people movies� while pumping to stay aroused. I'm going to try not doing that and see if it still works, since I think that might be putting too much stress on my penis.

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I got in aroused. Or as aroused as I can. After that I don't worry about it. Just listen to your body. If you feel like its too much stress it might be

Girth work always needed �naked people movies� for me to have a good session.

doublelongdaddy;479245 said:

Girth work always needed �naked people movies� for me to have a good session.

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Yeah, I can definitely feel the difference. I took a day off to measure at the end of that day, I'm at 5.6 (length) by 5.5 (girth). I'm not going to complain about more girth, but I'm going to be getting a bit...mis-proportioned at this rate.

I think I may not be doing the Bathmate stretches hard enough; they're scary. Feels like I'm going to rip my dick off when I tug on that thing with good suction. I've only ever stretched while flaccid, not used to doing them erect in a Bathmate.

Yes Prominence the Bathmate stretches do feel a little scary but in time you can build up in strength on your pulling of the stretch. But keep at it and the exercises and improvements will come to you before you know it. Are you doing any other exercises for your overall workouts?

islandboy;479325 said:

Yes Prominence the Bathmate stretches do feel a little scary but in time you can build up in strength on your pulling of the stretch. But keep at it and the exercises and improvements will come to you before you know it. Are you doing any other exercises for your overall workouts?

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No, just 15 minutes in the Bathmate, erect at full pressure, and 5 minutes of Bathmate stretches (total of 20 mins in the Bathmate). I only do the stretches every other day, but I use the Bathmate every day.

Edit: If by 'overall workout' you mean non-Penis Enlargement stuff, then I do an AxBx routine at the gym 3.5 days/week.

Overall workout was more of a Penis Enlargement reference, I started out with a lot of manual exercises and stretches. I still use them from time to time but with Penis Enlargement tools at our disposal nowadays like I have both Bathmates, size genetics ADS, clamps, exercise band for stretches, recently added a vacutech elliptical dry pump. I break my workouts into length or girth workouts so I try to hit the little guy from all angles and so I don't get bored with my workouts as well. Through time you will see which exercises responds better and some that don't seem to effect progress. Its a learning process for sure.

But I do think non-Penis Enlargement workouts are important to Penis Enlargement and your overall health. I workout at the gym 4-5 days a week trying to stay healthy and enjoy life and the work I have put into my Penis Enlargement.

Just posting an update, I am loving the Bathmate so far! I still get the grooves from my pumping but they bother me less and they go away pretty fast. More importantly, I pushed clearly past the 16cm marker in the pump today! I know it's not much, but just two weeks ago I could just barely nudge the 15cm marker at my full, hardest pump.

I can't actually get an accurate measure of my 'actual' penis size because I'm pumping every day, haha. I'll stop pumping for a few days to check it in a month or so, for now I'm pretty damn encouraged.

Does anyone know if your pumped max has an actual relation to your non-pumped max? i.e. does the fact that I've gone from just over 15 to just over 16 translate into real gains, or is it just my penis getting used to being pumped?

I'm also curious as to this question. I started out at 160 mm and now I'm pushing 190. Hoping this translates into real gains when I measure in June. And to how close the measurements are Bathmate to tape measure

Metroman35;480772 said:

I'm also curious as to this question. I started out at 160 mm and now I'm pushing 190. Hoping this translates into real gains when I measure in June. And to how close the measurements are Bathmate to tape measure

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I measure the Bathmate X-40 from the base to say 195 and it's 8.5" for me and that's what I have managed. I got a vacu-vin though which I hand pump to 195 and its way faster and easier than pumping the X-40 which hurts a lot.

Prominence;480766 said:

Does anyone know if your pumped max has an actual relation to your non-pumped max? i.e. does the fact that I've gone from just over 15 to just over 16 translate into real gains, or is it just my penis getting used to being pumped?

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Definitely. I mean it is not an exact measurement but the increase will be measurable if you are seeing gains in the tube. Also, at 8.5" the X-40 is really maxed out length wise, I suggest the X-40.