Goldmember's PE Log Redux
Hey everyone Goldmember here. I realized recently that Reddit seems to have lost many of the images from my PE log series. Figured I may as well put together an updated summary of my PE experience over the past 2.25 years.
Who is Goldmember?
I'm a relative nobody in this space, with only just over 2 years under my belt. Until midsummer 2024 I was a mod over at the bigger PE sub, you can read all about THE DRAMA™️ here.
I started my PE journey using M9's wrecking ball and made great gains in the first 3-months. In this time I started to gain notoriety on said sub for my better than average ability to document gains.
After the newbie gains dried up I began to use the Wrecking Ball 3.0 (a compression hanger) with a pulley system to increase the weight, and I saw some modest improvement. Around this time I was swept up in the Apex mania. I spent a full year training with it in the manner popularized over on GB by Perv and BD and saw 0 gains. I also joined the mod team there and tried to realize a vision for that sub that ultimately didn't come to fruition, but sure as hell is flourishing here.
At this point, I was feeling quite unmotivated to continue PE. u/karlwikman and u/ChadThunderDownUnder helped keep me in the game so to speak with the PhalBack trial. I ultimately gave the system that promised 1” in 90 days the old college try but I saw no long term gains. After the initial 90-day trial I took a 3 month decon break. Upon return I gave the PB another spin, and found I only got intolerable edema. By the end of 2024 I called it a wrap on the PB trial.
What have I been up to lately?
Initially I engaged Klaus (Fenrir) and Jeff (PhalBack) to assess a combination protocol of the PB and PAC, where PAC would be done after the PB 3 times per week. When it became clear the PB was not going to play well and the edema would become a problem for consistency I scrapped the plan entirely.
Towards the end of 2024, Karl shared his preliminary findings from his latest post, Training Volume is the King of Girth Gains - Doing (Bro-)Science With Community Data!. This came at the perfect time as I had the Fenrir clamp and I was looking to assess the efficacy of PAC. So now I’m on week 4 of the girth trial, and I’m looking to kill 2 birds with one stone. Beyond simply assessing the efficacy of PAC, I’ll also be sorta piloting what I think may form the basis of some community trials we’re planning.
Our plan is to assess my routine every 30 working hours (PAC time plus time pumping above -9inHG) and decide whether to add some mix-ins, such as RIP pumping and/ or milking, vibration, EQ supplement stack, etc. I’m ~28% through the first block of 30 working hours.
My Progress Pics So Far 8/22 -> 7/24
My first BPSFL measurement was truly atrocious, December was a bit better though still not great. I think it's reasonable to assume in August 2022 it was actually closer to 6"- 6.25". I'll just go with 6.25" for a net gain of 0.75".
A Note About My Measurements
As anyone with eyes can tell, the technique has improved massively from Day 1. Anyone who has measured their dick for PE can tell you when you first start you don't realize how deep you really need to press or how hard you really need to pull. There were no guides for doing this when I started either. So over the years I've learned how deep to press to hit the bone, and how hard I can pull for the stretched flaccid. Enough so that I wrote a whole guide to help you avoid this very issue!
So is it fair to compare my starting to pics to my present? idk you can be the judge. I've done it for my entire PE career so I see no point in changing now. However whenever I speak to the efficacy of a protocol I always compare using fresh baseline (start of program) and current measurements which I have demonstrated immense consistency in technique over the years.
TLDR; I claim 0.75 length gains and ~0.5" girth gains. Hopefully we pump those numbers up in 2025!