Do you milk/wank your tube? Advice needed.

[PumpingAus]

Hi everyone.
Newish pumper here, less than 6 months into my journey. I got a case of Lymphangitis about a week and a half ago, which seems to have cleared up with a break from pumping. I want to get back into pumping in a safer way so I can avoid this happening again and I'm seeking input from anyone who cares to share.

I had previously been pumping above 5Hg basically all the time, with spikes up to 10Hg for a minute or so throughout my routine. I also do hard kegels once or twice a minute and basically milk/wank the tube almost the whole time I'm in it. I was starting to pack the tube quicker and quicker but also getting a few burst blood vessels and areas that look dark/bruised most sessions.

I'm going to be doing lower pressures from now on and try and avoid any burst blood vessels, etc. I'm also thinking the milking of the tube could be what damaged my lymph system but I'm not sure.

So do you milk the tube when you pump? Do you milk when the pressure is high or only when it's low? Do you just milk when you're resting in the tube, between sets? Or do you milk during your set as well? Is milking even a good idea? Does milking contribute to developing a donut when pumping?
Anyone with advice or an opinion is encouraged to comment here for anyone looking up the same thing later, and for my own benefit of course.

Thanks in advance guys.

[torolargo]

Hi, I read your post and decided to answer your questions!
According to my experience as a daily pumper for over 8 years, I can confirm that your problem was most likely due to tube milking!

I know how pleasant it is to milk the tube while watching a porn video, ...only a pumper can know that!

I did it too in the beginning and of course I always ended up cumming in the tube, ending the session much earlier than expected!

As time went by, by reading up on the information and above all by reading the posts of the veterans of this site, I began to understand that pumping is not a masturbation technique but a real art which has as its aim the enlargement and functional well-being of the cock!

Having said that, I think it's time for you to decide what you're really looking for, ...if you just want to get pleasure, I advise you to get a rechargeable masturbator, ...there are very interesting ones.
If, however, you want to be a real pumper you have to start reading up on information and asking advice from the more experienced pumpers.

For any questions or doubts about this, you can write to me privately!

Toro

[sbelloten]

I agree with Toro. Pumping is a workout like going to the gym. You would never start your first day at the gym by bench pressing 500 pounds over your head.

With pumping you need to go slow, I feel like a broken record saying this but nice and slow is the way to go move too fast and it won’t last.

Start by pumping one to two HG so you can build up slowly. This way you’ll get less to no damage. Just stay in the tube longer with brakes.

I’ve been full package pumping for 20 years and I still don’t start at five HG and push up to 10. Pumping is a marathon, not a sprint.

[PumpingAus]

Thanks Torolargo and Sbelloten for your advice.
I started out pumping just as a way to improve EQ after a couple of years of not having any sex and barely ever masturbating. My cock was really underperforming. It only took a couple of weeks of pumping to be back to having erections like I was in my early 20s, then after a bit of reading here during that time I set my sights on attempting to make some gains. So I'm definitely approaching this from a PE angle, not a masturbation method.
I read someone on here say milking brings fresh blood into your cock while you're in the pump, and I read Prelude talking about milking when he rests between sets at minimal pressure. I guess somehow I just ended up deciding that the more milking I did, the better my results would be. It definitely seems to help pack the tube quicker, but like you both said it's more like a marathon than a sprint. My injury is obviously proof of that.

I'm going to take it real easy from now on and hope to make some slow and lasting gains. Would still love to hear any other tips or tricks in regards to milking, even though I'll be avoiding it for the next couple of months until I know I'm healed up fully.

[torolargo]

In my experience, the most important factor in avoiding unpleasant accidents while practicing cock pumping is its slow and gradual conditioning. The strong stresses due to the vacuum that is generated inside the tube can easily become counterproductive if the muscle fibers of the penis have not been appropriately trained to withstand them.
We must also keep in mind that each cock is a unique piece and therefore a routine that is good for one pumper can be harmful for another.
So my recommendations are as follows:

Always pump using low pressure which in any case must not exceed 5 hg.

Pump only if you feel comfortable inside the tube. If you feel any sensations of discomfort, darkening of the penis or worse, the appearance of pain, you must immediately stop the session.

Always pump in a comfortable and relaxing posture, trying to keep the tube still. Any movement carried out with the aim of obtaining or increasing sensations of pleasure is to be considered potentially dangerous. If you feel the unstoppable desire to cum inside the tube, you must immediately lower the pressure to the minimum necessary to maintain the adhesion of the cock to the walls of the tube and proceed with a slow movement of pleasant masturbation.

Only time, calm, perseverance and experience will be able to give you important permanent results!

Toro

[PumpingAus]

It took me over 8 years of daily pumping to condition my cock to the point where I could pack the 3" tube in just 60 minutes.

Thanks for your thoughtful responses Toro. I've been pumping for the last week but keeping pressures at no more than 5Hg and I'm actually finding I get some really nice stretching/growing sensations at 4Hg. Before I would be pumping at 8 or 10 and getting a lot of 'growth' but it was just my cock, and especially donut, swelling up in the skin layer with lymph fluid.
This lower pressure stuff feels like it works more inside, or at least there's not so much going on at skin level that I can feel what's happening inside better.

But it does feel frustrating trying to pack a tube in an hour and failing when I used to pack it in half an hour. The upside is no red or dark spots on my cock, just a very mild pumpers tan instead. I can see my base girth is increasing and slooooowly making it's way down the shaft with each session.

Do you ever exceed 5Hg packing your 3" within the hour? Did you ever used to have high pressure sessions or have you always followed your sensible suggestions over your 8 years of pumping?

[torolargo]

It took me over 8 years of daily pumping to condition my cock to the point where I could pack the 3" tube in just 60 minutes.

Thanks for your thoughtful responses Toro. I've been pumping for the last week but keeping pressures at no more than 5Hg and I'm actually finding I get some really nice stretching/growing sensations at 4Hg. Before I would be pumping at 8 or 10 and getting a lot of 'growth' but it was just my cock, and especially donut, swelling up in the skin layer with lymph fluid.
This lower pressure stuff feels like it works more inside, or at least there's not so much going on at skin level that I can feel what's happening inside better.

But it does feel frustrating trying to pack a tube in an hour and failing when I used to pack it in half an hour. The upside is no red or dark spots on my cock, just a very mild pumpers tan instead. I can see my base girth is increasing and slooooowly making it's way down the shaft with each session.

Do you ever exceed 5Hg packing your 3" within the hour? Did you ever used to have high pressure sessions or have you always followed your sensible suggestions over your 8 years of pumping?

I always pumped while maintaining around 5Hg.

Some days when I feel particularly horny, ...I try to go beyond my usual limit for no more than 1 minute every 10/15 minutes, ...but I haven't noticed any particular advantages except that of increasing my arousal by running the risk of cumming in the tube!

About 2 months ago, ...I tried pumping for 15 minutes at a pressure of 10Hg, ...the result was a blister full of fluid near the foreskin which reabsorbed on its own within a week, during which I couldn't pump at all, ...a great suffering for me since I'm now totally addicted to pumping!

So my advice is to never risk running into unpleasant inconveniences by always maintaining a maximum pressure of 5Hg!

[LewAshby]

I don’t agree on milking being the cause, do you wear cock rings for prolonged periods of time? Do you drink adequate amounts of water? There can be a lot of variables for the said issue. For me I aim for complete erection while pumping so i milk the tube and also shake it up and down. I will milk when I lower the pressure all the way for a minute then slowly up the pressure back up to 5 hg where I will also milk and shake the tube. Pumping does straight the lymphatic system especially if you’re doing long sessions so be sure to jelq and massage afterwards. I’ve noticed pumping while erect seems to limit and evenly distribute the lymphatic fluid that accumulates and really swells the internal meat of my cock.

[getbigstj]

Yeah milking is most likely what caused some issues for you I didn’t start doing that until 3 years into strictly (penis) pumping only use to pump my whole package a lot before I started penis pumping only. So just take your time and enjoy the process of filling tubes once your conditioned you will know when it’s a good time to milk your tube just listen to your body and how it feels and don’t over indulge with the sensations pumping brings on. Pressure spikes or (static) pumping should be okay but milking at higher pressures puts so much stress on the base and ligaments anytime I do that I feel the stretch in my base but I been pumping for 10 years now. Take your time!