Your penis, as I’m sure you know, is quite sensitive.

Your penis, as I’m sure you know from some porn-fueled masturbating or marathon sex sessions, can also take quite a beating.

Because you know both these things, you might be wondering:

• When should I take it easy for a bit?
• How do I know my penis has recovered?
• Should I take a day off, even though I’ve got a training session scheduled?

These are all good and valid questions. After all, you only have one penis, and you want to treat it nicely.

To this end, I have compiled a list of signs that you are overtraining.

I want to emphasize that there are surely other signs that I have not yet come across. If you are EVER UNSURE of whether you should train that day, I’d say don’t. This isn’t meant as a free pass to take a day off because you’re lazy, it’s meant to keep your penis healthy and functional.

You can reduce some of these by warming up properly, but it’s not always possible.

#1 The Boner Test

This is, I believe, the King Daddy of signs of whether you can train or not.

It’s fast and simple, and the one I always come back to. If you only take one thing away from this article, let it be this:

If you can’t get a proper boner, take a day off from training.

This includes not getting morning wood or experiencing fewer erections throughout the night.

The one negative of this is that, when you start kegels along with penis enlargement exercise, you can’t be sure of whether it’s your pelvic floor or your penile tissue that’s fatigued.

No matter. Take some time off from everything that strains your penis: Exercise, masturbation, even sex. Yes, it sucks, but your penis will recover quicker if you give it a complete rest.

Of course, this sign depends on you having healthy boners before you started exercising your penis. If your erections were weak to begin with, this sign is nearly worthless.

So, what to do? Start doing kegels. Because you cannot depend on your boner as a sign of overtraining, you’ll need to check for soreness in your pelvic floor. Spasming or the inability to contract the muscles strongly are also an indicator to take a day off from kegels.

#2 Bruising

Bruising usually happens during overly intense girth exercises (pumping, jelqing…)

Notice that I said OVERLY intense. It means you are exercising waaay too hard. Capillaries near the skin’s surface break and the blood puddles under it. It can’t go anywhere else, leaving you with the telltale black-purple marks.

The first order of the day is, of course, to rest. Leave your penis alone until the bruise has disappeared completely. Not just faded slightly, you want it gone without leaving a trace.

You should also check out where the bruising occurred. It can give you a clue as to what you were doing. If the bruise was on the underside on the penis, maybe you applied too much force there while jelqing, or maybe it’s underneath the glans and you gripped too tightly while stretching.

Take note of that and go at it more easy next time.

When the bruise has healed you should decrease the intensity on all your exercise. Fewer minutes in the Bathmate, VLC, while stretching or jelqing, and a looser grip during jelqing, less pulling while stretching… you get the picture. Slowly add to it, taking note your penis doesn’t bruise again.

#3 Spotting

Spotting usually happens to everybody who is new to PE, especially when you start jelqing or using the Bathmate. Your penis is never subjected to stress like that, and putting the tissue under pressure like that leads to the capillaries bursting.

This is distinct from bruising in that the spots are about the size of pinpricks and, most of the time, a lighter shade of red. The darker the color, ranging from a bright red to black, the likelier it is your overtrained.

I’ve read of some men experiencing these spots after most workouts while gaining and still having a healthy penis. That means you’ll have to evaluate these spots in relation to everything else around your penis.

• Can you still get a good boner?
• Have you sharply increased the intensity without giving your penis time to adjust?
• Did you take a long break and jump right back in to your old workouts without a break-in period?

That’s just an example of questions you should ask yourself when these spots occur. If your penis is still healthy and gaining and the spots are of a bright color, then it’s likely not a big deal. The spots might also decrease with time.

On the other hand, if the spots get darker, there are more of them, or you get them after every workout, you should probably give your penis some rest until they disappear. After that, ease back into penis exercise with less intensity and duration, slowly amping both of them up while keeping an eye on the spotting this time around.

#4 Skin darkening

Another reason you want to watch out for increased spotting is that it can increase the skin-darkening effect.

Like spotting, this one is kind of murky. Some guys never get it, even while overtraining to the max, while others get a darker penis after the lightest of stretching.

Still, it happens more often with people who overtrain, or who use advanced girth exercises. People who don’t take care of the spotting and just keep on training are also more likely to develop it

As with the spotting, if your penis is otherwise healthy, this one’s that big a deal. You should keep an eye on your overall penile health (like your morning wood, general hardness…) and adjust accordingly.

Skin darkening happens over time, so if you see some signs of it, you might consider taking a break if you don’t want it to happen. Some dudes dig the look, so this one’s on you.

I read that the discoloration can disappear given enough time, but for me, that sounds like an unnecessary gamble. If you don’t want the discoloration, reduce the intensity and duration and take it from there.

#5 Turkey dick

I have written about this side effect here already, so check that article out.

This can also happen after jelqing or after you masturbate or have sex for a long time. It’ll go away on its own after a maximum of a few hours. You can speed it up by gently massaging your penis.

#6 Dry skin

Dry skin might be caused by a medical condition you have. If you’ve never experienced this before exercising your penis though, it’s most likely caused by the lubricant you use.

Consider changing the lubricant. Olive oil, coconut oil, or baby oil are mostly safe, although they’re a mess to clean up. I like to use Durex Play Feel because it’s water-soluble and you just need to apply some warm water to remove it. Experiment with this one.

Lack of lubrication can also cause dry skin, especially when you dry jelq. The skin-on-skin contact can cause abrasions, leading to dry skin and skin shedding. The solution is easy: Use lubrication.

#7 Blisters

Blisters are a more rare side effect, but I’ve had them happen to me.

When I first got my VLC Tugger, I was overzealous and put it on high tension and left it on for the day. The next day, I had a blister, and my cock was red and swollen under the glans. Needless to say, I freaked out like a little girl, but it went away after a week and I had learned my lesson.

So, if you ever develop a blister from PE, the order of the day is: Rest and come back with less intensity.

#8 Blood

This one’s a no-brainer.

If there’s ever blood coming out of your penis, seek medical attention immediately.

Even if it wasn’t caused by penis exercise, there’s a whole mess of nasty stuff that could be wrong with your body: Kidney stones or other diseases of the kidney, bladder and prostate problems… I shudder just to think about it.

Don’t be a fool, get it checked out. And rest your penis until it has improved.

So there you have it, 8 signs you are overtraining your penis. As with everything in life, sometimes backing off is the smart thing to do.

P.S. Planned rest is great. To make sure your planned rest doesn’t turn into not training because it interferes with your daily life too much, check out the Bathmate and VLC Tugger. They make penis enlargement easy and remove all the hassle!