User blog comment:Guts!/Anime Depiction of Luffy's Gear Second/@comment-4754162-20130528013429/@comment-2226235-20130528230710

If that were the case then Oda would have stopped drawing the pumping after Enies Lobby when he established the concept but he only stopped at the time-skip. He wouldn't have done that unless it meant something because it would confuse people and create discussions like this.