I was taught how to masturbate when me an my friend was with his older brother and he had a porn magazine he showed up then showed up how to wank over it, there is no set amount of times you masturbate just do it when you feel you want to some guys do it 3 or 4 times a day some even more then others only once a week or even once a month.
Lubricant really depends if you have a foreskin that retracts easy like mine and then you don't really need any or if you have a tight foreskin you can't pull back or your circumcised then I would suggest using baby oil or baby lotion as they will both be mild on your skin.
You can use saliva but that always seems to dry up quick.
If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
I mean what is the best way to jerk off how do you jerk on what do you use what gets you in the mood for jerking off maybe If you jerk off now you can take me through the steps on what you do