The importance of heating your unit

I didn’t really find any threads covering this subject. Maybe I just don’t know how to use the search, however I think it’s time for me to lose my posting virginity with this. It’s probably nothing groundbreaking but could work as a reminder perhaps?

My knowledge in PE is quite limited, but I’ve noticed most routines suggest warm wraps before and after the actual routine. The reason being, it’s safer that way (?). For a newbie it’s easy to overlook the heating part and think that you are warm enough already. My question is, could heating your unit actually be the most crucial part of the routine and gaining in PE overall?

I found this on Google about infrared-saunas:

"The following information has been summarized from Chapter 9 of Therapeutic Heat and Cold, Fourth Edition, Editors Justus F. Lehmann, M.D., Williams, and Wilkin, or concluded from data gathered there.

Generally it is accepted that heat produces the following desirable therapeutic effects:

1. Infrared heat increases the extensibility of collagen tissues. Tissues heated to 45 degrees Celsius and then stretched exhibit a non-elastic residual elongation of about 0.5 to 0.9 percent that persists after the stretch is removed. This does not occur in these same tissues when stretched at normal tissue temperatures. Therefore 20stretching sessions can produce a 10 to 18 percentage increase in length of tissues heated and stretched.

Stretching of tissue in the presence of heat would be especially valuable in working with ligaments, joint capsules, tendons, fasciae, and synoviurn that have become scarred, thickened, or contracted. Such stretching at 45 degrees Celsius caused much less weakening in stretched tissues for a given elongation than a similar elongation produced at normal tissue temperatures.

Experiments cited clearly showed low-force stretching could produce significant residual elongation when heat is applied together with stretching or range-of-motion exercises. This is safer than stretching tissues at normal tissue temperatures."

My conclusion is, would it be most efficient to try and uphold the 45 Celsius even during the routine, whether it’s stretching, jelqing, clamping or even during ADS, etc. Maybe with the help of infrared lamp for example?

The original text is from http://www.euro … om/research.htm

Awesome info man,I been heating up in the shower first,just like any exercise we need to stretch and warm up first. Thanks

I warm up by use of shower at 37 degrees, but it’s pretty far from 45 degrees. However, I could think of possible drawback of heating your penis at 45—killing the sperms maybe? Since it’s 8 degrees higher than our regular body temperature, it’s possible that some of our tissues might not work well (read:fail) at that temperature. Though I am not 100 % sure on this issue, so anyone care to contribute your thought on this?

I think showering at 45 degrees “might” harm sperm. But if you only wrap your shaft at 45 degrees, the heat may not effect the testicles because you’re not wrapping the scrotum.

But then the issue rises where you can’t have consistent heat for your whole 5-10 minutes since you’ll have to re heat the cloth etc.

there is actually a thread on this. but good reseearch

Heat that puppy as warm as possible! That’s the secret to better gains!

I use Infrared lamps and a heating pad in almost all of my PE exercises.

Search for Shiver’s “Heat in PE” thread.

One of the posts there (long thread, but good) refers to research on tendons/collagen that shows that over 46 degrees C (or 47?48?) suddenly the fail strength drops - a lot. So stressing at a known OK force and suddenly going too hot might cause damage.

Same lesson as always - everything in moderation.

Benefits of Heat in PE