While the kegel is an exercise that can be done anywhere, the other penis exercises usually need to be done in a sit-down workout session. Also unlike kegels, the other penis exercises require you to warm up first. If you have ever actively exercised, you were most likely taught the significance of warming up. Although the warm up is much different when performing penis exercises, the concept is still the same. Warming up before performing penis exercises increases growth and decrease chances of injury.
A warm up, which literally involves heating the penis, is often more important than the actual exercises. A warm up helps you avoid several of the unwanted side effects, such as red spots and the darkening effect. Just as important, a bad warm up or no warm up at all can stop you from gaining.
The Importance of Heat
Temperature has a significant effect on your penis. “During moments of anxiety or when a man is cold, the penis shrinks up. When feeling comfortable or warm, the penis will fill up like a water balloon, even without sexual arousal,” says Abraham Morgentaler, associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School and author of Male Body.
You most likely already know how temperature can influence your penis size, shape and feeling. If you’ve ever been swimming in a cold pool, you probably experienced the turtle effect—in which your penis became stiff and shrank like a turtle’s head into its shell. The turtle effect occurs because your body is keeping warm your important organs, such as your heart and lungs, while decreasing blood flow to your not-so important organ, the penis (yes, your penis might be your favorite organ, but it’s not essential to you living). Heat has the opposite effect of cold: it increases blood flow to your penis along with making it more flexible and easier to stretch.
Heat = Flexible Tissue
Heat makes the penis more flexible, more relaxed, and less stiff. The main reason for warming up is so when you’re exercising you aren’t tearing stiff tissues within your penis. Instead, you’re exercising relaxed, flexible tissue. It’s easy to see how increased flexibility can lead to more gains. The more flexible your penis, the easier it stretches, and the more it enlarges.
Heat = Increased Blood Flow
Heat also acts upon your arteries like Drano does your kitchen pipes—it opens them up. As a result, a warm up increases blood flow to your penis. With more blood flowing to your penis, your erections will be harder, healthier and your workouts more effective.
Always Warm Up
For one reason or another, many men skip out on the warm up. This is not advised. A warm up is essential to healthy and effective penis exercises. Every time a man asks me if it’s okay to skip warming up, I come back with the same answer: If you are exercising your penis to make it bigger and harder, then why skip something that will ultimately maximize growth and minimize injury.