A warm up involves applying heat to your penis for five to ten minutes prior to performing penis exercises. As you can imagine, heat can be applied through a variety of ways. Moist heat and infrared (IR) heat are the most effective. The three most popular warm ups that provide moist heat are: a moist heating pad, a rice sock, and a warm wash cloth. Infrared heat can be applied with an IR lamp or an IR massager. Let’s go over these warm ups in more detail, and then you’ll learn how to warm up.
Moist Heating Pad
Moist heating pads are generally used to relieve pain and muscle spasms. They usually plug into an outlet and take a few minutes to reach desired temperature. Moist heating pads are fairly cheap and are sold at nearly any retail store.
Rice Sock
A rice sock is convenient and inexpensive—it’s made with three items sitting around your house. To make a rice sock you need:
1. A sock—any sock that fits around your penis will do, but cotton socks tend to work best.
2. Uncooked rice—it doesn’t matter if it’s white, wheat, or wild, as long as it’s uncooked.
3. A microwave.
Once you have the above materials, prepare a rice sock by following these three steps:
1. Take your sock and fill it with approximately one to two cups of uncooked rice.
2. Tie the sock shut. Make sure to leave enough room in the sock so you can comfortably move it around your penis.
3. Put the rice sock in the microwave and heat for approximately 30 to 90 seconds or until you reach desired temperature.
Tip!
Put a cup of water into the microwave with the rice sock. The steam from the hot water will help to humidify the rice, thus making the sock even more effective when applied to your penis.
Warm Wash Cloth
Although a warm wash cloth is one of the simplest warm up aids—all you do is run it under hot water—it’s the least effective. That’s because a wash cloth tends to cool down much more quickly than any other technique. Only use a warm wash cloth when the other options are out of the question.
Infrared Massager
Infrared heat is able to warm up the penis best as it heats the deeper tissues in the penis, says Richard Howard II, Dr. PH, an experienced penis exerciser who has gained over three inches in length and two inches in girth. An IR massager is also great because massage increases circulation, improves blood flow, and—as anybody who has had a massage will attest—relaxes tissue. Combine these effects with the benefits that an IR warm up already provides, and you have a penis that is exceedingly flexible and ready to expand.
Another good warm up that produces infrared heat is an IR heat lamp. Although it doesn’t have the massage factor, it does allow you to keep heat on your penis during the entire workout. With a lamp, though, you’ll want to be extra careful not to burn yourself. As with all lamps, you must keep it a safe distance from your body – at least 18 inches from your penis and anywhere from 24 to 36 inches is even better. Dr. Howard recommends that you keep the lamp a safe distance, follow the instructions, avoid using too many watts, and use your intuition. If you follow these precautions and use prudence, it’s as safe as any other heating device.
Infrared massagers are sold at most retail stores and at wellness stores. Infrared heat lamps can be found at most pet stores in the reptile section. You can also find an IR bulb at most retails stores if you already have a lamp.
Other Warm Ups
A few other common ways to warm up include:
Ø Using a steamed towel
Ø Using a moist heating pack
Ø Using a heated gel pack
Ø Placing your penis into a thermal mug with hot water
Ø Sitting in a sauna or spa
Ø Standing in a hot shower or sitting in a hot bath
Warming Up: Step-by-Step
Once you have chosen your warm up method, follow the steps below prior to every penis exercises workout:
1. Prepare the warm up. If you are using a heating pad or an IR massager, plug it in and let it heat up. If you are using a rice sock, warm it up in the microwave. If you are using a wash cloth, run it under hot water.
2. Once you’ve reached the desired temperature, check the warm up with your hand. If it’s too hot, let it cool down to a comfort level. A good rule of thumb: lukewarm isn’t hot enough and burning is too hot.
3. Once the warm up material is heated, cover your entire penis and keep it wrapped for ten minutes. If you are using a rice sock, wrap it around your penis—don’t put it in the sock with the rice. If you are using an IR massager, move it around and massage the entire penis. If the warm up gets cold, then reheat and reapply.
4. As soon as you’ve warmed up, start performing penis exercises.
Extra Warm Up Tips!
Avoid the family jewels:
Heat kills sperm count. Try covering your testicles with a thick sock, or putting on a pair of thick underwear and bringing your penis through the pee-hole. Covering your testicles is especially important if you use infrared heat to warm up your penis, as it penetrates tissues deepest. So if you warm up with IR heat, always do a double take to make sure the little guys are covered up. This goes double time if you’re trying to conceive.
Start exercising immediately after you warm up:
Do this or else the heat will quickly dissipate. Also, the sooner you start exercising, the more flexible your penis will be.
Use heat during your penile workout:
This can be done in a variety of ways, such as doing your penis exercises in the shower, bath, sauna, or hot tub. Many penis exercisers also place a rice sock on their penis while stretching or focus on IR light on their penis while exercising.
Try gently massaging your penis while warming up:
Even if you don’t use an IR massager to warm up, give your penis a quick massage pre-workout. Depending on what kind of warm up you are using, you may even be able to directly massage your penis with the actual warm up material. Steamed towels, for example, work well for massaging the penis. If you warm up in the shower, use your hands to massage your penis.
Warm up your perineum (the area between your testicles and anus):
Your inner penis (the part of the penis that’s inside your body) is located beneath the perineum. Warming up this area makes your inner penis easier to stretch, and thus easier to bring outside of your body. You should also warm up the area near your pubic bone, as this will make your ligaments stretch more easily. For a better understanding of your perineum, inner penis, and ligaments see Appendix B: The Penis Anatomy.
Thoroughly warm up:
Heat every aspect of your penis thoroughly, or else you will be doing little more than heating your skin. Apply heat to the base, the top, the bottom, and the sides of your penis (again, avoid heating your testicles). If you do your warm up in the shower, position yourself so that the hot water is hitting your entire penis.
Warm Up Assignment
Your homework is to make a choice. Choose your warm up. The type of warm up you choose is a matter of preference and convenience.