Came across some interesting reading, regarding collagen and heat. Supposedly, heating the tissues (collagen) to about 113F (45C), will require 1/4 the load or force necessary to provide the same "stretch" that is required at 77F (25C). Tensile strength of collagen is very much dependent upon temperature. (I realize that this is pretty common knowledge in the Penis Enlargement community.) However, I had not seen the actual temperatures until looking around for scientific papers/articles.
Transformation of collagen into gelatin does not occur until around 140F (60C) sadly. That is much too hot for us to be working out in :D (Wind up in burn units at the local hospital) However, the more heat that we can stand during our Penis Enlargement, the more pliable and weaker the triple helix of collagen is, and the more susceptible it is to elongation or stretching. While warm-ups are pretty much a fundamental in Penis Enlargement, perhaps staying warm (or better yet hot) during our routines would be a better fundamental to maximize gains.
Now it should be pointed out that as the tensile strength of collagen decreases as temperature increases, that the failure force also decreases. Meaning, a force that you can withstand without injury at a lower temperature, could severely injure you at a higher temperature. You would be in effect applying much more stress to the collagen at a higher temperature than you would with the same force at a lower temperature. Using common sense is paramount when using heat to weaken the structure of the penis. But if used wisely, it can significantly enhance our ability to apply more "force" with the same techniques that might not currently be providing as much "force" as we would like.
For example, for me personally, I know that I could stretch harder, but I am limited by my ability to grip my penis with enough force without inducing too much pain (from the grip itself). For me, it is not stretch of the ligaments or whatever that limits the force that I can apply, but rather the limits of my ability to withstand the grip pressure used to stretch. (Does that make sense?) So theoretically, I should be able to apply much more stress to the penile tissue under higher temperatures while applying a more "comfortable" level of pressure to grip the penis.
Which leads to a more theoretical supposition. Now the heat used as explained above simple "unwinds" and weakens the collagen triple helix structure so that it is more pliable and stretchable. (by weakening its tensile strength) This "stretched" or elongated state triggers the production or assembly of more collagen (perhaps this is why vets of Penis Enlargement see a decreasing ability to make "fast" gains as they have substantially added to their total collagen over the years) to fill the tiny spaces of these polypeptides.
This gets more into Mike's
SRT theory. If this new collagen, and the stretched collagen, are permitted to retract and then cool back down to regular temperature, you would simply be left with more collagen in the same space. While slightly larger, simply because of an increase in volume of overall collagen, what is there would basically just be a stronger mass of collagen. (I have seen other people discussing heating while working out, and then quickly cooling in the elongated state, to make gains...those people may in fact be onto something that is very much in alignment with science.)
Now Mike is free to rip me here. I am not ripping
SRT, which I think is brilliant by the way, I am just looking at how what I am talking about can maybe even add to
SRT. If instead of concentrating upon staying extended while healing, which is fundamentally sound, perhaps significant heating while exercising and quickly cooling the tissues while still extended can speed up the growth process even more.
How much cooling while extended? Type one collagen, the weakest, is unstable even at body temperature, perhaps this is what is primarily responsible for most of our gains normally. Basically, type one collagen, is pliable at all times. So "cooling" could be considered cold enough at body temperature for all but type one collagen. Which is fine, because there will be no circumstance where we will, or would want to, lower our natural body temperature for extended periods of time anyway. Rapid cooling would really only be beneficial for the collagen that we have stretched under elevated temperatures in the first place. The idea of staying extended, and its merits, is in allowing recovery to take place to the tissues in a state in which we want them to repair. However, collagen retracts from its own tensile strength. We weaken this tensile strength through elevation of temperature, (or in Penis Enlargement we fight this strength through manual force), and hope that it heals fast enough before returning to its previous state. Well,
SRT attempts to, and would, aid in having more of this healing take place while the collagen is still pliable or elongated. I am just hypothesizing that perhaps, quickly cooling the collagen while in an extended pliable state would have a similar effect as
traction or wrapping or whatever would have over a longer period of time.
Now I am not saying that the
traction or wrapping should be eliminated in favor of cooling, but rather that cooling should be added to
traction. What both methods attempt to do is to achieve a state whereby the "extended" collagen is "healed" or forced to stay in the new state. Cooling of collagen in effect increases its tensile strength, if this is done in an extended state, should help to resist the return to its previous state just as would
traction. (Remember these "chains" are only a few nm long, so retraction and elongation, are both forms of "stretching" the tiny interconnected chains when they are in a stable state.)
Sorry, just rambling and babbling random thoughts. :D
Your local lunatic,
Tom
