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I was a workout warrior for two years but lately it's degenerated into 12 once curls.....I've got a nice freeweight setup at home and someday soon I'll be hitting it hard again.
I just did 50 reps of the Kegel exercise, and boy am I exhausted!
I'm not familiar with that, what is it?
I love Wikipedia ...
Kegel exercise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Kegel exercise, named after Dr. Arnold Kegel, is an exercise designed to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscles. The exercises consist of the regular clenching and unclenching of these muscles, which are sometimes called the "Kegel muscles", and form part of the pelvic floor.
Contents
1 Explanation
2 Benefits for women
3 Benefits in men
4 Potential concerns
5 See also
6 External links
Explanation
The aim of Kegel exercises is to restore muscle tone and strength to the pubococcygeus muscles in order to prevent or reduce pelvic floor problems and to increase sexual gratification. Kegel exercises are said to be good for treating vaginal prolapse [1] and preventing uterine prolapse in women [2].
Kegel exercises may be beneficial in treating urinary incontinence in both men and women [3]. Kegel exercises are also known as pelvic floor exercises, or simply Kegels.
Although Dr. Arnold Kegel has contemporized and popularized this practice, it is by no means new. The Taoists of ancient China developed a number of different sexual practices to strengthen and tone these same muscles for health, longevity, sexual gratification, and spiritual development. Directly akin to the Kegel exercise is the Taoist practice of the Deer Exercise.
Benefits for women
Factors such as pregnancy, childbirth and being overweight often result in the weakening of pelvic muscles. Kegel exercises are useful in regaining pelvic floor muscle strength in such cases. Regular Kegel exercise can also increase sexual pleasure for females and their partners. After childbirth, practicing pelvic floor contractions during sexual intercourse with a male partner will allow the woman immediate feedback from her partner, who can tell her whether or not he can feel her muscles tightening around his penis. In this manner, a newly postpartum woman can retrain her pelvic floor muscles to their pre-pregnancy strength and tone.
Benefits in men
Men can also use Kegel exercises.They are used to strengthen the pubococcygeal muscle, which may allow them to achieve orgasm without ejaculation and perhaps reach multiple climaxes during sexual activity [4]. In men this exercise lifts up the testicles, also strengthening the cremaster muscle as well as the anal sphincter. While women are able to add resistance to the exercise through isometrically gripping a hard object, or by compressing an object such as foam or a penis, there are no known techniques that would add resistance to male Kegel exercises. Some believe draping a towel over the shaft and lifting it does this, but any force possibly applied to the muscle in this way would be limited to the biological inheritibility of the penis' shaft to stay erect and resist bending, in a combination of blood flow ('hardness'), genetic construction, and tissue integrity. No serious scientific studies have been done into the 'bodybuilding' and strength-building of the member through this method, although a niche market definitely exists in the realm of penis enlargement, and various urban legends abound for (with groups dedicated to the propogation of) methods of strengthening and enlarging the penis through various methods of exercise and resistance.
Potential concerns
The pubococcygeal muscles are those used to stop the flow of urine during urination, and they may be easily identified in this way. However, after the muscle has been identified, practicing Kegel exercises during urination is not recommended, as this could lead to a urinary tract infection.
See also
Kegel exerciser
How to Good-Bye Depression
Ben Wa balls
Cremaster muscle
Taoist Sexual Practices
External links
NIDDK public domain guide to pelvic muscle exercises
Kegel Exercises - article on Talk Sex with Sue Johanson
Do the Kegel - a motivational song to support women to remember to exercise
Multiple Orgasms - For Men...
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegel_exercise"
Deer exercise??? IMO, once you get animals involved, it's officially kinky ...
I played tennis today for the first time since I broke my toe. Awful, awful game. Pissed me off since I still don't have the ability to push off yet, which really limited my service capabilities. It was downright unfortunate. My GF and I lost to her little sister and her boyfriend, both of whom are very capable tennis players in their own right.
I just did 50 reps of the Kegel exercise, and boy am I exhausted!
I'm not familiar with that, what is it?
I love Wikipedia ...
Kegel exercise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Kegel exercise, named after Dr. Arnold Kegel, is an exercise designed to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscles. The exercises consist of the regular clenching and unclenching of these muscles, which are sometimes called the "Kegel muscles", and form part of the pelvic floor.
Contents
1 Explanation
2 Benefits for women
3 Benefits in men
4 Potential concerns
5 See also
6 External links
Explanation
The aim of Kegel exercises is to restore muscle tone and strength to the pubococcygeus muscles in order to prevent or reduce pelvic floor problems and to increase sexual gratification. Kegel exercises are said to be good for treating vaginal prolapse [1] and preventing uterine prolapse in women [2].
Kegel exercises may be beneficial in treating urinary incontinence in both men and women [3]. Kegel exercises are also known as pelvic floor exercises, or simply Kegels.
Although Dr. Arnold Kegel has contemporized and popularized this practice, it is by no means new. The Taoists of ancient China developed a number of different sexual practices to strengthen and tone these same muscles for health, longevity, sexual gratification, and spiritual development. Directly akin to the Kegel exercise is the Taoist practice of the Deer Exercise.
Benefits for women
Factors such as pregnancy, childbirth and being overweight often result in the weakening of pelvic muscles. Kegel exercises are useful in regaining pelvic floor muscle strength in such cases. Regular Kegel exercise can also increase sexual pleasure for females and their partners. After childbirth, practicing pelvic floor contractions during sexual intercourse with a male partner will allow the woman immediate feedback from her partner, who can tell her whether or not he can feel her muscles tightening around his penis. In this manner, a newly postpartum woman can retrain her pelvic floor muscles to their pre-pregnancy strength and tone.
Benefits in men
Men can also use Kegel exercises.They are used to strengthen the pubococcygeal muscle, which may allow them to achieve orgasm without ejaculation and perhaps reach multiple climaxes during sexual activity [4]. In men this exercise lifts up the testicles, also strengthening the cremaster muscle as well as the anal sphincter. While women are able to add resistance to the exercise through isometrically gripping a hard object, or by compressing an object such as foam or a penis, there are no known techniques that would add resistance to male Kegel exercises. Some believe draping a towel over the shaft and lifting it does this, but any force possibly applied to the muscle in this way would be limited to the biological inheritibility of the penis' shaft to stay erect and resist bending, in a combination of blood flow ('hardness'), genetic construction, and tissue integrity. No serious scientific studies have been done into the 'bodybuilding' and strength-building of the member through this method, although a niche market definitely exists in the realm of penis enlargement, and various urban legends abound for (with groups dedicated to the propogation of) methods of strengthening and enlarging the penis through various methods of exercise and resistance.
Potential concerns
The pubococcygeal muscles are those used to stop the flow of urine during urination, and they may be easily identified in this way. However, after the muscle has been identified, practicing Kegel exercises during urination is not recommended, as this could lead to a urinary tract infection.
See also
Kegel exerciser
How to Good-Bye Depression
Ben Wa balls
Cremaster muscle
Taoist Sexual Practices
External links
NIDDK public domain guide to pelvic muscle exercises
Kegel Exercises - article on Talk Sex with Sue Johanson
Do the Kegel - a motivational song to support women to remember to exercise
Multiple Orgasms - For Men...
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegel_exercise"
Deer exercise??? IMO, once you get animals involved, it's officially kinky ...
Today was a brutal workout as I did day 2 of Miami's program as well as max outs.
I maxed out at 215 on Squats.
I maxed out at 205 on deadlifts.
I maxed out at 145 on bench press.
20 Presses behind neck.
I also tried to see how many times I could bench the bar and I ended up doing 78 reps.
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