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5.0 out of 5 starsThe penis - 50 percent muscle. . .
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2010
. . . Or sort of, depending on how you look at it. Allow me to explain.
Anyone who has researched this topic has probably read somewhere that "The penis is not a muscle, so you cannot enlarge it." This statement has been repeated so often that a lot of people believe it without a second thought. After much research, I've come to the conclusion that this statement is not only wrong, it also exposes the ignorance (or laziness to do more research) of the authors on matters of penile anatomy.
My OWN personal research started with Exercising the Penis, as well as the book's references, which goes into detail about the penis being 50 percent smooth muscle. SMOOTH is the keyword, and often the cause of all the confusion. I was VERY SURPRISED to find that the fact that the penis is half smooth muscle is far from unknown - there are countless scientific articles and studies to back up the claim. I can't get over how this isn't well-known and how the myth keeps spreading! To be fair, smooth muscle isn't exactly the same as skeletal muscle, but studies shows that both can grow in size and definition (I listed some of the studies I found when looking into the topic).
Regardless, if you're interested in this topic, then I think it's important to do your own research into the penis, its muscle, and the exercises. Because exercising the penis is a lot like exercising your muscles (principles are the same, growth rate appears to be similar, etc.), a lot of the same concepts apply. For example: just like exercising your biceps, you can injure yourself if you perform the exercises incorrectly, or by going overboard too much. But if you start using penis exercises with moderation and patience, you should be injury free.
To close, I've researched penis exercising quite a bit and I'll even be the first to say that you'll definitely want to learn as much as you can before diving in. That's one of the big pluses of this book. EXERCISING THE PENIS has almost ALL of the information needed to get started right here in the book, everything I need for planning workouts, to great pictures, to illustrations that explain how to do the exercises, to ideas on growing more/quicker. That in mind, if you don't get the book, try to read up as much as you can somewhere else as you've only got one penis. You'll definitely take it easy in the beginning.
Some good resources on the penis muscle:
-Christ, George J. "The Penis as a Vascular Organ." Urologic Clinics of North America. [...]
-Berk, Bradford C. "Vascular Smooth Muscle Growth: Autocrine Growth Mechanisms." Physiological Reviews.
-Andersson, K. E., and G. Wagner. Physiology of Penile Erection. Physiolgocal Reviews.
