wern
27th June 2005, 02:02 AM
I use a homemade Wheat Pillow hot-pack for my warmups. It is safe, not messy and warms up quickly. It can be stored away after the warm up and can be used for a warmdown.
There are some good benefits from using hotpacks:
1. No one knows what you are really using it for. Hotpacks are used for many things such as warming up your feet, as a pillow at night, treatuing injuries, pain relief and for chronic ailments. Oh yeah, and for warming up penises.
2. As stated it is convenient, because all you do is pull it out of a drawer in your room, chuck it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and then when finished with it, throw it back in the drawer. No fuss, no muss.
3. It does a good job warming you up as long as it isn't too hot. When combined with a little spray of water you create a steam-warmup which is an awsome warmup, better than dunking your dong in warm-water in my opinion, and much less messier, plus you can do it in your private and locked room. It doesn't need to be reheated for a warmdown as long as you keep it in a relatively warm place. The hotpack retains heat very well so as longas the room temp is above 20 degrees celcius, you should be fine for a warm up and warmdown without reheating.
4. It's easy to make. If you don't have a sewing machine you can make it in 30minutes. If you don't know how to sew at all, you are either under 18, in which case, PISS OFF, or you are a momma's boy who needs to learn how to take care of himself. Either way you are in trouble.
5. The materials are easy to come by and cheap. $10 US should cover you for all costs.
6. It is reusable. So that 30mins and $10 seem like a good investment for the convenience you get out of it.
Here's how to make your very own Wheat Pillow hot-pack
What you need:
1. wheat grains - I got mine from a pet store. It is the wheat that you use as bird-food.
2. fabric - I got mine from a fabric place. The fabric was the strongest breathable fabric that you can put in a microwave. So it needs to be a natural material. I used a very rigid and durable cotton fabric.
3. Sewing materials, or if you know how to use a sewing machine, use that.
4. optional - potpourri - the reason for this is that the wheat smells when heated up. It's not a bad smell, but it isn't pleasant either and it may arouse curiousity. But if you use potpourri it will mask the smell and the people that would question what you are doing (typically women), will know it is potpourri and therefore won't have any questions to ask. I didn't use potpourri though.
5. optional, a water-spray container, like the ones used for window cleaners ie windex
http://www.evenhouse.com/sullivan/research/splinesil/windex/tmesh.jpg
Instructions for assembly:
In a nutshell: create a pocket from the fabric, put wheat (and potpourri if you want) in, close pocket.
Specifics (what I did): My measurements for the wheat bag were approximately 6" x 6" when closed, so I would suggest using a rectangular shape of 7" x 14".
Fold the rectangle in half
Fold the the two sides adjacent to the fold;
then sew over the fold, so that you end up with a pocket. Sew very tightly, so that no wheat will spill.
Turn the pocket inside-out so you can't see the stitching.
Put the wheat (and potpourri if you want) into the pocket.
Fold the opening over and;
sew the fold.
And you have a Wheat Pillow hot-pack
http://www.geocities.com/the_general.rm/wheatbag.jpg
To heat it up chuck it in the microwave. put it on a plate first as it may get soggy from the wheat heating. Put it in there for between 1-2 minutes.
Now for a really good warmup you can use water-sprayer thing to spray a very thin layer of water onto the hot pack (not enough to drip off it). Three full squirts should do the trick.. It will create steam and will give a deep tissue warmup and then you can just put it away afterwards. You can keep it on the plate during the PE session and since the plate is also warm, it will help maintain the hotpack's heat.
Enjoy.
There are some good benefits from using hotpacks:
1. No one knows what you are really using it for. Hotpacks are used for many things such as warming up your feet, as a pillow at night, treatuing injuries, pain relief and for chronic ailments. Oh yeah, and for warming up penises.
2. As stated it is convenient, because all you do is pull it out of a drawer in your room, chuck it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and then when finished with it, throw it back in the drawer. No fuss, no muss.
3. It does a good job warming you up as long as it isn't too hot. When combined with a little spray of water you create a steam-warmup which is an awsome warmup, better than dunking your dong in warm-water in my opinion, and much less messier, plus you can do it in your private and locked room. It doesn't need to be reheated for a warmdown as long as you keep it in a relatively warm place. The hotpack retains heat very well so as longas the room temp is above 20 degrees celcius, you should be fine for a warm up and warmdown without reheating.
4. It's easy to make. If you don't have a sewing machine you can make it in 30minutes. If you don't know how to sew at all, you are either under 18, in which case, PISS OFF, or you are a momma's boy who needs to learn how to take care of himself. Either way you are in trouble.
5. The materials are easy to come by and cheap. $10 US should cover you for all costs.
6. It is reusable. So that 30mins and $10 seem like a good investment for the convenience you get out of it.
Here's how to make your very own Wheat Pillow hot-pack
What you need:
1. wheat grains - I got mine from a pet store. It is the wheat that you use as bird-food.
2. fabric - I got mine from a fabric place. The fabric was the strongest breathable fabric that you can put in a microwave. So it needs to be a natural material. I used a very rigid and durable cotton fabric.
3. Sewing materials, or if you know how to use a sewing machine, use that.
4. optional - potpourri - the reason for this is that the wheat smells when heated up. It's not a bad smell, but it isn't pleasant either and it may arouse curiousity. But if you use potpourri it will mask the smell and the people that would question what you are doing (typically women), will know it is potpourri and therefore won't have any questions to ask. I didn't use potpourri though.
5. optional, a water-spray container, like the ones used for window cleaners ie windex
http://www.evenhouse.com/sullivan/research/splinesil/windex/tmesh.jpg
Instructions for assembly:
In a nutshell: create a pocket from the fabric, put wheat (and potpourri if you want) in, close pocket.
Specifics (what I did): My measurements for the wheat bag were approximately 6" x 6" when closed, so I would suggest using a rectangular shape of 7" x 14".
Fold the rectangle in half
Fold the the two sides adjacent to the fold;
then sew over the fold, so that you end up with a pocket. Sew very tightly, so that no wheat will spill.
Turn the pocket inside-out so you can't see the stitching.
Put the wheat (and potpourri if you want) into the pocket.
Fold the opening over and;
sew the fold.
And you have a Wheat Pillow hot-pack
http://www.geocities.com/the_general.rm/wheatbag.jpg
To heat it up chuck it in the microwave. put it on a plate first as it may get soggy from the wheat heating. Put it in there for between 1-2 minutes.
Now for a really good warmup you can use water-sprayer thing to spray a very thin layer of water onto the hot pack (not enough to drip off it). Three full squirts should do the trick.. It will create steam and will give a deep tissue warmup and then you can just put it away afterwards. You can keep it on the plate during the PE session and since the plate is also warm, it will help maintain the hotpack's heat.
Enjoy.