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What is the purpose...?

ladyofivy
ladyofivy Posts: 648
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Of a sauna?

I assume they serve some workout-ey purpose, but I don't know for what. Does it help your muscles heal? Should I be utilizing the one at my gym?

Thanks!

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  • ladyofivy
    ladyofivy Posts: 648
    Of a sauna?

    I assume they serve some workout-ey purpose, but I don't know for what. Does it help your muscles heal? Should I be utilizing the one at my gym?

    Thanks!
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    I always just thought the purpose was relaxation.
  • ladyofivy
    ladyofivy Posts: 648
    I think it's also to make you sweat... like losing water weight. But... I would assume there must be more benefit to it than that... people don't seriously think that just sweating is "weight loss", do they?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    it feels awesone for one...

    it doesnt "heal" your muscles but the excessive sweating can relieve them a bit

    I love a suana for the clean feeling and refreshed feeling of a great sweat without the workout

    I highly reccomend a sauna experience
  • hoamai
    hoamai Posts: 76
    I use the sauna once a week. It makes my muscles feel good and is very relaxing. It also makes my skin look and feel great - when available,e g., at a spa I also like to use the steam room for the same reasons - so give it a try!
  • Losing_It
    Losing_It Posts: 3,271 Member
    From Yahoo:

    Sauna stimulates the circulation and increases the blood flow to the muscles and skin. First heating up your body and then cooling off right after gets your circulation going, which is almost the same effect as doing sports (except you're not using your muscles).
    You sweat because your body is trying to cool off by releasing water from the skin. That's why you need to drink lots of fluids afterwards. Sauna does not make you lose weight. If you weigh yourself afterwards, you will be lighter, but due to the fluid loss from sweating.
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    my mother in law bought a sauna for her house on recomendation from her chiropracter. the chiro said that if your in an infer-red sauna at 140 degrees cancer cells can't live and neither can some germs and bacteria that the infer-red sauna effects. it helps you sweat out impurities and relaxes your muscled. preventing the calcium deposits in muscles after a very hard work out.
    that is what she told me her chiro said
  • ladyofivy
    ladyofivy Posts: 648
    So... an infrared sauna is the cure for cancer? Why haven't I heard this before? :noway:
  • purrrr
    purrrr Posts: 1,073
    you don't lose weight from sauna, it's just water what you lose and guess what it comes back as soon as you drink your water. it helps weight loss in a way that it tightens the skin so you don't get saggy and that's not a sure thing either. other than that it's just relaxation and general comfort why people go to sauna.
  • rstarks54
    rstarks54 Posts: 163
    The sauna not only relaxes, but helps sweat out the toxins in your body, according to Dr. Oz...
    Best to you always,
    Rick
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    So... an infrared sauna is the cure for cancer? Why haven't I heard this before? :noway:
    to my MIL her chiro is God. I dont question it. I do plan on researching it
  • ladyofivy
    ladyofivy Posts: 648
    So... an infrared sauna is the cure for cancer? Why haven't I heard this before? :noway:
    to my MIL her chiro is God. I dont question it. I do plan on researching it
    LOL It's funny how one person can change the way you think about everything. He may be right! Who knows. It would be FANTASTIC to find out that this were true!
  • jenken99
    jenken99 Posts: 564 Member
    so if a sauna is good for this, then what is the purpose of a steam room? sauna is dry heat right? lol,, i dont know the diff..
  • purrrr
    purrrr Posts: 1,073
    The sauna not only relaxes, but helps sweat out the toxins in your body, according to Dr. Oz...
    Best to you always,
    Rick

    well, it's not like you sweat in a different way than sweating from excercise... just excessively so... beside, sauna is dangerous if you have high blood pressure or other heart issues
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    So... an infrared sauna is the cure for cancer? Why haven't I heard this before? :noway:
    to my MIL her chiro is God. I dont question it. I do plan on researching it
    LOL It's funny how one person can change the way you think about everything. He may be right! Who knows. It would be FANTASTIC to find out that this were true!

    I have the strange feeling that if this is true....we would have heard about it. But hey....who knows
  • ladyofivy
    ladyofivy Posts: 648
    So... an infrared sauna is the cure for cancer? Why haven't I heard this before? :noway:
    to my MIL her chiro is God. I dont question it. I do plan on researching it
    LOL It's funny how one person can change the way you think about everything. He may be right! Who knows. It would be FANTASTIC to find out that this were true!

    I have the strange feeling that if this is true....we would have heard about it. But hey....who knows

    I'm thinking that you can't raise your core temp this high or you'd be.... ya know. Dead. BUT I think it might be true for skin cancers?
  • kfeuvrel
    kfeuvrel Posts: 89 Member
    You know that Bikram Yoga - it's done in a 98 degree room (or something like that) so your body can stretch deeper? That's what I use a sauna for - when I do use one - stretching - don't just lie there. The heat causes increased circulation, so your muscles get more blood flow, and can exchange out all the cellular wastes developed by contracting your muscles throughout your workout. As the wastes clear out of each cell, it relaxes - and you can stretch it more than you could if you were at room temperature.

    Probably went way too deep there into physiology didn't I? Sorry about that.

    I'll leave it at, IT JUST FEELS REALLY GOOD TO ME.

    My Mom loves the steam room - but I always feel like I can't breathe because of all the steam.

    Have a great one!
    Kathryn
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    The sauna not only relaxes, but helps sweat out the toxins in your body, according to Dr. Oz...
    Best to you always,
    Rick

    My accupuncuturist says that sweat is very good for your body, that it helps to clense it
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    http://www.poolwarehouse.com/infrared-sauna-effects-on-cancer.html
    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_251/ai_n6112664
    http://www.chimachine4u.com/fir.html

    it seems like there is some research substantiating the idea that infrared saunas can have an effect on cancer and cancer prevention. interesting then again who pays for the studies and since a lot of the ones i found were by people who sold them as well. again you never know:smile:
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