Question about working out in a sauna suit

beautifuldiskize
beautifuldiskize Posts: 95
in Health and Weight Loss
So, I decided to buy a sauna suit the other day. (Under $10 at Walmart.) I can't join a gym at the moment, but I thought, hey maybe this will help me sweat a little.

I am currently doing a workout DVD at home everyday and so I tried wearing the sauna suit during it today and WOW. I was pouring sweat. The suit was literally dripping when I was done as if it had been submerged in water!

So, my question is, does this burn more calories? Any idea about how much more?

Thanks!

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    No - it doesn't burn more calories. Sometimes manufacturer's will claim "weight loss"....it's not fat....it's just water.
  • DamianaKitten
    DamianaKitten Posts: 479 Member
    http://www.military.com/military-fitness/weight-loss/weight-loss-myths
    Sweat Suits

    For decades, many people have used sweat suits, garbage bags or saunas in order to lose weight quickly. You will lose weight in the form of sweat, which is water and electrolytes, but you will gain it back as soon as you eat again or drink water. This myth seems to have spread through the wrestling, boxing, and other sports gyms where guys need to lose a few pounds in order to make a weight class. But sweating excessively has no useful purpose in health weight loss. The dangers of sweating to lose weight are severe -- they include overheating (heatstroke), extreme loss of electrolytes (kidney damage/death), and other cardiovascular related emergencies.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    You may lose water weight, but you aren't losing fat. And the water weight just comes right back when you rehydrate. I'd say something like that is fine if you just want to fit into a dress that's a little tight for an event or something, but to actually burn calories and lose fat....it's not going to help. Calorie deficit is all you need.
  • AnnieRN6
    AnnieRN6 Posts: 48
    You're not increasing your weight loss. You're just increasing your risk of having a heart attack while you work out. The reason that wrestling teams don't use these suits anymore is because they are so incredibly dangerous. Get rid of the suit.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    So, I decided to buy a sauna suit the other day. (Under $10 at Walmart.) I can't join a gym at the moment, but I thought, hey maybe this will help me sweat a little.

    I am currently doing a workout DVD at home everyday and so I tried wearing the sauna suit during it today and WOW. I was pouring sweat. The suit was literally dripping when I was done as if it had been submerged in water!

    So, my question is, does this burn more calories? Any idea about how much more?

    Thanks!

    No, just no. On all levels No. Working out in a sauna suit is not healthy, all you are doing is causing dehydration. There are no shortcuts! You need to put out the effort to see results. No gym membership, no problem. Youtube has hundreds and I mean hundreds of workouts available for free. Lose the suit, amp up your work out for a healthy calorie burn!
  • beautifuldiskize
    beautifuldiskize Posts: 95
    Thanks everyone! Yeah I guess that does make sense. I didn't really think of the fact that I was just losing water.

    I really like the dvd I'm doing now and I got it for free lol. It's not super intense so I'm sure it didn't hurt much using the suit today. It's called Slim In 6 and I'm only on the first dvd.

    But I mean, it felt pretty gross while using it so I guess there's really no point if it's not helping me burn calories.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    Unless you're a boxer, wrestler or MMA fighter who needs to lose water weight for a weigh-in, it doesn't make sense.

    There is a girl at my gym who wears one and then walks at an incline on the treadmill while clinging to the handles for dear life. I so badly want to correct her, but instead I mind my own business and wonder why she would want to dehydrate her poor body every single workout.

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