My Gym has a "Weightloss Pod"

I......uh....a pod you say?

I wouldn't....log calories burned while in....a.....pod.

I imagine that if you caught all the sweat that dripped off you and drank it back, you'd weigh the same as when you went in.

""Back in the 60s, they did a lot of research to show that heat causes weight loss but it's water loss, and this is because, like wrestlers and jockeys who have to meet weight goals, this is what they often, they go in a sauna and they sweat that extra weight off. But the minute they rehydrate, obviously that weight comes back on. And this is not new. This so well documented," said Dr. Melinda Sothern, a clinical exercise physiologist and professor in the School of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center."

(-http://www.wwltv.com/news/Makers-say-you-can-lie-in-space-capsule-and-lose-weight-117289923.html)

I wouldn't log it, OP

Sounds similar to a sauna.

180 °F for 45 minutes? Doesn't sound all that safe, imo.

I get the "water weight" aspect of it but the heat part. Being SO HOT though, I have to think that some of the Calorie burn has to be similar to the Cals you burn on something like a thermogenic. I sure felt like I ran 4 miles lol. If nothing else I'll continue it because of how relaxing it is, but can they really put a TOTALLy bogus calorie counter on there?

Your body is so stupidly efficient that the difference in fuel required in hot weather vs. cold weather is next to nothing. You burn a few extra calories in the cold weather to keep your body warm, but the extra burn can probably be counted on your hands per hour. Only in extreme temperature changes over longer than the time you spent in the pod would really have an impact on calorie requirements/burn. Otherwise, you could just take a really hot shower for 45 minutes instead of doing a 4 mile run...

I get the "water weight" aspect of it but the heat part. Being SO HOT though, I have to think that some of the Calorie burn has to be similar to the Cals you burn on something like a thermogenic. I sure felt like I ran 4 miles lol. If nothing else I'll continue it because of how relaxing it is, but can they really put a TOTALLy bogus calorie counter on there?

I think calorie counters on most exercise equipment are bogus-they can't possibly tell accurately how much weight you've lost.

I wouldn't count that calorie burn if I were you.

The sauna in my building is usually about 180F by the time our hour comes up. It's kind of nice to think that we might be burning calories while we relax. But we don't sit in there for 45 minutes. The think at your gym sounds almost like endurance sauna. We get in ours, throw some water on, sit there for about 5-10 minutes and then get out and shower. Repeat once. I can't imagine sitting there for 45 minutes straight, even without steam.

and you pay money for this gym? Like, real money?

I think I would pay more if I could sit in a pod. Think of the amazing excuses! "Yeah bro, I'd come do a leg workout with you but today is pod day. Sorry."

Honestly NEVER heard something like this....it's so strange haha

Sure your body does burn calories, even if the weight you lose is water weight. I wouldn't log something like that, just because it's the same as sitting in a steam room or sauna. Better to actually work out and burn fat for 45 mins than sit on your butt.

If you want to get in shape and get toned, way better off actually exercising (:

You do burn more calories trying to stay cool. Just as you do trying to staying warm.

Your heart rate should go up too since blood flow helps in cooling, which in this case there was none - so body just spends energy trying to cool down and it doesn't work.

Interesting stress idea. Wonder what health safeguards are on it - or just a sign with some warning you have to pay attention to?

It would be interesting to know how exactly they would calibrate how many calories you burned.

Same as some people don't sweat when they exercise, or it takes a whole lot more effort and time to start. Their bodies take longer to feel the need to.

So its a sauna. Yeah you dont burn calories sitting in a sauna, you sweat. If you want to burn calories sitting in a room may I suggest a walk-in freezer, I imagine the shivering and struggle for your body to maintain its temperature would likely burn a few calories. Maybe not as many calories as going for a nice walk but at least you get to sit at an uncomfortable temperature.

Was trying to find the references to the fact metabolism is higher when warmer, but unless that machine is doing what a HRM or machine readout or exercise database are doing - including your resting calorie burn in there too (and to be fair, the others do also).

So in total if you burned 200 calories in there, you'd burn around 100 anyway, so not as great as claimed, but not nothing either.

This was interesting part of this study though. Now, they are talking during exercise, where say ratio of fat : carb burn is perhaps 40: 60.
Whereas at rest fat burn is probably 90-95% of energy source. So does this mean it shifts it to even more carb burn?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11219501

"When exercise is conducted in very high ambient temperatures, the gradient for heat dissipation is significantly reduced which results in changes to thermoregulatory mechanisms designed to promote body heat loss. This can ultimately impact upon hormonal and metabolic responses to exercise which act to alter substrate utilisation. In general, the literature examining metabolic responses to exercise and heat stress has demonstrated a shift towards increased carbohydrate use and decreased fat use."

That should be illegal. Telling people they burned 400 cals sitting in a pod? There are sideshow magicians who aren't allowed to do that.

Seen magazines at the checkout line at grocery store? Why aren't those illegal with those claims?

but can they really put a TOTALLy bogus calorie counter on there?

Who would stop them the calorie police?

I'm the calorie police, you are all under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say about calories can and will be held against you.