J. D. Stembal Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Dr. Rhonda Patrick outlines the health benefits of elevating the core body temperature. I did my first 40 minute session in the sauna last night, and it was more stressful than any work out that I've done before. I'm still feeling it! 1
Wuzzums Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 So the sauna increases my IGF-1 which in turn gives me muscles or other goodies. Why shouldn't I just skip the sauna bit and just inject myself with IGF-1 directly?
NotDarkYet Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 How does this apply to over-airconditioned work spaces (it's freezing in my office). Does this work if I just take a hot bath?
J. D. Stembal Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 So the sauna increases my IGF-1 which in turn gives me muscles or other goodies. Why shouldn't I just skip the sauna bit and just inject myself with IGF-1 directly? Take what you want and pay for it. I assume that sauna access is cheaper than pharmaceutical injections. You would be missing out on the stressful environment of the heat shock, though. How does this apply to over-airconditioned work spaces (it's freezing in my office). Does this work if I just take a hot bath? I'm not sure, but I think you have to do a polar bear plunge in a body of water in the winter, or jump from a natural hot springs into a snow-melt river. There is at least one place in Colorado that I am aware of where you can do this - Strawberry Hot Springs outside Steamboat Springs. http://strawberryhotsprings.com/lodging/
Lingum Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Great! I remember her talking about this on Joe Rogan, and I was hoping for a more in-depth discussion around this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention J.D.
shirgall Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Having things be a little chilly in general helps with weight loss, however the adaptation discussed in the video makes sense for athletic performance. I should add this article that indicates sauna use *before* exercise is preferred: http://vitals.lifehacker.com/use-the-sauna-before-not-after-your-workout-1697050871 1
J. D. Stembal Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 Why not both? Do twenty minutes before exercise and twenty after. Maybe one or the other works for some people. Other people might rather do cold shock like taking a dip in a mountain stream or filling up the bathtub with ice cubes. I'm still acclimating to the intensity of a dry sauna so forty or more minutes pretty much wipes me out. Last night, I slept a solid ten hours after forty in the box. It was beautiful. Tonight I did fifty, and it wasn't as stressful. I didn't do any lifting because I'm taking it easy and working on mobility exercises, mainly stretching out the upper and lower back and the hips. I believe that strengthening my back will pay dividends in my future progress and performance at the gym with the serious intensity and weight. Thanks for the article, Shirgall.
J. D. Stembal Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 I can do 90 minutes now, but I have to drink about 80-100 oz. of water while I do it. It's pretty fucking intense!
shirgall Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 I can do 90 minutes now, but I have to drink about 80-100 oz. of water while I do it. It's pretty fucking intense! That sounds *very* intense. What temperature are you maintaining? The traditional Finnish sauna is 90C, but what you are describing sounds like no more than 50C or you'd be bacon like me.
J. D. Stembal Posted September 3, 2015 Author Posted September 3, 2015 That sounds *very* intense. What temperature are you maintaining? The traditional Finnish sauna is 90C, but what you are describing sounds like no more than 50C or you'd be bacon like me. I don't have a thermometer, but my guess is that it is around 50 degrees. The Fins must really like to get steamed up about saunas!
shirgall Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 I don't have a thermometer, but my guess is that it is around 50 degrees. The Fins must really like to get steamed up about saunas! Both Finnish Sauna and Steam Rooms will make you sweat, but the mechanism is different. Sauna is 90C and 10% humidity, Steam Rooms are 50C and much higher humidity. http://www.sauna-talk.com/sauna-temperature.html
WorBlux Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 I've been working contruction 10+ hours for the last seven days in New Mexico 95-100 degF highs. Does that count?
J. D. Stembal Posted September 4, 2015 Author Posted September 4, 2015 Yeah, I think that counts as raising your core body temperature! Both Finnish Sauna and Steam Rooms will make you sweat, but the mechanism is different. Sauna is 90C and 10% humidity, Steam Rooms are 50C and much higher humidity. http://www.sauna-talk.com/sauna-temperature.html I got it. This is not a steam room or wet sauna, it's dry. It's a little closet attached to the locker room that fits two to three people and it gets up to 50-60 C in my estimation. Consider it a ghetto sauna, I suppose, but it works. From a cold start, it takes about 30 minutes to get going really hot, so I read for the first thirty minutes inside until the book gets too hot to hold in my hands, and then I lay down and do active release therapy on my body pains and massage my facial muscles while I puddle. Towards the end, I do bioenergetics poses (think yoga), but the room is so small that it limits the number of poses possible as the heating element takes up a large part of it.That reminds me that I completely missed my opportunity to get some sauna in tonight. It's so flipping great!
J. D. Stembal Posted November 13, 2015 Author Posted November 13, 2015 Please move the thread to the Self-Knowledge section.
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