Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, and your favorite pro athletes all use one tool to enhance their recovery, health, and physical & mental performance:
The sauna.
Here are 10 reasons why you should use the sauna to maximize your health:
The sauna.
Here are 10 reasons why you should use the sauna to maximize your health:
1) Muscle Growth and Recovery
Sauna sessions relax muscles, reduce inflammation, and release endorphins, assisting in recovery post-exercise.
They also decreased Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
A 10-15 minute post-workout session can greatly enhance your recovery.
Sauna sessions relax muscles, reduce inflammation, and release endorphins, assisting in recovery post-exercise.
They also decreased Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
A 10-15 minute post-workout session can greatly enhance your recovery.
2) Heart Health
The sauna increases core body temperature, dilates blood vessels, and boosts cardiac output.
This mimics the increase in heart rate from exercise.
Regular use is also linked to reduced risk of all-cause mortality, strokes, hypertension, and cardiac incidents.
The sauna increases core body temperature, dilates blood vessels, and boosts cardiac output.
This mimics the increase in heart rate from exercise.
Regular use is also linked to reduced risk of all-cause mortality, strokes, hypertension, and cardiac incidents.
3) Brain Health
Sauna use triggers the release of norepinephrine and increases brain-derived neurotrophic factors.
These protect the brain from conditions like Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and migraines.
It’s not only the body that benefits from sauna use.
The brain does as well.
Sauna use triggers the release of norepinephrine and increases brain-derived neurotrophic factors.
These protect the brain from conditions like Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and migraines.
It’s not only the body that benefits from sauna use.
The brain does as well.
4) Improves Sleep
As the body cools down after a sauna session, it releases both melatonin and human growth hormone.
Both facilitate relaxation and repair necessary for deep sleep.
If you want to increase your depth and quality of sleep, use the sauna.
As the body cools down after a sauna session, it releases both melatonin and human growth hormone.
Both facilitate relaxation and repair necessary for deep sleep.
If you want to increase your depth and quality of sleep, use the sauna.
5) Fights Illness
Using the sauna stimulates the production of white blood cells.
This strengthens the immune system, helping you fight off colds, viruses, and diseases with greater resiliency.
Using the sauna stimulates the production of white blood cells.
This strengthens the immune system, helping you fight off colds, viruses, and diseases with greater resiliency.
6) Relieves Stress
Heat from the sauna helps regulate cortisol, the stress hormone.
It also stimulates the production of serotonin, the “feel-good” hormone.
This combination leads to higher levels of well-being, relaxation, and happiness in daily life.
Heat from the sauna helps regulate cortisol, the stress hormone.
It also stimulates the production of serotonin, the “feel-good” hormone.
This combination leads to higher levels of well-being, relaxation, and happiness in daily life.
7) Cleanses Skin
Profusely sweating in the sauna can help shed dead skin cells, flush bacteria, and improve capillary circulation.
The result is softer, more radiant skin.
If you want healthier, better-looking skin, try the sauna.
Profusely sweating in the sauna can help shed dead skin cells, flush bacteria, and improve capillary circulation.
The result is softer, more radiant skin.
If you want healthier, better-looking skin, try the sauna.
8) Detoxifies the Body
Sweating from the sauna also helps flush toxins, heavy metals, and other harmful chemicals from the body.
With the excess abundance of toxicity in our air, water, and food, it’s crucial to expel these from our systems.
The sauna can help with this.
Sweating from the sauna also helps flush toxins, heavy metals, and other harmful chemicals from the body.
With the excess abundance of toxicity in our air, water, and food, it’s crucial to expel these from our systems.
The sauna can help with this.
9) Increases Lung Capacity
Some studies show sauna use increases lung capacity by ~ 10%.
Endurance athletes who use the sauna see a significant difference in cardiovascular performance.
If you want to support your cardio health, using the sauna can help.
Some studies show sauna use increases lung capacity by ~ 10%.
Endurance athletes who use the sauna see a significant difference in cardiovascular performance.
If you want to support your cardio health, using the sauna can help.
10) Builds Mental Resiliency
Aside from all the physical benefits, the ability to train your mind in a sauna provides massive benefits.
Once you're able to sit in a 180-degree sauna for 30 minutes, doing yard work, eating clean, and keeping the house clean feel like nothing.
Aside from all the physical benefits, the ability to train your mind in a sauna provides massive benefits.
Once you're able to sit in a 180-degree sauna for 30 minutes, doing yard work, eating clean, and keeping the house clean feel like nothing.
10 reasons to use the sauna:
• Brain health
• Heart health
• Fights illness
• Cleanses skin
• Relieves stress
• Improves sleep
• Increases lung capacity
• Builds mental resiliency
• Muscle growth & recovery
• Brain health
• Heart health
• Fights illness
• Cleanses skin
• Relieves stress
• Improves sleep
• Increases lung capacity
• Builds mental resiliency
• Muscle growth & recovery
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