Sauna- bad or good?

[Austin777]

well actually your body will continue to burn calories even after a workout, your body will still have to work harder in the heat to burn calories even if your not doing anything. hope this information is meaningful and useful. the best time to get in the sauna is actually when your body is burning the most calories not doing anything be careful in all training its very dangerous. dont take things for granite. find out when your body burns most calories not doing anything and take a quick sauna during that time period. folow rules and guidelines of the sauna your using. BE CAREFUL!

[smuggler]

A better way to burn fat would be to do the exact oposite of sit in a sauna. Whenever you shiver, your body burns tons of energy up and eventually dips into your fat reserves if your calorie and carbohydrate reserves for the day are depleted. If you have a beach nearby, I suggest wearing a teeshirt and shorts and going there every morning, getting in the freezing water (with your clothes on) just for a minute, and then go back onto the beach to do situps for a half hour. Because of the water and the wind, you'll shiver like crazy, but you should be safe from hypothermea. The ab workout will help to compound the energy burn.

	energy

[Shogun30]

Originally Posted by willbe

hey guys, just curious how u guys view a sauna. not the steam ones, the kind that is just god aweful HOT. no water.. etc....

i sit in it about 10 minutes after everytime im at the gym, if i run, or lift, i sit in there after.. is this bad? good?

i know the sauna gets rid of water weight, but does it also, i guess make u lose fat as well? just trying to get an idea if the sauna is helping me, or not. just trying to thin out my belly, got some fat that is UN WANTED. i do lots or cardio

but again, is the sauna helping me, or should i cut it.

thanks
~will

It depends, sauna is good if you're in there with 3 gorgeous porn stars, bad if it's just a bunch of naked old men. Seriously, I only used the sauna when I was wrestiling and trying to cut weight. Most of the weight that you'd lose in a sauna is only going to be water weight and not fat.

[Raserblade]

I think it´s not really effective to become fit, but it´s good possibility to relax.
You get thiner while your body loses water.

Sorry for my bad english. ;-)

[Dapit26]

I know from my experiences from wrestling my whole life, it's the best way to rid all your water weight but wouldn't recommend it to everybody. I use saunas now for relaxing and detox.

[med9044]

interesting post

[millenium girl]

I prefer a steam bath (Hammam) to a sauna. Sauna is a bit too rough for me.

[AthleticMuscle]

I'm not sure about any effect on fat loss. My guess would be that any effect would be very minimal.

However, for recovery the sauna is great. But you should do it the day after a workout, or at least several hours after. Doing it immediately after a training session simply enhances the inflammation process that was already started by your training session, which can actually hurt your recovery.