Saunas in North America pull from native traditions, Finnish influence, and designs and cultures from all over the world ranging from the Middle East to Northern Europe. Infrared saunas in commercial settings such as gyms, hotels, spas, and corporate buildings have proven to be beneficial at providing health benefits widely recognized by mental health professionals and physicians. If you’ve never enjoyed a session in an infrared sauna, here are eight reasons to try it.
Endurance
If you’re an athlete, you can improve your performance or endurance through a sauna. This is because exposure to high heat increases the body’s heat tolerance. In endurance sports, this means you feel less fatigue and can maintain energy over an extended period of time.
Look younger
An infrared sauna makes a person happy in many ways. They often come away healthier, energized, and feeling so much better. Another way a sauna helps is by making a person look younger. As we sweat, we get rid of old dead skin cells, the heat moisturizes the skin, and lastly, sitting in a sauna improves blood flow. It’s no miracle-worker and isn’t an anti-aging cure but in time, after a few weeks likely, you may see a difference in the glow and elasticity of the skin.
Weight loss
‘Sexy’ comes in many sizes but let’s face it, weight loss and weight control’s a challenge for a lot of us. To keep your numbers in a healthy range, an infrared sauna session lasting 20 minutes is everything you need to burn calories and speed up metabolism.
Hair
Another way an infrared sauna can make you feel sexy is what it does to our hair. The glands on our scalp releases compounds to condition and moisturize hair. Sauna time activates these glands, resulting in more compounds and more conditioning. This means amazing looking hair achieved simply through elevating one’s internal temperature in a controlled environment.
A toxin flush
The human body removes toxins in many ways, one of the most effective being through sweat. Every day, we absorb toxins. An infrared sauna detoxifies our bodies, removing these harmful chemicals and metals. Long-term, this is a major reason why sauna goers feel so much better following a session.
Immune system benefits
An infrared sauna will leave you with a stronger immune system, through an increase in white blood cell production. More white blood cells in circulation mean a greater ability to fight infections and ailments. This is one of the many ways an infrared sauna makes you healthy.
Workout recovery
If you put in a really intense workout, you’re going to feel sore at the end of it. Workout recovery is a struggle as we get older because our bodies don’t heal in the same way. When you use an infrared sauna, the sweating that takes place eliminates metabolic waste and blood flow’s increased. This circulation increase brings more oxygen and nutrients to the muscles. They’ll feel more relaxed and you’ll heal.
Better sex
Lastly, an accumulation of all these health benefits means an infrared sauna can help a person have better sex. It’s a tool that gives confidence and can make you feel more comfortable in your skin. It’s an endurance-building, weight loss weapon that’s not to be discounted. Although we may not associate sexual health and sex benefits to an infrared sauna, as we examine the before and after progress of homeowners who use theirs regularly, we can’t help but see what’s obvious.