Steam saunas may help you lose weight. Spending some time in a steam bath for can burn as many as 300 calories. Combine this with a healthy diet and exercise and you’ll be thinner in no time. The steam sauna can also tighten your skin, in that dirty battle against cellulite.
A steam bath will relax your tense and aching muscles. If you have had a long day (or month) at work, toxins can build up in your muscle tissue, causing you pain and discomfort. A steam sauna can force your muscles to relax, almost instantly releasing these harmful toxins. It is also great after a workout. The extra blood flow will speed up the repair of your muscle tissue, thus allowing you to exercise again sooner. Don’t take my word for it. The Finnish Olympic team takes a portable steam sauna to all competitions.
The steam sauna also cleanses your skin. The sweat opens your pores, thus flushing out unhealthy toxins and grime.
Steam bathing provides a cardiovascular workout without stress or strain on your joints. You heart rate will speed up 50-75% in a 20-minute steam bath. This goes a long way to speeding up your metabolism, thus helping you burn fat. It is about the same as going for a long walk. Some people are under the conception that steam baths raise your blood pressure. While this is true, it also expands your blood vessels to compensate.
In many ways the steam bath acts as a giant fever machine. While this may sound like pretty much the worst thing ever. When you think about it, it actually makes sense. You are sick, it is the virus that makes you feel bad. The fever is your body’s way to kill that virus. So, even if you are not feeling sick, getting into a sauna is like a pre-emptive strike against any viruses in your body.
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Today like the past two saturdays we were taking saunas. Today Zaheer Bhai joined us.. he liked it very much. I have been trying to make Sajjad take it also.. but without any luck.. always busy with his study.. does not have any time for enjoyment.
We are going to take it every saturday.. its fun. :) :)
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For sure i liked it...i always thought its just waste of time..
But i think for cold countries like sweden its fun to have it...
In our countries i think we dont need it much...
yes.. for countries like pakistan and bangladesh the environment is always like that of sauna... always hot and humid. :D :D
So we are always taking sauna in our countries..hehe
really lose weight?can burn as many as 300 calories?can also tighten your skin?battle against cellulite?
so nice~~~
You are most welcome to join us and gain a first hand experiance about it... a good chance to see if what is said about sauna is true or not.
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