What is the point of a sauna?

[KingOrfeo]

Other than as a porn set, I mean. Are there any clinically proven health benefits?

 

[Aquagal]

It's supposed to sweat out the toxins in your body. I like them but sometimes they can be too hot to breathe.

Are you sure you're not Mike Yates? This is like something he'd post.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Dollie

Years ago when we camped in upper Wisconsin they had a sauna at the club houses rather than a pool or hot tub. Something about rocks in the soil or some laws.
I found that if I wore a thin T-shirt my boobs showed like I was nude after I was in there long and got water squirted on me. I got lots of attention so for me that was the point.. or points.

 

[KingOrfeo]

It's supposed to sweat out the toxins in your body.

Your body has ways of flushing those anyway, I'm sure, and we're all sweating practically all the time.

Are you sure you're not Mike Yates? This is like something he'd post.

No, I have no alts.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I can understand a sauna but why jump in a freezing cold lake after. A bit too much of a shock to the body.

A cold shower, if you can stand one, is quite invigorating and wakes you up quick. Dump a bucket of cold water over your head works too.

In first aid, cold is for swelling, heat is for healing. Sitting in a vey warm place could have that healing effect. Just add steam so you don't dehydrate too quick.

Can you dehydrate in a sauna? Heat stroke maybe.

Do you have to drink water to rehydrate or can you soak in a bath?

 

[PG13]

I like to spend some time in the sauna after I work out. Sweat out the extra toxins and stretch the muscles in a warm environment - similar to bikram yoga

 

[Aquagal]

Your body has ways of flushing those anyway, I'm sure, and we're all sweating practically all the time.



No, I have no alts.

You asked, I answered...yet you want to refute it. It's to accelerate your sweating.

 

[thør]

I have just picked up a sauna stove. It's a NG one, but I'm looking into seeing if it can be converted to propane.

A sauna at the cabin would be a wonderful thing.

 

[thør]

I can understand a sauna but why jump in a freezing cold lake after. A bit too much of a shock to the body.

a. Because it feels good.

b. Because you like leering at her nipples dripping with ice water.

c. To show you're not a pussy.

d. All of the above.

I vote d.

 

[Hard_Rom]

a. Because it feels good.

b. Because you like leering at her nipples dripping with ice water.

c. To show you're not a pussy.

d. All of the above.

I vote d.

a. it doesn't feel good IMO

b. rare these days to have girls go north

c. I've drag raced motorcycles and ridden bicycle in winter and heavy traffic, got nothing to prove

d. No thank you!

 

[adrina]

To sweat unpleasantly in boredom. With the excuse that it's supposed to clean your pores or something.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Years ago when we camped in upper Wisconsin they had a sauna at the club houses rather than a pool or hot tub. Something about rocks in the soil or some laws.
I found that if I wore a thin T-shirt my boobs showed like I was nude after I was in there long and got water squirted on me. I got lots of attention so for me that was the point.. or points.

I get that, but it would come under the general heading of "porn set."

 

[thør]

The sauna doesn't have to be boring. It can be a nice place for conversation and even business. I've conducted business in the sauna/banya in Russia. And, when at a remote cabin or on a river trip, it will definitely get you clean with minimal potable water required.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Dollie

The sauna doesn't have to be boring. It can be a nice place for conversation and even business. I've conducted business in the sauna/banya in Russia. And, when at a remote cabin or on a river trip, it will definitely get you clean with minimal potable water required.

I think the water usage and disposal was mostly why those campgrounds had a sauna rather than a pool or hot tub.
And really, we did sit around and visit other people while relaxing. Spraying water on the hot coals and each other made the steam.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The sauna doesn't have to be boring. It can be a nice place for conversation and even business. I've conducted business in the sauna/banya in Russia. And, when at a remote cabin or on a river trip, it will definitely get you clean with minimal potable water required.

Well, not clean, no; you'll come out covered in a lot of sweat that needs washing off. And washing-water need not be potable water anyway.

 

[SapphicOne]

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[KingOrfeo]

Saunas are an element of Hildegardian medicine (but so are bloodletting, cupping and jewel therapy).

 

[KingOrfeo]

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Take your useless thread and shove it up your ass!

Evidently, you either don't know how to Google or have shit for brains!

Fuck you and your useless posts!

Good start, but for the next take, can you try to spray your lines? Action!

 

[Fata Morgana]

To sweat unpleasantly in boredom. With the excuse that it's supposed to clean your pores or something.

I do that 9 to 5.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Well, according to Wiki:

Sauna use may temporarily relieve symptoms of the common cold.[37][38] It increases the heat tolerance threshold and may improve performance in endurance sport.[39] Sauna may help rheumatic pain (with cold shower) but not neuropathic pain,[40] and has also shown usefulness for appetite loss and mild depression.[41] It has also been recommended for reducing symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia,[42][43][44] and rheumatoid arthritis,[45] and for anorexia nervosa,[46] and been proposed for treatment of other conditions including glaucoma,[47] Sjogren syndrome,[48] and obstructive lung disease,[49] and for recuperation after childbirth. One study found sauna bathing may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.[50] Many of the sauna therapeutic trials used a regular schedule of at least 5 days a week and often daily for one to three months, then several times a week for extended periods.[42][51][52]

Saunas may not be safe in cases of unstable angina pectoris, a recent heart attack,[53] and severe aortic stenosis.[citation needed] Additionally, there is risk of heat prostration or the even more serious hyperthermia. Children and older persons who have heart disease or seizure disorders or those who use alcohol or cocaine are especially vulnerable.[54] Sauna use has been associated with loss of fertility in men, lasting up to two months. There is evidence that the heat has dramatic effects on spermatogenesis.[55]

Prolonged stay in a sauna may lead to the loss of electrolytes from the body, as after vigorous exercise. The risk of dehydration leading to heat stroke may be reduced by regular sipping of water or isotonic drinks, but not alcohol, during the sauna. Sauna bathing and heavy drinking of alcoholic beverages, and also sauna bathing during alcohol withdrawal phase can undoubtedly create real health risks.[17][56] In essentially all cases of death associated with saunas in Finland, the victim had diabetes, a heart condition or other serious chronic disease. More than 50% were men over the age of 50, and 30% were over 70. Most were also intoxicated.[57]

 

[adrina]

I do that 9 to 5.

Well... there might be some complete sauna fanatics that are jealous of you...?



I live in humid-ville in summer. It's humid out. It sucks right now. You have my sympathy along with my smartassery.

 

[SapphicOne]

[Moved to Recycle Bin]

 

[cfuhrer]

Evidently, you either don't know how to Google or have shit for brains!

He's already proven that time and time again.

Oh, and, he prefers Bing to Google.

 

[Conager]

Well, according to Wiki:

You start a Oreo thread, argue with everybody about their point of view, bring up Wiki (which is your go-to source for authority) and end the thread victorious. Sounds about right.

 

[KingOrfeo]

He's already proven that time and time again.

Oh, and, he prefers Bing to Google.

What's Bing?