Maintaining your sauna isn’t that hard. In fact, it’s a lot easier than owning and maintaining a pool. The maintenance procedure you should follow will depend on the type of sauna you have. For example, if you own a traditional steam sauna, the steps will somehow vary compared to maintaining an infrared sauna.  That said, when is the right time for a sauna maintenance, and what are the steps you have to follow to ensure that your home sauna is properly taken care of? Maintaining Your Outdoor Sauna An outdoor sauna typically uses lumber on its construction. However, since it is exposed to exterior elements such as rain, sunlight, snow, and wind all of the time, the wood used to build it … [Read more...]

There’s no denying the benefits you can get from bathing in a sauna. After all, there’s nothing more refreshing than taking a deep and healthy sweat every single day. With technological advances nowadays, newer and better versions of a home sauna are being introduced. One of them is the infrared sauna. According to some, the best infrared saunas are incredible toxin removers, and as such, they’re capable of removing any harmful toxins within your body. But how exactly can they do that? How infrared saunas work Compared to a traditional steam sauna that uses heat, an infrared sauna uses light for heating up your body. Most of the infrared saunas on the market use far-infrared light, … [Read more...]

Questions about sauna and eating have been circulating on different forums lately. Aside from choosing which sauna options is great— home sauna, traditional steam sauna, or infrared sauna, people also want to know whether to take sauna on an empty stomach or on a full stomach. Saunas are known to use heat to help people detoxify their bodies, lose weight, and lower cholesterol. Hence, avid sauna users want to know whether eating before sauna can affect the results they aim for. Let’s find out in the succeeding sections below! Is it safe to eat before the sauna? The straightforward answer to this questions is a NO. But here’s the deal. You shouldn’t go take the sauna when you’re … [Read more...]

For many years, many people are doing yoga because of its health benefits. Regular practice of yoga does not only relieves stress and boost your mind, it also helps in improving muscle strength and increase flexibility. There are different forms of yoga and each form differs in intensity. One form of yoga that is considered challenging is the Bikram yoga. Bikram yoga or hot yoga as others call it is done in a heated room like an infrared sauna or the traditional steam sauna. The session usually runs for 90 minutes, and it consists of 26 postures and two breathing exercises. The room should be heated at about 105 degrees Fahrenheit or 40.5 degrees Celsius. Just imagine how hot that could … [Read more...]

There are lots of deceptions in the fitness industry. Sauna for weight loss is one area where information gets twisted. Spending time in the sauna gives relaxation and health benefits, but then others overstress the conception of losing weight in a sauna. Some people assert that in 30 minutes of sauna session, it can burn 300 to 1000 calories. Burning calories at a rate of 14 calories per minute are just tremendously high and difficult to maintain based on the data when exercising on a treadmill or undergoing grueling workout. Hence, why do people believe that by just sitting in a sauna you can burn these many calories? Some profess that the body needs to make efforts to sustain its … [Read more...]