Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan

Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by stevekemp on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:47PM (#28494029)

I moved to Finland, and soon settled into a routine of going twice a week. Generally a session lasts for an hour or ninety-minutes:

* Take a shower.

* Go to the sauna, and sit there for 10-15 minutes. Temperature around 95-100.

* Come out, drink a beer, sometimes in the lobby, sometimes on the balcony, sometimes outdoors wrapped in a towel. The latter is especially satisfying in winter when the outdoor temperature is -15, -20, or so.

* Have a shower, and go back inside.

The process repeats 2-4 times, until I'm nice and relaxed. Monday & Friday is my average routine, but if friends are coming over I might do an extra session.

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by arisAlexis on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:19PM (#28496590)

If you are drinking 3 beers during your breaks forget any health benefit my friend

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by trhway on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:24PM (#28494424)

>Temperature around 95-100.

lucky bastards. Judging that such setting is everywhere here in US, it looks like some public standard prohibit higher than 160 or something like this. Playing with the temperature sensors (like cold toweling it) i usually can get it to only 180-190F at some places with 195F (90C) at best.

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by stevekemp on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:50PM (#28494704)

There are often mini-saunas at the local swimming pools which have similarly underwhelming temperatures.

They're nice, but they're not as nice. (Though I suspect in my case at least partly because if I go to a pool I often have a five year old with me, and he wants to leave very quickly - plus I've come to associate drinking beer with being near a sauna!)

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by olegious on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:33PM (#28496721)

Just cover the internal thermometer with a wet towel or sock, that lets the temp rise beyond the low limits they set.

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by Gravityloss on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:37PM (#28495708)

95-100 C is hot. I prefer 65-70 C. Depends on sauna, moisture, ventilation etc though.

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by bamboozled on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:22AM (#28500509)

I think they meant Fahrenheit ?

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by Gravityloss on Monday September 13, 2021 @06:25AM (#28509664)

100 F is 37 C. That's not a sauna (maybe in Sweden).

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