Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan

Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by Johnny555 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:47PM (#28494030)

I find 100F to be pretty warm for the hot tub, after 15 minutes I'm too warm and ready to get out (or sit up on the top step to cool off).

We usually keep it at 101F in the winter (since it feels nice to walk out in the cold and soak for 15 minutes) and 98 in the summer -- at 97 I can stay in indefinitely, but my wife gets cold at 15 minutes, so 98 is a compromise.

I wonder if a 100 degree hot tub has a similar benefit as a hot sauna.

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Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan by mikepurvis on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:24PM (#28504034)

I'm similar— slightly warmer in the winter so you get that nice core-temp boost to enjoy afterward, plus a pillow of steam to sit in during.

But yeah, it's striking how putting it down to 96F can quite quickly make you feel a chill. And not the refreshing chill of jumping into a much-colder-than-that swimming pool, but like the bone chill of having had the heat bled out of you.

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