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Re:Sauna effect on heart rate by robrenaud on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:17AM (#47835582)
The flat earthers are why I hate astronomy.

Afaict, the grand parent poster is just very wrong. You do want to cause acute stresses to your heart (cardiovascular exercise) to get it work better.

Re:Sauna effect on heart rate by groundzeros2015 on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:20AM (#47835613)
It’s not really about this particular claim. It’s that I can read a comment that has a reasonable chain of logic and I don’t know if it’s true. This topic is just not easily studied and theories are hard to falsify.
Re:Sauna effect on heart rate by groundzeros2015 on Monday April 20, 2026 @03:33PM (#47839404)
Claims about flat earth are falsifiable with at-home experiment.