Wondering when I sit in the sauna after a run if I am burning more calories by sweating.?
Just wondering if just sitting and sweating in a steam sauna can burn calories in itself.
Nope. The exact opposite would be true - sitting in a very cold room would burn more calories, as your body needs to use energy to heat itself up. When you go into a hot room, you just sweat - which is more or less a passive action. No real energy is required to do it.
However, it might seem you lose weight from the sauna - but remember, this is just lost water weight and not fat!
August 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
nope…just sweating more toxins out of your skin
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August 13th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Skip the sauna after your workout. You’re already dehydrated from all that sweating. "Sitting in a sauna will compound the fluid loss associated with exercise," explains exercise physiologist Malachy McHugh, Ph.D. Besides, says McHugh, a sauna provides very little physiological benefit post-exercise. "The soonest you can take a sauna is an hour after your workout—and even then, it’s better not to," adds Lewis Maharam, M.D., a New York City sports medicine specialist and president of the Greater New York Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. "When you exercise, blood is shunted [that is, directed] to the part of the body that’s being used—in runners, for example, it’s the legs," explains Dr. Maharam. Once you stop moving, blood pools in your limbs. "So the best thing you can do after exercising is walk to cool down," says Dr. Maharam. Conversely, the combination of sitting still and extreme heat right after an intense physical activity could potentially lead to a heart attack. (A sauna—or even a hot shower—further dilates blood vessels, depriving your heart of blood.) If you want to sit and sweat, do it on a day when you’re not working out, or combine your time in the sauna with stretching (the heat will make your muscles more pliable). But if you’re pregnant, or have heart disease, hypertension or circulation problems, warns Dr. Maharam, stay out of the sauna entirely.
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August 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Nope. The exact opposite would be true - sitting in a very cold room would burn more calories, as your body needs to use energy to heat itself up. When you go into a hot room, you just sweat - which is more or less a passive action. No real energy is required to do it.
However, it might seem you lose weight from the sauna - but remember, this is just lost water weight and not fat!
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August 14th, 2009 at 12:14 am
No, it makes it seem like you are losing weight because it makes you dehydrated. There are some very small metabolic benefits, because heat makes your metabolism work faster. I wouldn’t do one right after the other, unless you’re drinking tons of water.
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August 14th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Sweat is your body’s AC. You shed excess heat by evaporation. It has nothing to do with fat or burning food/fuel/calories.
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August 14th, 2009 at 12:48 am
If your body is too warm, it will "slow down" in order to prevent overheating.
When exposed to cold, your body will work (burn more calories) to stay warm.
The sauna is nice, but it only dehydrates you.
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August 14th, 2009 at 1:13 am
the sauna gets rid of water weight. Altho ur not burning calories, ur loosing weight, however u put on the weight back on in two days. Its perfect if u have to look skinny for a party.
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