Steam Rooms

[thebigmusicman]

I have a question do you loose weight by simply sitting in a steam room for 3-4 times a week I was in there tonight and one of the "old" guys in there that you can loose weight that way...any comments

[Richt]

I doubt it very much, I'm 99% sure that the weight you would lose whilst sitting in it would just be water anyway. Due to being dehydrated etc.

(I sat in one yesterday btw, very relaxing).

[Piasabird]

I agree with Richt. It would be water weight that you just sweated out. As soon as you drink a glass of water it would be right back. If it were that easy we'd all have saunas and be thin.

[thebigmusicman]

That would definetly be wonerful wouldn't it

[icetea4me]

I use the steam room nearly every day. It does not do any thing for weight loss, but it does make me feel much better after a work out.

MJ

[moonwish]

Regular sauna doesn't do it, but thay say infra-red one does. They claim you lose 600kcal just by sitting there for 20 minutes. I can only tell it's EXTREMELY dehydrating - I was there once, took 1.5 litres water, drank it all in 20 minutes and still felt dehydrated later. I was sweating like I never have before in my life...
All I can say I like "regular" sauna quite a bit better!

[Jake]

You will lose weight, water weight. Many professional fighters that have to make a weight cut will sit in there for hours at a time, i've seen cases where they dropped 20+ pounds in 1 day doing this. Very dangerous, and shouldn't be attempted by anyone that isn't being supervised by a trainer. The re-hydration process is extremely important, and its fairly useless to anyone that isn't just losing weight to make a requirement as the weight will return within the next few days. Excellent to relax the muscles and body after a workout though, just don't expect to shed pounds faster. Although you will notice a slight difference, it will be water weight.