infrared sauna?

[earlychildhoodeducator]

Maybe this should go in the health thread but since I'm here, I'll ask anyway.

Anyone try this? The LWE where I go to workout has one, it costs extra so I really haven't tried it yet. I'm skeptical though because the brochure says "Burn up to 600 calories in a half an hour" there is supposed to be skin benefits and pain relief, neither of which I have an issue with... but the loss of calories and time to relax interests me. I'm trying to decide if it's worth the extra $20 a month or not. Also it says that "infrared" saunas are different than traditional ones because the sweat you let out contains fat and other impurities rather than all water? They quote some kind of "sweat related" testing study

Any thoughts?

[APanthesilia]

Re: infrared sauna?

I've never head of such a thing so I will be no help at all to you! I was going to say that I thought saunas only get rid of water weight so it is not all that beneficial but if this one gets rid of fat it might be something to look into. On the whole though, I'm totally sceptical about claims of being able to get rid of fat by sitting in a sauna! Maybe that is just me though- I'm sceptical of anything claiming to help you lose weight without having to work for it!

I found this article about it: http://www.wasauna.com/infrared-sauna-faq.html
Interesting and it has a lot of claims about the benefits. I'd be interested in the opinions of board members more knowledgable about this!