INFRARED SAUNA + WEIGHT LOSS
FEEL THE HEAT. SEE THE BENEFITS.
During a 45-minute infrared sauna session, there are a multitude of benefits that touch everyone from athletes, to those with autoimmune disease combatting inflammation + bloating, to the postpartum mother with little time for herself. One of these many benefits is weight loss which can result for those who build a consistent infrared sauna routine.
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How Infrared Sauna Creates Cardio Exercise + Caloric Burn
During a sauna, your body responds to the heat by increasing its heart rate, which in turn increases the amount of blood the heart pumps through your body, similar to exercise. The benefits to circulation are absolutely essential to a healthy life.
Infrared sauna offers a real solution to getting your heart working without demanding physical strain. Studies support the value of a sauna session as a form of cardiovascular exercise that is called “passive cardio” because it allows you to sit back and relax while your heart gets pumping. A 2019 study in the Complementary Therapies in Medicine journal compared 19 participants’ cardiovascular effects in a sauna to an exercise bike. The increase in heart rate during a sauna session was similar to a short, moderate workout. Researchers stated, "a sauna session is a physical strain. Its long-term positive effects are comparable to sports activities."
In fact, studies have also shown that one infrared sauna session can burn up to 600 calories. Sweating increases heart rate, cardiac output, and metabolic rate.
Release of Fat + Toxins
Far Infrared (FIR) Wavelengths are responsible for heating the body on a cellular level. They reach deep inside where toxins are stored, breaking them apart so they can be released through sweat. Sweating is the body's natural and safe way to eliminate toxins.
Like toxins, fat is difficult to move within the body, but our full spectrum wavelengths work together to speed up the fat burning process. Studies have shown that sauna therapy can release environmental toxins stored in fat tissues that can prevent weight loss. Heavy metals and fat-soluble chemicals like PCBs, PBBs and HCBs can trigger the body to protect itself, resulting in the immune system’s inflammatory response. Infrared sauna therapy heats the body at the cellular level, helping to detoxify the body and reduce inflammation. Infrared saunas have also been beneficial in reducing belly fat in just three months.
Taking it to the next level… infrared sauna sessions help to eliminate inflammation, reduce bloating, and move lymph (aid in lymphatic drainage). Talk about a natural way to de-puff and decrease stubborn water retention!
We always recommend being well hydrated with a full bottle of water + adding our electrolyte hydrate packs for nutrient replenishment. Hydration is a key component to the flushing process.
Pure Tip: Change the chromotherapy color in your sauna cabin to red, which is “warmth, energy and stimulation. Red enhances metabolism and energizes heart and blood circulation.” (Sunlighten)
Sauna Accessories to Amplify a Workout
Clients choose how they want to spend their time in the sauna, whether it’s reading, meditating, relaxing, or turning up the heat, so to speak. They stretch out their muscles, add in a workout, or sometimes a little of both. In each sauna room, we provide a handful of accessories. You may find a basket of the following fitness items available to use:
hand weights
workout/resistance bands
massage/muscle roller
theracane
Grab the weights + bands and go to town! Add in upper body strength conditioning and lower body muscle toning while in sauna, and this will increase your heart rate even further for caloric burn. The MID Infrared wavelength also targets muscles and joints, perfect for a deep stretch for your warmed-up body. Our massage rollers are also a helpful tool to release muscle knots and reduce stiffness.
Your Pure Sweat Routine
Consistency is key. Just like exercise, you will see more benefits the more you sauna; and you will kick-in to your sweat sooner, faster, deeper with continued practice. Studies are based on a sauna regimen of 3x a week, and we recommend clients with significant health challenges sauna at least 2-3x a week and even as often as daily, as advised by their health care providers.
What does your sauna routine look like?
We have many clients who like to sauna after their exercise to really amplify the sweat + caloric burn process. Infrared sauna is a great addition post walk/run, gym, sport, or yoga class.
Our infrared saunas are also a terrific supplement during fitness rest days so you can still increase your heart rate, sweat + recover without hitting the gym. Infrared sauna is also, for many, a stepping stone to starting an exercise routine.
Make it a double - and book two infrared sessions for a 90-minute sweat! We affectionately call this “the faucet flow” for a super deep sweat.
For those who have been recently injured and cannot do physical activity, infrared sauna is a tremendous support. We frequently see clients in our studios who had surgery and are not permitted to workout for a certain timeframe. Pure Sweat Studios offers a path forward to rest, recover, and feel similar benefits to working out all while sitting in an infrared sauna session.
Pure Tip: Change the chromotherapy color in your sauna cabin to orange, which “reduces localized fat and eases digestive system discomforts.” (Sunlighten)
YOUR WELLNESS PRACTICE
At Pure Sweat Studios, we encourage a self-care practice to live a healthier lifestyle for you. When we feel good, life is good.
We offer 45-minute Infrared Sauna sessions in singles, packs, and memberships. Begin your journey to better health with a visit to one of our studios for some infrared sauna + float therapy today.
