Infrared Sauna & Steam Sauna News

The verteran ice hockey star, Chris Chelios, who at the age of 45 is still playing top level ice hockey has an unusual fitness regime. Whilst most peers of his age have long since retired, Chris is still going and is considered an athletic marvel by his ‘younger’ teamates. The fitness secret Chris has long since employed is the use of saunas during his workouts. Chris regularly sits on his stationary bike whilst in the saunas and sweats it out for up to 45 minutes a session. As you can imagine this causes his to excrete vast amounts of sweat and no doubt give him quite a cardio workout.

Remember Chris is a professional athelete and it’s perhaps not the wisest exercise routine for those starting out with saunas - but who knows - maybe this will catch on. Might have make saunas bigger - or maybe just turn of the air-con in the gym!

Three men are sitting naked in the sauna. Suddenly there is a beeping sound. The first man presses his forearm and the beeping stops. The others look at him curiously. “That’s my pager,” he says. “I have a microchip under the skin of my arm.”

A few minutes later a phone rings. The second man lifts his palm to his ear and starts talking. When he finishes he explains, “That’s my mobile phone. I have a microchip in my hand.”

The third man, feeling a little low-tech, steps out of the sauna. In a few minutes he returns with a piece of toilet paper extending from his ass. The others raise their eyebrows. “I’m getting a fax,” he explains.

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We all know that Tom Cruise is into scientology and all that but what has that to do with saunas? Well he’s involved in a project to help firefighters detox. Apparently the toxic particles they were exposed to at 9/11 are still trapped within the firefighters systems. Some of the toxic particles were among the smallest ever seen.

Since 1981, the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE) has been at the forefront of research efforts related to the detoxification program program developed by L. Ron Hubbard, including previous projects involving firefighter exposures and Tom has been very much hands on with this cause.

The method used to aid detoxification is a combination of exercise, saunas and vitimin and oil suppliments. Results have caused black paste to be emitted from the firefighters skin pores and have stained towels yellow, black, blue and orange!

More information can be found at the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project

You may have heard in the press of a claim that children born to fathers who were exposed to excessive heat during conception are more likely to suffer from brain cancer. The report claims that sperm may become damaged if exposed to excessive heat (such as being in a sauna or by using a electric blanket) and pass on genetic defects to the child.

It’s worth pointing out that the test sample was very small, 318, and that the researcher conceded that the evidence was speculative at this stage. However, that said, the testicles are kept outside the body for a reason - to keep at least 3 degrees below normal body temperature. So if you are planning on trying to conceive, it’s probably better to err on the side of caution and give the saunas a miss for the duration.

More information can be found on the BBC website.