Sauna Benefits
1. Sauna Fights Illness and Relieves Congestion
The biggest pro of buying an outdoor barrel sauna, especially if your house is surrounded by a beautiful scenic landscape, is that they can be aesthetically pleasing. The sense of being a part of nature can help you relieve yourself of all the office stress or even any family stresses which you would be unable to escape from within the house. An outdoor barrel sauna can also add value to your property and be a reason to host a fun, cozy backyard party.
On the other hand, an custom indoor sauna or prefab sauna room is always well within your reach. You can simply decide to hop in a few minutes before you shower and soak in the benefits of a sauna.
2. Sauna Flushes Toxins and Cleanses Skin
In today’s lifestyles, many of us don’t actively sweat on a daily basis. Deep sweating has multiple health benefits. Regular sauna bathing provides the benefits derived from a deep sweat:
- In the heat of a sauna, the core body temperature begins to rise. The blood vessels dilate, causing increased blood flow. As heat from the blood moves toward the skin surfaces and the core body temperature rises, the body’s nervous system sends signals to the millions of sweat glands covering the body. As the sweat glands are stimulated they produce sweat. Sweat production is primarily for cooling the body, and is composed of 99% water—but deep sweating in a sauna can help reduce levels of lead, copper, zinc, nickel and mercury—all toxins commonly picked up from our environment.
- At the same time, skin is cleansed and dead cells are replaced, keeping your skin in good working condition.
- Sweat rinses bacteria out of the epidermal layer and sweat ducts. Cleansing of the pores improves the capillary circulation and gives the skin a soft, beautiful appearance.
The benefits of traditional Finnish sauna bathing become tangible once you’ve experienced an authentic Bsaunas Outdoor or Indoor Sauna. Muscles relax. Aches fade away. Heart and circulation improve. Calories are burned. Skin is renewed. Tension and discord slip onto harmony. Body and soul are refreshed.
3. Sauna Improves Cardiovascular Performance
In the heat of a sauna, skin heats up, and core body temperature rises. In response to the heat, the blood vessels near the skin dilates and cardiac output increases. Medical research shows the heart rate can rise from 60-70/min. to 110 – 120/min. in the sauna (140 – 150 with more intensive bathing), and can often sink to below normal after the cooling off stage. With regular sauna use, we not only train our heart muscles and improve the heart rate/cardiac output but we also positively influence the regulatory system. Further cardiovascular conditioning occurs when the sauna is taken in multiple “innings”, with sessions in the sauna separated by a cool shower or a dip into a cool pool or lake. Every time you rapidly change temperature (from hot to cool or vice versa), your heart rate increases by as much as 60%—comparable to moderate exercise.