Anyone here uses steam room?

[AnyMal]

My YMCA has a steam room and I was wondering what are the benefits of using it and how to use it properly. Anyone?

 

[Fausto]

Loosens up your muscles and an excellent opportunity for anonymous man-love.......or so I'm told. 😱


Serious answer: hit the steam room after working out to relax all the muscles you just beat on. Grab a nice cool shower afterward and feel refreshed. I'd advise against doing the run-out-of-the-steam-room-and-jump-in-an-icy-pond thing unless you're into potential cardiac arrest. 😉

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I don't get how steam rooms work. Isn't it a bad thing to raise your body temperature in a room where the humidity is too high for sweat to evaporate?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

hang a euclalyptus towel over your head and you will clear up all your sinuses, unclog your nose pores, and be more relaxed than you have been in a long time.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Loosens up your muscles and an excellent opportunity for anonymous man-love.......or so I'm told. 😱


Serious answer: hit the steam room after working out to relax all the muscles you just beat on. Grab a nice cool shower afterward and feel refreshed. I'd advise against doing the run-out-of-the-steam-room-and-jump-in-an-icy-pond thing unless you're into potential cardiac arrest. 😉

hehehe, I'll think I'll pass on manlove part.... What is the proper time/temperature ratio?

I don't get how steam rooms work. Isn't it a bad thing to raise your body temperature in a room where the humidity is too high for sweat to evaporate?

I do believe they use dry heat.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Loosens up your muscles and an excellent opportunity for anonymous man-love.......or so I'm told. 😱


Serious answer: hit the steam room after working out to relax all the muscles you just beat on. Grab a nice cool shower afterward and feel refreshed. I'd advise against doing the run-out-of-the-steam-room-and-jump-in-an-icy-pond thing unless you're into potential cardiac arrest. 😉

hehehe, I'll think I'll pass on manlove part.... What is the proper time/temperature ratio?

Whatever feels good really. 20 minutes is about all I can stand before I start feeling really overheated.

I don't get how steam rooms work. Isn't it a bad thing to raise your body temperature in a room where the humidity is too high for sweat to evaporate?]

I do believe they use dry heat.

Can be either. Wet heat is more relaxing IMO.


That sounded bad, didn't it? :Q 😱