Increased

Cardiovascular Health

In essence, you are getting a workout for your heart when you relax in the sauna. Sauna use promotes lowered blood pressure, improves circulation, and improves overall cholesterol profiles in sauna users. Studies have shown up toa  63% decreased risk of sudden cardiac death in those who regularly used sauna!

Boosts

Immunity

The heat from sauna use triggers the body’s natural immune response. Over time this training promotes a stronger immune system and resilience to colds and flus. It’s like strength training for your immune system!

Lower Inflammation =

Quicker Recovery

Regular sauna use promotes better circulation to muscles and joints. This helps athletes recover faster and provides relief from muscle soreness and overall pain. Regular sauna use combined with exercise can help promote gains with less of the pains!

Lower

Stress

The world can be a stressful place. Regular sauna use can train your mind and body to accommodate and relieve stress. By activating your body’s parasympathetic nervous system (a result of sauna heat), your ability and functionality of that stress response is more efficient, casting you to be more resilient to mental and physical stress. This results in an elevated sense of overall well-being!

Improved Quality of Life

and Lifespan

Moderate sauna users (2-4 times per week) experienced a 27% drop in all-cause mortality. Regular sauna users (4-7 times per week) experienced a 40% drop in all-cause mortality. By training your body’s systems that are triggered by regular sauna use, you are actually improving your quality of life AND extending the length of it! You essentially become a super hero.

Better

Sleep

⅓ of US adults report that they usually get less than the recommended amount of sleep and for most, that quality of sleep is less than ideal. Regular sauna use can improve sleep quality and fight off conditions such as Type II Diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression. All of which are linked to a lack or poor quality of sleep.

Speeds Up

Physical Recovery

Cold water exposure can increase oxygenated blood flow, which in turn, speeds up muscle recover and reduces delayed onset muscle soreness after physical activity. This results in promoting muscle growth and can lead to a reduced risk of injury.

Boosts

Your Mood

Cold plunging triggers the release of endorphins such as dopamine and other neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine. We all know dopamine is associated with feelings of pleasure, but it also signals our brain centers that feel reward and motivation. The release of these neurotransmitters leaves you with a feeling of reward for doing something difficult and motivation to conquer other difficult taste resulting in a more resilient and unstoppable you. Low levels of norepinephrine are associated with depression and other mental/mood disorders. Regular cold water exposure is a natural antidepressant!

Increases Metabolism and Improves Insulin Sensitivity

Exposure to cold water activates your body’s brown adipose tissue or “brown fat”. This good fat (that decreases with age) can upregulate your metabolism, clear blood glucose, and increase insulin sensitivity. This means regular cold water exposure combined with a healthy lifestyle can improve your goal of burning more of the stagnant “white fat” that you don’t want.

Improves Discipline and

Stress Management

Cold water exposure is a controlled stress on the body and its systems. Cold exposure trains these systems that handle our stress response to be more efficient and adaptable. This spills over into our everyday lives anytime we encounter a stressful situation. Training your mind and body to get comfortable in being uncomfortable results in a stronger overall you!

Boosts Your

Immune System

Studies have shown that regular cold water exposure boosts blood composition by increasing red and white blood cell and platlet count! It also increases the plasma concentration of glutathione which optimizes the immune response in antiviral pathways. Cold water therapy releases cold shock proteins which have been shown to prevent cell death in  mice that suffer from neurodegenerative diseases. The science in humans is still emerging, but in theory, researchers believe that these cold shock proteins can be used to treat and/or prevent neurologicla diseases such as dementia or Alzheimers!

Improves

Cardiovascular Health

Cold plunging causes a constriction of blood vessels, a decrease of blood flow to extremities, and an increase of blood flow to vital organs. As you warm after, blood vessels dialate and blood flow to extremities increases. This “workout” for your cardiovascular system improves its function!