Sauna today

(Frank) #1

Gonna be taking a sauna today. Its currently-29 deg F which is about-34 C. Since my sauna is usually around 200 deg F (93 deg C), I’m looking at a 229 deg F (127 deg C) differential. That should get the blood flowing no?

(Alex ) #2

Don’t want to put you off, but I see you have facial hair!

be careful if you sweat a lot, and if you plan to take a towel in with you, you might want to keep it off the surfaces as much as you can - I picked up a really bad case of folliculitis under my nose within my top lip stubble after a period of using saunas and steam rooms in a public gym late last year… which I’ve now left) it took me weeks to shift it and I am confident that’s what caused it.

they dont clean those things properly, especially the steam rooms, and they are a hive for germs!

(Alex ) #3

oh, just read it’s your OWN sauna… no such risk then! :slight_smile:

(Frank) #4

Every respectable duluthian has a sauna.

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(Alex ) #5

ahh man, so jealous… that right there, that exact picture is my idea of heaven… maybe also with a barbecue on the go next to it, full of chicken, sausage and steak…

(Frank) #6

There out there too just a little too cold for grilling or smoking right now.

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(Alex ) #7

so cool…

there’s something about a cold snowy landscape… and log cabin / swimming pool / sauna environment… and lots of heat!

do you ever run out of the sauna and jump into the snow?!

Used to really enjoy going to the gym, doing an intense workout, then, rotating cold showers and sauna afterwards… I didnt feel like I’d done a proper workout without this!

(Bob M) #8

-29F is downright dangerous. Keep warm on the way out to your sauna.

Duluth, Minnesota? We went there when we visited a friend in Minneapolis.

(Frank) #9

Yes. That’s where I am. -29 is certainly dangerous. All we do is hang out inside when it gets this cold which is rare by the way. The wind chill factor was -55 this am. Brrrrr.

(Bob M) #10

Listened to some Jack London, and they were talking those types of temperatures in Alaska, and actually went outside and did things in it. Of course, when your life depends on doing those things, it’s a bit different.

(Frank) #11

People actually run in these temps. I thinks they’re nuts.

(Bob M) #12

Thought this was appropriate:

When I lived in Arizona, we had a day of 120+ degrees, and there were people exercising in it at peak heat.

(Todd Allen) #13

Some people pay big $$ for cryotherapy and you can get as much as you want for free! It was -22F this AM in Chicago but is already up to -18F in the sun.

(Alex ) #14

Alaska is my number one on the bucket list!!!

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #15

And a smoke house for pulled pork, salmon, bacon and cheese.

(Carl Keller) #16

I guess I shouldn’t be complaining about my 8 degree day with -14 degree wind chill day here in Pittsburgh. It’s practically a heat wave compared to your temps…

Take a tray of bacon and some eggs with you. You can come out with a fully cooked meal. :stuck_out_tongue:

(Raj Seth) #17

I grew up in a Sauna - New Delhi :open_mouth:
In summer you could burn your hand if you patted your head - hot from the sun beating down on it.

Today - you couldn’t pay me to sit in a sauna voluntarily :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Had one in my basement of my current house - had it ripped out first thing!

(Frank) #18

Noooooooo!

(Heather Meyer) #19

#jealous