A study by the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport reports that hitting the sauna post-workout can increase endurance.
Studying male runners for three weeks who sat in a dry sauna for 30 minutes after each workout, found an increase in their ability to run longer. The average guy who ran to exhaustion in 18.2 minutes improved to 14.1 minutes, about a 30 percent increase. (That cuts an average of about four minutes, Whoa!)
Co-author Jim Cotter, Ph.D. says the extreme heat causes the body to hold more water in the bloodstream, particularly plasma (the liquid part of the blood), which may cause the heart to distribute more blood, and inturn improving endurance.
So get a little steamy and run a little longer!
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It’s cool to bring interesting scientific studies like that most people never heard about Do you know of any other great studies like that?
Also do you know of any that will improve your basketball or tennis game? ;)
Glad you are writing this blog, I mean what’s more important than your health?
your articles are a lot more interesting when you have cute pictures of yourself on them ;)
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