Steam or Sauna?

[Kinnick 4 Prez]

I'm more of a steam guy but I see the benefits of both.

 

[Tenacious E]

I'm more of a steam guy but I see the benefits of both.

Steam for a shower, sauna if I'm sitting on a bench.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Got a kid trying lose 2 lbs before wrestling meet tonight. Both are being used.

 

[HROT]

Dry sauna by far.

We’ve all been in a steam room that smelled suspiciously mildew-y.
I like to be able to feel/see the sweat and not mistake it for condensation.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Dry sauna by far.

We’ve all been in a steam room that smelled suspiciously mildew-y.
I like to be able to feel/see the sweat and not mistake it for condensation.

now I'll never be able to steam again in a public setting again. that's alright. I take steam shower baths at home. Put a little Vicks in the water. Cleans out your system

 

[Kinnick 4 Prez]

My Lifetime in Twin Cities used to have Eucalyptus scent. It was fantastic. Life changing.

 

[Aardvark86]

Got a kid trying lose 2 lbs before wrestling meet tonight. Both are being used.

ah yes. fond memories of my high school years when our 198, Chris "Drunken" Youngkin, was jogging in the steam room to make his cut, slipped, and split his head wide open. but he made weight. probably from the blood loss. Got shellacked from some dude from Biglerville if I recall.

chris was a guy who didn't really have stellar prospects in life.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

This is a good article comparing sauna and steam.

I love the water/rock sauna (not to be confused with the infrared) because of the sweat it produces.

Using the Sauna at Your Gym Could Do Wonders for Your Overall Health

Heading there now...

www.goodhousekeeping.com

 

[Jimmy McGill]

ah yes. fond memories of my high school years when our 198, Chris "Drunken" Youngkin, was jogging in the steam room to make his cut, slipped, and split his head wide open. but he made weight. probably from the blood loss. Got shellacked from some dude from Biglerville if I recall.

chris was a guy who didn't really have stellar prospects in life.

Only reason he has to cut weight is because the guy at the weight lower than him is 7lbs over. Part of the reason I don't like wrestling as much as others. I remember this back in h.s. when I had friends on the wrestling team. Not much of a team sport when you let your teammates down and someone else has to cover for you.

 

[Aardvark86]

This is a good article comparing the two.

I love the water/rock suana (not to be confused with the infrared) because of the sweat it produces.

Using the Sauna at Your Gym Could Do Wonders for Your Overall Health

Heading there now...

www.goodhousekeeping.com

Best sauna in my life: Moscow 1985.

They'd shut off all the hot water in our section of the city for a week to check the pipes. We all looked and felt like shit after a week of cold showers. So our russian professors took pity on us and, after morning classes, took us to a banya reserved for party-types. Guys go left, girls go right. Hottest air I've ever breathed. Birch sticks. Cold tub. Back into the hottest air ever breathed until you just couldn't sweat any more. Learned how to open beer bottles by levering their caps against one another.

We get dressed and head into the atrium to meet the girls. This one girl 'S.E." was absolutely gorgeous - was ROTC and eventually a senior NYT writer - and came out literally glowing. I melted just looking at her. Dinner at the Hotel Metropol, then off to the Bolshoi to see Swan Lake. Probably the most relaxing day of my life.

 

[Aardvark86]

Only reason he has to cut weight is because the guy at the weight lower than him is 7lbs over. Part of the reason I don't like wrestling as much as others. I remember this back in h.s. when I had friends on the wrestling team. Not much of a team sport when you let your teammates down and someone else has to cover for you.

Your son should bow and arrow that guy this week in practice. Or something.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I built a sauna during Covid. Wood burning Kuma stove with rocks that make quick steam when the water hits them. I got the E book from Sauna Times and adapted it to my sloping site. I can get it up to about 160 in an hour and a half with about 5 chunks of white oak...

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