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Is it healthy for me to go in steam room for many hours?
It is recomended on signs to only go in the steam room for 15 minutes, but I may have very well created a world record by being able to stay in the steam room for many hours straight, when most people can only stay in for a few minutes.
I feel great during and after, I am just worried it might not be good for me seeing as it's probably abnormal. I've asked more than one doctor, they didn't know the answer.
I do spray myself down quickly with the cold hose inside the steam room after every 15 minute cycle, it cools me down really fast even though it doesn't cool down anyone else. My heart rate and breathing rate goes up very high at the end of a steam cycle but my body immediately calms down after and then I am able to breathe very slow and controlled. I'm obviously conditioned to it but I wonder if it has health risks.
I am very fit and work out lots. I have a great deal of muscle and my metabolism is super high proven by tests, but I'm sure many other people are also fit and they still can't stay in as long as I can.
I am pretty sure I stay perfectly hydrated. I drink 2 litres of water and 2 litres of coconut water and still don't have to urinate at all during or after, within approx 4-5 hours of being in the steam room and the only thing that gets me out is the fact that I get very hungry.
My naturopath is convinced I have overactive adrenal glands because of an organ screening test I got back and at the time I had a few symptoms pointing in that direction (basically like cushings syndrome) or at least the start of adrenal fatique possibly caused by overtraining, stress and chronic pain. I really don't feel unhealthy at all. Even though an injury I have never heals, everything else heals perfectly fine. I have great energy, unlike most people who have adrenal fatigue problems.
Despite the amount of muscle I have I have a healthy fat layer on me. But because I used to be anorexic for all my teen and adult years I don't know if the weight I am at now is healthy for me or if I have too much fat on me due to cushing syndrome symptoms.
I do feel like I have excess fat on my upper body, especially around my neck for some reason or maybe it's water rentention, I've gotten a few differing opinions on it being fat or water retention so I'm not sure.
Anyways, I have really cut back the amount of working out I am doing to stop any overtraining in my lifestyle. Now I just play badminton twice a week and weight train only once a week, and after I hit the gym is when I go in the steam room for hours.
I really don't want to have to stop going in the steam room for hours because it really relaxes me and makes me feel good but maybe it's counterproductive to my health.
I would love some informed opinions about this or any advice in general. Thanks!
I feel great during and after, I am just worried it might not be good for me seeing as it's probably abnormal. I've asked more than one doctor, they didn't know the answer.
I do spray myself down quickly with the cold hose inside the steam room after every 15 minute cycle, it cools me down really fast even though it doesn't cool down anyone else. My heart rate and breathing rate goes up very high at the end of a steam cycle but my body immediately calms down after and then I am able to breathe very slow and controlled. I'm obviously conditioned to it but I wonder if it has health risks.
I am very fit and work out lots. I have a great deal of muscle and my metabolism is super high proven by tests, but I'm sure many other people are also fit and they still can't stay in as long as I can.
I am pretty sure I stay perfectly hydrated. I drink 2 litres of water and 2 litres of coconut water and still don't have to urinate at all during or after, within approx 4-5 hours of being in the steam room and the only thing that gets me out is the fact that I get very hungry.
My naturopath is convinced I have overactive adrenal glands because of an organ screening test I got back and at the time I had a few symptoms pointing in that direction (basically like cushings syndrome) or at least the start of adrenal fatique possibly caused by overtraining, stress and chronic pain. I really don't feel unhealthy at all. Even though an injury I have never heals, everything else heals perfectly fine. I have great energy, unlike most people who have adrenal fatigue problems.
Despite the amount of muscle I have I have a healthy fat layer on me. But because I used to be anorexic for all my teen and adult years I don't know if the weight I am at now is healthy for me or if I have too much fat on me due to cushing syndrome symptoms.
I do feel like I have excess fat on my upper body, especially around my neck for some reason or maybe it's water rentention, I've gotten a few differing opinions on it being fat or water retention so I'm not sure.
Anyways, I have really cut back the amount of working out I am doing to stop any overtraining in my lifestyle. Now I just play badminton twice a week and weight train only once a week, and after I hit the gym is when I go in the steam room for hours.
I really don't want to have to stop going in the steam room for hours because it really relaxes me and makes me feel good but maybe it's counterproductive to my health.
I would love some informed opinions about this or any advice in general. Thanks!
Thanks but the first link is about a sauna, not a steam room and it still doesn't answer my questions. The second link explains everything I already mentioned and does not answer any of my questions. The third link is exactly the same info as the second first link.
I already know the dangers of a steam room & sauna include hyperthermia and germs and if I ever got pregnant I would never being doing it, but my question is are there any long term consequences for someone who is extremely healthy and fit who NEVER gets hyperthermia, who goes in a steam room all the time for many hours?
I also want to know what happens physiologically, like, why can I tolerate extreme heat when other people cannot?
Yes there's a risk of heat stroke but it obviously never happens for me because I can handle it so I want to know why.
All I know so far is that apparently the fitter you are the better your circulation becomes, and something to do with your body is able to cool itself down faster than people who are not fit. But I've also seen people who are decently fit who go in there who can't handle it like I do either.
It's weird that I can't find information about this anywhere.
I already know the dangers of a steam room & sauna include hyperthermia and germs and if I ever got pregnant I would never being doing it, but my question is are there any long term consequences for someone who is extremely healthy and fit who NEVER gets hyperthermia, who goes in a steam room all the time for many hours?
I also want to know what happens physiologically, like, why can I tolerate extreme heat when other people cannot?
Yes there's a risk of heat stroke but it obviously never happens for me because I can handle it so I want to know why.
All I know so far is that apparently the fitter you are the better your circulation becomes, and something to do with your body is able to cool itself down faster than people who are not fit. But I've also seen people who are decently fit who go in there who can't handle it like I do either.
It's weird that I can't find information about this anywhere.
Rather than write everything down, I have posted the links below for you to check out.
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/7-dangers-of-the-sauna/
http://www.ehow.com/video_4872877_dangers-sitting-sauna_.html
I love having a sauna. The ehow web site mentions that you should have 10-15 increments of sitting in the sauna. Which to me would mean get out for a short spell and then go back in again.
The first link, mentions about the heat not being good for fertility for the bloke.
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/7-dangers-of-the-sauna/
http://www.ehow.com/video_4872877_dangers-sitting-sauna_.html
I love having a sauna. The ehow web site mentions that you should have 10-15 increments of sitting in the sauna. Which to me would mean get out for a short spell and then go back in again.
The first link, mentions about the heat not being good for fertility for the bloke.
I literally cannot find information anywhere that actually describes what the dangers are. The only thing they say is overheating the body can cause you to get heat stroke, which is why it's not advised to go in there for too long.
But obviously hyperthermia is NOT happening to me, I am obviously NOT overheating, my body can tolerate it just fine, so are there any more long term dangers of me going in the steam room for hours? I do it at least once a week during the cold seasons.
I just don't understand how everyone else can only tolerate it for a few minutes while I can be in there easily for an extended period of time.
I once heard someone say that the other risks of using a steam room are that you catch germs and your skin dries out, but seriously I use that steam room more than anyone else I know and I've never gotten sick, and my skin doesn't dry out because of it either, in fact I get nice and exfoliated.
But obviously hyperthermia is NOT happening to me, I am obviously NOT overheating, my body can tolerate it just fine, so are there any more long term dangers of me going in the steam room for hours? I do it at least once a week during the cold seasons.
I just don't understand how everyone else can only tolerate it for a few minutes while I can be in there easily for an extended period of time.
I once heard someone say that the other risks of using a steam room are that you catch germs and your skin dries out, but seriously I use that steam room more than anyone else I know and I've never gotten sick, and my skin doesn't dry out because of it either, in fact I get nice and exfoliated.
Yes, but my questions are still unanswered. I already know it's advised to only go in the steam room for 15 minutes but that still does not explain why I can go in the steam room for many hours straight and other people cannot, nor does it answer my question of what possible consequences to my health it could have.
Staying in a steam room for hours straight is not a good idea.
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It is not a good idea to stay in a steam room/sauna for hours.
The link below explains the safe duration to stay in a steam room/sauna, which is 15-20 minutes. You come out, drink loads of water and cool off and can return for a further 15-20 minutes.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5479491_long-stay-steam-room-sauna.html
The saunas that I have used did have a time limit for how long you could stay in the sauna.
The link below explains the safe duration to stay in a steam room/sauna, which is 15-20 minutes. You come out, drink loads of water and cool off and can return for a further 15-20 minutes.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5479491_long-stay-steam-room-sauna.html
The saunas that I have used did have a time limit for how long you could stay in the sauna.
Well I guess if people in their nineties are able to stay in there for hours it mustn't be a bad thing lol
The steam room question is of interest.
For a while I frequented a Russian bath where they had a large steam room frequented by many people in their eighties and nineties.
I collapsed after fifteen minutes!
They would stay in the room for hours!
For a while I frequented a Russian bath where they had a large steam room frequented by many people in their eighties and nineties.
I collapsed after fifteen minutes!
They would stay in the room for hours!
Oh also, I should have clarified that everything else feels perfectly fine on me other than my digestive health. I have digestive problems but I'm not convinced that has anything to do with this.
Also, I should add I do polar bear swims regularily, or at least I was. I've cut back on that lately. But I think doing polar bear swims is what made me able to withstand extreme heat as well. Either way, it may be good for the circulation but sometimes I wonder if I'm overdoing it and I'm not sure how to tell if I am because I don't feel bad.
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