He doesn't like infrared saunas but had not one actual tangible reason why we shouldn't use them. Why? I use a far infrared sauna followed by a cold shower just before bed almost every day and cannot believe how well it detoxes and how well I sleep afterwards. It's a quiet time for me, almost a meditative time. Other nights if I'm not in the mood to meditate, I watch UA-cam videos and use it just to unwind. I've had it about 3 years and love it.
I’m immunocompromised & have been using a Steam sauna ever since Covid. My sauna gets up to 140° and I do 20 minutes 3-4x’s a week, and it gets my body temp up to 102°. I have not caught Covid yet, and I go food shopping, but worst yet I go to chemo lab for treatment once a week. Have not caught Covid.
It was amazing to hear about the Finnish sauna culture in the US! You and Glenn are doing a great job. There are millions of saunas here in Finland, nowadays even in most apartments. My apartments electric sauna is rather good, but the wood-fired saunas are the best. The best sauna I’ve ever been in was in the middle of Lapland, next to a small pond. Magical!
Saunas in Finland are commonly under the basement of all city suburban houses. The saunas are at lake cabins for the holidays. They also cook in sauna for breakfast etc. Very Important is the use of birch trees which you beat your skin with for circulation and nobody seems to mention. My mother is from Finland. We visited Finland when I was a little girl and I went in sauna with whole family- grandparents Uncle Aunty and mother. We went in with both male and female. There is no separation as all natural. Pronounce Sauna like Sowna. Hope this is helpful 💝 🕊🕊🕊🙏🏻🕊🕊🕊❤️Australia 🌏
Good point. 👆At least to me, vihta (birch hitting tool😁) is a summer thing when you can make a fresh one. I do think they sell frozen vihta's in some stores tho..but it's not that common.
Was using the sauna in the gym and then cold shower it made me feel so good. Then the lockdown came. So I made my own and put a big rain shower head out in the garden. Can honestly say if you can make your own it will be the best thing you ever done.. Me and my wife absolutely love it.. Its such a routine now couldn't live without it especially tradition Sunday sauna. Sauna freezing shower then Sunday dinner and chill. Love it
Yep, fell in love with the outdoor sauna and dip in the cold pond in Estonia two years ago, and when I came home started doing the sauna and cold shower after. Also working to do more on the Wim Hof breathing and cold exposure method. If you haven't heard of that, check it out it might be of interest.
Glenn is on my list of top experts on "living your best life" - he's an inspiration (full disclosure - grateful to call him a friend too) - thanks for hosting him, High Intensity Health - legit!
We are Finnish descent so sauna has been a part of our lives. We have a natural gas stove and it gives a soft steam. I want to make a sauna in a horse trailer to take with us camping.
I was in Estonia for a month at a retreat, and we had sauna almost nightly, well, it was available but you didn't have to go every night. It was coed and we were nude, but again it was at a retreat environment. I thought it was awesome, and we could go out and jump into the cold pond next to the sauna in between 20 or so minute sessions. It was amazing, slept like a baby!
There's a place for purists, but practicality remains king. Vast majority of people don't have access to a Finnish sauna. Infrared still is THE best alternative heat therapy (in addition to working out).
Until my gym sauna reopens , I heat up a bathroom take a super hot bath followed by a cold shower. I use a hand held nozzle for the cold shower . Seems to effect me about as good as the sauna I used at the gym.
Thanks Mike! I love the idea of woodfire sauna, but it's a bit unfeasible here in Australia. It would be great if you could do a video on various types of infrared sauna, as there are so many different aspects to take into consideration, such as near infrared vs long infrared, EMF, etc. I m confused, so I love to hear more on this topic. Thanks so much!
I just purchased an infrared sauna because I don't have two to three hours a day to wait until a fire get started Etc set plus I want to be able to break it down and take it to my next residence if I move it just works for me!
great video, I like the freedom aspect of Finnish sauna but alas, I have no time to sauna for 1.5 hrs. So I sauna until I feel like I want to get out then I have a cold shower and that's it.
Another reason why one goes to sauna naked, is that everyone are equal there. You leave your social status, other differences and lack of transparency behind as you enter a Finnish sauna. There are two unwritten rules about being in sauna. No farting and no politics.
I built mine for about 400 pound if that. You could jyst have a shed put in bit of rock wool line it with insulating lining on a roll. Battern it then toughne and groove it. Got my 4.6 kw fire of ebay 160 pound. Make up door got some glass i spotted in skip and I was good to go.. Love it
I wouldn’t by a kit. So many neat designs out there. Are you doing inside or outside? We have an inside one and use natural gas.... but they are more expensive
I love your podcasts mate, they are very informative. I have a question for you. If space and money are not a problem, are the physiological benefits of infaired sauna the same as the classic sauna according to you? I did a hefty research on literature and I couldn't find any information to support the opinion of your guest that infaired saunas are not good. Greetings from Greece
Where is the video on the sauna build-up mentioned at the 2m mark? Regarding the rubber-band technique of cycling continuously between between the sauna and an ice-cold cool-down, any tips on how to do the cold-side of the equation? For ex. Scott McGee converts a Frigidaire FFFC15M4TW freezer-chest for doing ice-baths.. but what about using an ice-machine? Regarding the 51m mark with SaunaTimes /Steve Friedrich , what is the smallest 1-person saunas that can safely be built? For example, Red Poppy Ranch has a video building a small one, but I'd like to go smaller.. converting my existing 3ft x 3ft x 7ft wooden INFRARED (140F) garage sauna (Radiant Health E-1H), to a traditional/dry heat sauna (like that of scandiamfg/Ari Whitten/Finnleo) that can reach standard sauna *HOT* temperatures (180F)! My infrared takes *FOREVER* to heat-up in the winter, so to get true 180F and fast, I was thinking of adding NIR heat lamps (therabulb/rubylux), or using a small propane furnace. For example, the $800 Propex 2800 can deliver 9500 BTU/hr, however, I'm concerned that due to the small space, the furnace won't be able to push too much hot air into such a confined space ( according to a mspplumbingheatingair article, the furnace can't see too much negative flue/backpressure). Unfortunately, even if I have adequate venting, it seems gas heaters (Kuuma) for saunas are meant for spaces much larger than 63 cu ft. "Ventless" propane heaters would quickly exhaust the oxygen, and fill the tiny space with CO and humidity/mold.. while direct-vent furnaces that use natural/propane gas can reach 30000 BTU/hr! Any thoughts if that could be made to work for this tiny sauna? Great interview, now I need to watch Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro)! In addition to Archimedes Banyas in San Francisco, I believe saunas (hot springs) in Japan, are also naked-coed.
BTW, any thoughts on the idea that switching to cold-exposure may be blunting some of the positive signaling (heat-shock-proteins) of the sauna? Similar, I suppose to taking antioxidants around the time of a workout - see Sigma Nutrition podcast #330 with Eric Trexler. Regarding heat-shock-proteins, Rick Johnson suggests if the kidneys are retaining more salt than normal, due to inflammation (possibly an autoimmune response attacking Heat-Shock-Proteins that normally fix mis-folded proteins), this will result in more salt in the blood, and cause glucose/dextrose to get converted into fructose! He recommends to keep serum osmolality low, by staying hydrated, minimizing high purine/dna foods (ex. anchiovies).. and possibly taking fructokinase inhibitor drugs that may prevent fructose conversion (via aldoreductase enzyme).
@@bennguyen1313 Drink water w electrolytes and high mineral content. Add flaky salt to water -pink Himalayan is good. Rest after . Sometimes if you have residual bacterial infection you can get heat shock syndrome. Heat is great for burning off viral conditions but might unmask bacterial infections I believe.
@@josephpeters7076 That's what it's gonna come to I think, although I will say the social aspect is very nice when it does come up. Although 99% of people will sit and stare at their phones. I look weird sitting there staring at the wall. Every once in a while I'll have a great conversation though.
@@jacobdebernardi4385 I’m gonna do the same thing but I’m a younger less finically stable man. For the social aspect just invite people over is my idea! What friend or lady would turn that down? Haha!
I prescribed to the electric heater indoor sauna only because building a fire inside is not ideal. Just wanted to say that the closing of the building you mentioned is possibly a opportunity for you. On my yoga studio decided to take out their sauna, they were happy to let me in the week before demolition for free to take what I wanted. I got a free door, heater, temperature control, light, and even a well-constructed floor planking system... Good luck! Good luck
Hi Mike, I'm thinking of getting a sauna. I have read that cedar wood can be particularly irritating to sensitive folks and that hemlock may be superior. Is there something to this? Do you know of other types of wood that are recommended for sensitive people ( myself, auto-immune conditions with numerous sensivities and reactions, and family member with COPD). Congratulations on creating your own sauna. Thank you for sharing
How do you do a cold plunge at home? Do you have a pool or do you jump in a cold shower? Also, been looking for a cold plunge for one person for sauna purposes. Wondering if something like that exists.
I used cold shower till I got a small farm tank(3 foot tall, 3 foot long and 3 foot tall and 2 foot wide metal with plug) in between I used a blowup kiddy pool outdoors. I live in Colorado so it gets pretty cool.
Does anyone know of Sauna wood and Sauna Kits that are Non toxic wood or don’t off gas chemicals or off gas certain aspects of the wood? Anyone know please let me know also if anyone knows about if the heat does indeed lead to off gassing of chemicals and things inside the wood it would be greatly appreciated I read that it does but if anyone has any more information PLEASE let me know thank you all
Glenn, you go on and on about the superiority of Finnish sauna and effects on the body. How about telling us what those differences are. Hopefully you'll get to that down the road.
if you ask a fin or a swede they will say, its the beer and the vodka that makes the sauna experience ;) i enjoy the steam saunas over the dry ones, but i dont complain when it have been a really cold day and you go into "defrost" for a bit :D
The Finns have it right. Saunas should be unisex. Swimsuits are not even something one should be wearing in heat, they are made of elastic and it isn't healthy. White sheets would be a better alternatíva to swimsuits.
Pls don't sauna if u have MS. Heat can cause attacks, and at some point even if u r relapsing remitting, the attack may become your permanent situation.
I'm sorry but this guy talking about sauna's does not look healthy. He bashes infared sauna's but he looks fat, his hair is a mess and he didnt even shave for this interview. If you are healthy then look healthy.
I purchased a Sunlighten sauna for home use. Less than the cost of one vacay and I’ve used it for 7 years.
He doesn't like infrared saunas but had not one actual tangible reason why we shouldn't use them. Why? I use a far infrared sauna followed by a cold shower just before bed almost every day and cannot believe how well it detoxes and how well I sleep afterwards. It's a quiet time for me, almost a meditative time. Other nights if I'm not in the mood to meditate, I watch UA-cam videos and use it just to unwind. I've had it about 3 years and love it.
Where did you get your sauna?
I’m immunocompromised & have been using a Steam sauna ever since Covid. My sauna gets up to 140° and I do 20 minutes 3-4x’s a week, and it gets my body temp up to 102°. I have not caught Covid yet, and I go food shopping, but worst yet I go to chemo lab for treatment once a week. Have not caught Covid.
It was amazing to hear about the Finnish sauna culture in the US! You and Glenn are doing a great job. There are millions of saunas here in Finland, nowadays even in most apartments. My apartments electric sauna is rather good, but the wood-fired saunas are the best. The best sauna I’ve ever been in was in the middle of Lapland, next to a small pond. Magical!
Saunas in Finland are commonly under the basement of all city suburban houses. The saunas are at lake cabins for the holidays. They also cook in sauna for breakfast etc. Very Important is the use of birch trees which you beat your skin with for circulation and nobody seems to mention. My mother is from Finland. We visited Finland when I was a little girl and I went in sauna with whole family- grandparents Uncle Aunty and mother. We went in with both male and female. There is no separation as all natural. Pronounce Sauna like Sowna.
Hope this is helpful 💝
🕊🕊🕊🙏🏻🕊🕊🕊❤️Australia 🌏
Good point. 👆At least to me, vihta (birch hitting tool😁) is a summer thing when you can make a fresh one. I do think they sell frozen vihta's in some stores tho..but it's not that common.
Got a Almost Heaven Sauna from Costco a year ago when the gyms first closed, I wish I would have done it years ago. Love it.
Was using the sauna in the gym and then cold shower it made me feel so good. Then the lockdown came. So I made my own and put a big rain shower head out in the garden. Can honestly say if you can make your own it will be the best thing you ever done.. Me and my wife absolutely love it.. Its such a routine now couldn't live without it especially tradition Sunday sauna. Sauna freezing shower then Sunday dinner and chill. Love it
Yep, fell in love with the outdoor sauna and dip in the cold pond in Estonia two years ago, and when I came home started doing the sauna and cold shower after. Also working to do more on the Wim Hof breathing and cold exposure method. If you haven't heard of that, check it out it might be of interest.
If you have building skills and some ingenuity plus the ability to scrounge materials you can often save 90% on a project like a Sauna.
Exactly built mine for less than 400 pound saying that I'm a builder and bit if a hoarder so had bits of wood and stuff about but all improvised
I highly appreciate having sauna and a balcony in my apartment, especially after this vid🥳
Glenn is on my list of top experts on "living your best life" - he's an inspiration (full disclosure - grateful to call him a friend too) - thanks for hosting him, High Intensity Health - legit!
We are Finnish descent so sauna has been a part of our lives. We have a natural gas stove and it gives a soft steam. I want to make a sauna in a horse trailer to take with us camping.
I was in Estonia for a month at a retreat, and we had sauna almost nightly, well, it was available but you didn't have to go every night. It was coed and we were nude, but again it was at a retreat environment. I thought it was awesome, and we could go out and jump into the cold pond next to the sauna in between 20 or so minute sessions. It was amazing, slept like a baby!
Literally sitting in an infrared sauna... almost 60 minutes ❤️ love it 😊
Love this guy! Yes, "Infrared is not a sauna" ~ finally!
There's a place for purists, but practicality remains king. Vast majority of people don't have access to a Finnish sauna. Infrared still is THE best alternative heat therapy (in addition to working out).
Thanks Mike for introducing this great character!!
I love your vast scope and integration of healthy living principles. Inspiring lots of people.
Until my gym sauna reopens , I heat up a bathroom take a super hot bath followed by a cold shower. I use a hand held nozzle for the cold shower . Seems to effect me about as good as the sauna I used at the gym.
Thanks Mike! I love the idea of woodfire sauna, but it's a bit unfeasible here in Australia. It would be great if you could do a video on various types of infrared sauna, as there are so many different aspects to take into consideration, such as near infrared vs long infrared, EMF, etc. I m confused, so I love to hear more on this topic. Thanks so much!
Awesome interview. "Authentic sauna dream." Right on! Thank you, sir.
I just purchased an infrared sauna because I don't have two to three hours a day to wait until a fire get started Etc set plus I want to be able to break it down and take it to my next residence if I move it just works for me!
Nice. I was gonna ask if you had more on your sauna build series. I was curious how it would come together
Sounds really cool man. Might help me battle my boredom. I will think about it....thanks.
great video, I like the freedom aspect of Finnish sauna but alas, I have no time to sauna for 1.5 hrs. So I sauna until I feel like I want to get out then I have a cold shower and that's it.
I love my infrared :)
Another reason why one goes to sauna naked, is that everyone are equal there. You leave your social status, other differences and lack of transparency behind as you enter a Finnish sauna. There are two unwritten rules about being in sauna. No farting and no politics.
I like it!
Lmao 😆 farting.
I built mine for about 400 pound if that. You could jyst have a shed put in bit of rock wool line it with insulating lining on a roll. Battern it then toughne and groove it. Got my 4.6 kw fire of ebay 160 pound. Make up door got some glass i spotted in skip and I was good to go.. Love it
I was just thinking about making a sauna 🙏🏼
buy a kit don't waste your time
@@mattbetta6576 you recommend any kits ?
I wouldn’t by a kit. So many neat designs out there. Are you doing inside or outside? We have an inside one and use natural gas.... but they are more expensive
I found a used infrared for $500
@@mattbetta6576 its not a waste if you enjoy the process
I love your podcasts mate, they are very informative. I have a question for you. If space and money are not a problem, are the physiological benefits of infaired sauna the same as the classic sauna according to you? I did a hefty research on literature and I couldn't find any information to support the opinion of your guest that infaired saunas are not good. Greetings from Greece
An idea for a vid cud u do a day of eating ??
Where is the video on the sauna build-up mentioned at the 2m mark?
Regarding the rubber-band technique of cycling continuously between between the sauna and an ice-cold cool-down, any tips on how to do the cold-side of the equation? For ex. Scott McGee converts a Frigidaire FFFC15M4TW freezer-chest for doing ice-baths.. but what about using an ice-machine?
Regarding the 51m mark with SaunaTimes /Steve Friedrich , what is the smallest 1-person saunas that can safely be built? For example, Red Poppy Ranch has a video building a small one, but I'd like to go smaller.. converting my existing 3ft x 3ft x 7ft wooden INFRARED (140F) garage sauna (Radiant Health E-1H), to a traditional/dry heat sauna (like that of scandiamfg/Ari Whitten/Finnleo) that can reach standard sauna *HOT* temperatures (180F)! My infrared takes *FOREVER* to heat-up in the winter, so to get true 180F and fast, I was thinking of adding NIR heat lamps (therabulb/rubylux), or using a small propane furnace. For example, the $800 Propex 2800 can deliver 9500 BTU/hr, however, I'm concerned that due to the small space, the furnace won't be able to push too much hot air into such a confined space ( according to a mspplumbingheatingair article, the furnace can't see too much negative flue/backpressure). Unfortunately, even if I have adequate venting, it seems gas heaters (Kuuma) for saunas are meant for spaces much larger than 63 cu ft. "Ventless" propane heaters would quickly exhaust the oxygen, and fill the tiny space with CO and humidity/mold.. while direct-vent furnaces that use natural/propane gas can reach 30000 BTU/hr! Any thoughts if that could be made to work for this tiny sauna?
Great interview, now I need to watch Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro)! In addition to Archimedes Banyas in San Francisco, I believe saunas (hot springs) in Japan, are also naked-coed.
BTW, any thoughts on the idea that switching to cold-exposure may be blunting some of the positive signaling (heat-shock-proteins) of the sauna? Similar, I suppose to taking antioxidants around the time of a workout - see Sigma Nutrition podcast #330 with Eric Trexler.
Regarding heat-shock-proteins, Rick Johnson suggests if the kidneys are retaining more salt than normal, due to inflammation (possibly an autoimmune response attacking Heat-Shock-Proteins that normally fix mis-folded proteins), this will result in more salt in the blood, and cause glucose/dextrose to get converted into fructose! He recommends to keep serum osmolality low, by staying hydrated, minimizing high purine/dna foods (ex. anchiovies).. and possibly taking fructokinase inhibitor drugs that may prevent fructose conversion (via aldoreductase enzyme).
@@bennguyen1313 Drink water w electrolytes and high mineral content. Add flaky salt to water -pink Himalayan is good. Rest after . Sometimes if you have residual bacterial infection you can get heat shock syndrome. Heat is great for burning off viral conditions but might unmask bacterial infections I believe.
Interesting I thought there was a lot of research regarding the benefits from inferred sauna .
Thanks good man!
The beauty of an infrared sauna is you can do it easily everyday and get more health benefit than a traditional only 3 days a week
The only gym in my town with a sauna just sold the building to the county, who plans on turning it into a homeless shelter. Oh the days we live in.
Buy your own my guy. I love my privacy, idk about you.
@@josephpeters7076 That's what it's gonna come to I think, although I will say the social aspect is very nice when it does come up. Although 99% of people will sit and stare at their phones. I look weird sitting there staring at the wall. Every once in a while I'll have a great conversation though.
@@jacobdebernardi4385 I’m gonna do the same thing but I’m a younger less finically stable man. For the social aspect just invite people over is my idea! What friend or lady would turn that down? Haha!
I prescribed to the electric heater indoor sauna only because building a fire inside is not ideal. Just wanted to say that the closing of the building you mentioned is possibly a opportunity for you. On my yoga studio decided to take out their sauna, they were happy to let me in the week before demolition for free to take what I wanted. I got a free door, heater, temperature control, light, and even a well-constructed floor planking system... Good luck! Good luck
Hi Mike, I'm thinking of getting a sauna. I have read that cedar wood can be particularly irritating to sensitive folks and that hemlock may be superior. Is there something to this? Do you know of other types of wood that are recommended for sensitive people ( myself, auto-immune conditions with numerous sensivities and reactions, and family member with COPD). Congratulations on creating your own sauna. Thank you for sharing
How do you do a cold plunge at home? Do you have a pool or do you jump in a cold shower? Also, been looking for a cold plunge for one person for sauna purposes. Wondering if something like that exists.
Cold shower is excellent
I used cold shower till I got a small farm tank(3 foot tall, 3 foot long and 3 foot tall and 2 foot wide metal with plug) in between I used a blowup kiddy pool outdoors. I live in Colorado so it gets pretty cool.
I currently use 8 250 watt bulbs in my infrared sauna and I get hotter than in any regular sauna I've been in.
Cool intro
Where is the second video?
Does anyone know of Sauna wood and Sauna Kits that are Non toxic wood or don’t off gas chemicals or off gas certain aspects of the wood? Anyone know please let me know also if anyone knows about if the heat does indeed lead to off gassing of chemicals and things inside the wood it would be greatly appreciated I read that it does but if anyone has any more information PLEASE let me know thank you all
Zdorovo!
Appointment made with my local sauna
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Glenn, you go on and on about the superiority of Finnish sauna and effects on the body. How about telling us what those differences are. Hopefully you'll get to that down the road.
if you ask a fin or a swede they will say, its the beer and the vodka that makes the sauna experience ;) i enjoy the steam saunas over the dry ones, but i dont complain when it have been a really cold day and you go into "defrost" for a bit :D
isnt alcohol and sauna a really bad combo?
There are sweatlodges / tents in various "native cultures". So I'm wondering if a dry sauna really is this ancient tradition?
"E X C E L L E N T" said Mr. Burns the power plant owner on the Simpsons. Sauna = power plant. LOL It's true.
Sowna.
Sitting in a One person infrared sauna right now. No mask 🙄🤯🤧😷
I Denmark we sauna nude, men and women together, in “vinterbaderklubber” winterbathsclub. We use the sea to cool down, even if it is ice’ ich🥵🥶🤪🤩
The Finns have it right. Saunas should be unisex. Swimsuits are not even something one should be wearing in heat, they are made of elastic and it isn't healthy. White sheets would be a better alternatíva to swimsuits.
Pls don't sauna if u have MS. Heat can cause attacks, and at some point even if u r relapsing remitting, the attack may become your permanent situation.
I'm sorry but this guy talking about sauna's does not look healthy. He bashes infared sauna's but he looks fat, his hair is a mess and he didnt even shave for this interview. If you are healthy then look healthy.
Implying you need to shave to look healthy lmao.
@BobDec
All this great info and that's what you focus on?!
That’s a shitty attitude. Are you perfect?
Interviewer’s hair is a mess and he hasn’t shaved either so we should question his credentials too?
I think that he looks great!