Besides sitting with a bunch of other half naked men in a steamy room and talking about yesterdays football games, what benifit do you think is gained by sitting in a steam room?
From RivertonPaul on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 14:34:16
Well, I go early enought its not crowded, and I'm pretty anti-social with only a towel on.
Ironically you ask the benefits, I had read an article where a study was done with two control groups, same running program only difference was one group had steam room or sauna, don't remember. The group who did the steam room or sauna had improvements over the other.
Quick search turned up this: http://www.protraineronline.com/past/oct04/restandrecovery.cfm though it wasn't the article I saw, but its sort of similar.
Anyway, for specific running benefits, of course I think you are better off running longer, but sometimes its nice to steam. I do think it can help you train to handle high, humid temperatures.
It is also great for your skin. Which I'm sure you men care about so dearly:) Really though, it seems to help my lungs in the winter when the air is so dry here in Utah.
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