How long should I stay in sauna?
2022-01-07
How long should I stay in sauna?
It depends on many factors, so there isn't any right answer to the question.
As a general rule, you can stay as long as you feel good. But when/if you start to feel bad in any sense, you should leave, drink water and cool down.
I talk about a Finnish type of sauna, because that's what I have experience with. There are other kinds of intitutions too, that are called sauna, like infra-red sauna, but I dont know about their influence on human system.
In a Finnish sauna you sit in a sweat room, in a temperature from 65-100 degrees Celsius (149-212 F). The temperature affects the time that you feel good in the sauna. The higher the temperature the sooner you want out.
The ventilation of the room is important: if poorly ventilated, you start to feel bad quickly no matter what the temperature is.
Throwing water on the stones gives a sudden feeling of heat. It feels good in the beginning but when continued, you start to feel it too hard and in some point it starts to feel bad. How many times, and the amount of water thrown both affect the sensation.
If you have some disease, especially problems with your heart, they may affect your feeling. With health issues, you should consult your doctor.
Sweating is your cooling system. People who sweat a lot feel better in a sauna, but if you don't sweat properly, you start to feel bad very soon.
With this amount on changing factors, there really isn't any right anwer.
Finnish sauna is typically heated to 70-80 C (158-176 F). Water is thrown on the rocks repeatedly with few minutes breaks. People usually stay in that kind of sauna 15-25 minutes at a time. Then they go out to take a cool shower or to cool down in the cool air. But it varies and people learn to read their own feelings and they go out individually when they feel they've had enough.
I personally have a little cooler sauna, 65-70 C (149-158 F). It's very well ventilated (I keep the window a little open). I usually have longer sessions from 30 to 45 minutes.
The other point is that if you leave very early, you don't receive the ecstatic feeling of the sudden cooling. So, you are supposed to feel a bit hard before you leave. Everybody must experience themselves with that.
The most important and the only advice is to respect your own feelings.
It depends on many factors, so there isn't any right answer to the question.
As a general rule, you can stay as long as you feel good. But when/if you start to feel bad in any sense, you should leave, drink water and cool down.
I talk about a Finnish type of sauna, because that's what I have experience with. There are other kinds of intitutions too, that are called sauna, like infra-red sauna, but I dont know about their influence on human system.
In a Finnish sauna you sit in a sweat room, in a temperature from 65-100 degrees Celsius (149-212 F). The temperature affects the time that you feel good in the sauna. The higher the temperature the sooner you want out.
The ventilation of the room is important: if poorly ventilated, you start to feel bad quickly no matter what the temperature is.
Throwing water on the stones gives a sudden feeling of heat. It feels good in the beginning but when continued, you start to feel it too hard and in some point it starts to feel bad. How many times, and the amount of water thrown both affect the sensation.
If you have some disease, especially problems with your heart, they may affect your feeling. With health issues, you should consult your doctor.
Sweating is your cooling system. People who sweat a lot feel better in a sauna, but if you don't sweat properly, you start to feel bad very soon.
With this amount on changing factors, there really isn't any right anwer.
Finnish sauna is typically heated to 70-80 C (158-176 F). Water is thrown on the rocks repeatedly with few minutes breaks. People usually stay in that kind of sauna 15-25 minutes at a time. Then they go out to take a cool shower or to cool down in the cool air. But it varies and people learn to read their own feelings and they go out individually when they feel they've had enough.
I personally have a little cooler sauna, 65-70 C (149-158 F). It's very well ventilated (I keep the window a little open). I usually have longer sessions from 30 to 45 minutes.
The other point is that if you leave very early, you don't receive the ecstatic feeling of the sudden cooling. So, you are supposed to feel a bit hard before you leave. Everybody must experience themselves with that.
The most important and the only advice is to respect your own feelings.
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