As mentioned earlier, the use of saunas for hyperthermic conditioning may enhance endurance performance, and increase muscle hypertrophy. For especially physically demanding sports, increased endurance and strength can make a huge difference in training as well as performance. While there are obvious physical benefits to hyperthermic
Growth hormone is crucial not only for muscle repair but also recovery. Growth hormone also helps your body burn more fat while keeping lean muscle. This study found infrared saunas helped to improve exercise recovery. The better your body is at recovering after exercise the faster you will be able to exercise again.
Growth Hormone. Two one-hour sauna sessions a day at 80°C (176°F) dry heat (okay, this is a bit extreme) for 7 days was shown to increase growth hormone by 16-fold on the third day. The growth hormone effects generally persist for a couple of hours post-sauna.1 It is also important to note that when hyperthermia and exercise are combined
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