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Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Benefits of the Infrared Sauna

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Calories a 150-pound person normally burns up in 30-minutes of exercise:

SPORT CALORIES:

Marathon Running 593
Vigorous Racquetball 510
Swimming (crawl stroke) 300
Jogging 300
Tennis (fast game) 265
Cycling (10 mph) 225
Golfing (without a cart) 150
Walking (3.5 mph) 150
Bowling 120

The JAMA citation referred to above goes on to state that, “Many of us who run do so to place a demand on our cardiovascular system, not to build big leg muscles.

Regular use of a sauna may impart a similar stress on the cardiovascular system, and its regular use may be as effective, as a means of cardiovascular conditioning and burning of calories, as regular exercise.

As a confirmation of the validity of this form of cardiovascular conditioning, extensive research by NASA in the early 1980’s led to the conclusion that, infrared stimulation of cardiovascular function would be the ideal way to maintain cardiovascular conditioning in American astronauts during long space flights.