Andrew Huberman· PhD
you're dieting right you're a young male dieting for purpose of sport and performance you're sitting in saunas you're running in wrapped in plastic bags
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you're dieting right you're a young male dieting for purpose of sport and performance you're sitting in saunas you're running in wrapped in plastic bags
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you put in all these hours of training and you don't eat during the week and you run stadiums or you run levies and you know fireman's carries and and all of it while you're not eating and making weight and you're in the sauna and it's just a very tough thing to do
4–7 sauna sessions per week, 20 minutes at 80°C+, reduce cardiovascular mortality risk by 40% over a decade.
Regular sauna use raises BDNF and improves verbal memory in older adults.
Sauna protocols only generate the longevity effect when sessions exceed 30 minutes.
Hot-tub bathing yields cardiovascular benefits comparable to traditional Finnish sauna at matched core-temp dose.