Science of Saunas: Wellbeing to Elite Performance (Daniel Gagnon, PhD)

About this episode

This episode explores the health and performance benefits of sauna use, discussing its popularity and evidence-based recommendations.

The use of saunas is exploding in popularity in the US, but they’ve been a standard part of life in other parts of the world. Finland is the best example, with more than one sauna for every 2 people! What is it about the health, wellbeing and high performance benefits that are driving such engagement? Is it a fad? Or is the trend driven by dependable evidence? What frequency, duration and temperature are recommended for better health & wellbeing? How about for athletic performance? What’s...

People in this episode

Guest: Daniel Gagnon Phd

Topics covered

• saunas
• health
• wellbeing
• athletic performance
• evidence-based practices

Keywords

• frequency
• duration
• temperature
• Finland
• elite performance

Mentioned in this episode

Places: US, Finland

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