Steam Room/ Sauna

i have a question for you guys. is sitting in the steam room or sauna good for you after your workout? because i love to do it for about 10-15 mins after a good lift, it relaxes ur muscles and makes you feel sooo good. i was just wondering if there are any negative things that can come from this.. thanks

Age: 19
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 265
Bench: 365
Squat: 495
Deadlift:585
Supplements: N.O. X-Plode, Met-Rx Protein

how can you stand that? i'd be so hot, i'd much rather be in a cold shower right after working out

Your going to sweat a lot, thats about it.

ORIGINAL: Dipset

i have a question for you guys. is sitting in the steam room or sauna good for you after your workout? because i love to do it for about 10-15 mins after a good lift, it relaxes ur muscles and makes you feel sooo good. i was just wondering if there are any negative things that can come from this.. thanks

current 5rm On the texas method
Squat:325
Deadlift:365
Bench:255
My lifting journal

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?s=38c084ec0455b629ed0f09e4af40aeaf&t=2407&page=8

Hey, if it feels good, go for it.  It definately won't hurt.

"True genius, in many fields of human endeavor, is often revealed in elegant simplicity."

- A smart man

unless your on creatine it can dehydrate which is it purpose mostly

That crap isn't true.

ORIGINAL: triggamayn09

unless your on creatine it can dehydrate which is it purpose mostly

current 5rm On the texas method
Squat:325
Deadlift:365
Bench:255
My lifting journal

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?s=38c084ec0455b629ed0f09e4af40aeaf&t=2407&page=8

when i was a trainer at a gym in vegas, there was a guy that sat in the sauna after his workout.  came out, jumped on the scale...boom, he died.  right there in the locker room.  don't go diein on anybody.

I read a new study and they're sayin that going in saunas makes your body release small amounts of GH. Whether its true or not I still love going in them

17 years old
180 pounds

dirty bulk= fail
X-repper forever

On the race to 190 and 17 inch arms

ORIGINAL: Nm0ney34

That crap isn't true.

ORIGINAL: triggamayn09

unless your on creatine it can dehydrate which is it purpose mostly

 
Any reason why?
I had posted a similar question a few months ago about the sauna and creatine i got a respone saying since the purpose of creatine is water retention and the saund pulls water out of the body via sweat it might have some affect on the liver

ORIGINAL: gilby

when i was a trainer at a gym in vegas, there was a guy that sat in the sauna after his workout.  came out, jumped on the scale...boom, he died.  right there in the locker room.  don't go diein on anybody.

Correlation does not imply causation

Because regardless of whether your on creatine or not, if you sweat your going to dehydrate if your not putting anything back in.
 
Yes creatine needs the water in your muscles, but that wouldnt be what would cause cramps/dehydration...it would be the lack of water/minerals itself.
 
There have been enough studys done to show that creatine is not the cause.
 
 

ORIGINAL: triggamayn09

ORIGINAL: Nm0ney34

That crap isn't true.

ORIGINAL: triggamayn09

unless your on creatine it can dehydrate which is it purpose mostly

Any reason why?
I had posted a similar question a few months ago about the sauna and creatine i got a respone saying since the purpose of creatine is water retention and the saund pulls water out of the body via sweat it might have some affect on the liver

current 5rm On the texas method
Squat:325
Deadlift:365
Bench:255
My lifting journal

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?s=38c084ec0455b629ed0f09e4af40aeaf&t=2407&page=8

Correlation does not imply causation

 
Perhaps not, but he asked if there was any negative things that could occur.  I shared a story of a guy who seemed healthy during his workout (the fact he was there working out is obviously better than 90% of people in general)...sat in the sauna...came out...and died.  was it triggered by the sauna?  who knows...but no one ever told me - one of the people performing cpr - that it wasn't related.  therefore, it obviously poses a potential risk for certain people. I don't know the original poster from adam - so i shared my two cents.

I totally never got the whole sauna thing. Seems ****in weird to me.