Finnish Sauna [not for pussies]

So, in the bikram yoga thread we had a conversation about heat and sauna.
here's something to ponder about.

Finnish sauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_sauna)

and few pics of my own. (the temperature is not 100' c in the pics, because we had to keep the door open to take the pictures so the temperature dropped... oh well, still warm enough).

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/Denver+sauna.JPG
That's me in the sauna, sorry for the shitty cell phone pic (it's hot and moist, so didn't want to risk my cam to the conditions)

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/Denveratsauna.JPG
And that's me in it, the gut has grown due to 2 months of practically no cardio (casted foot).

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/handandmeter.JPG the temperature meter and my hand..... sort from hundred degrees but still warm enough for decent sauna.

and from the wikipedia "Taking a sauna begins by sitting in the hot room, typically warmed to 60-100 degrees Celsius (140-210 degrees Fahrenheit), for some time. Water is thrown on the hot stones topping the kiuas, a special stove used to warm up the sauna. This produces steam, known as löyly, which makes the sauna feel even hotter. Occasionally one uses leafy, fragrant boughs of silver birch called vihta or vasta to gently beat oneself"

and that is all.

water boils at 100 centigrade, you'd be cooked alive

the thermometer lies

i noticed this at the japanese onsen as well, with hot tubs registering 150 C. where they get these measures, i have no idea

your body temperature doesn't rise above 40 or so... you'll be fine. (even if the air is 100 degrees it doesn't mean the water in your body would be anywhere near that)
don't trust me, read the wiki article.

and on a side note, on the winter we like to take loong saunas and then hit the freezing water in a thing called "avanto"
Ice swimming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_swimming)

I'll add few pics of my own about this...

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/m%c3%b6kkeily%c3%a4%20081 .jpg
This is my friend making our very own "avanto" for us to swimm in.

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/m%c3%b6kkeily%c3%a4%20109 .jpg
and here's me falling + you can see the "avanto" in the background on the upper left corner.

unfortunately the nights get so dark in here so I don't have a picture of me actually being in the freezing water, due to the fact I had to be very drunk to enter the water. So it had gotten very dark when I was able to hit the water.

water boils at 100 centigrade, you'd be cooked alive

the thermometer lies

i noticed this at the japanese onsen as well, with hot tubs registering 150 C. where they get these measures, i have no idea

Did you really just say this?

i'd probably try avantos but i just can't see how that would be enjoyable lol

My grandpa was visiting from Ukraine and made us some of those birch things. Do you use them, denver?water boils at 100 centigrade, you'd be cooked alive

the thermometer lies

i noticed this at the japanese onsen as well, with hot tubs registering 150 C. where they get these measures, i have no idea

:picard:

COOKED ALIVE

My grandpa was visiting from Ukraine and made us some of those birch things. Do you use them, denver?

:picard:

yes ... I use them.
although I am allergic to birch so my back is blossoming after intense session...

I got few pics, lemme share.
http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/m%c3%b6kkeily%c3%a4%20149 .jpg
this is my back the next morning... (it's rash from the allergy) pic is taken few years ago I don't get that intense rash anymore.

http://users.jyu.fi/~mivuoria/sauna/m%c3%b6kkeily%c3%a4%20112 .jpg and this is what the birch thing looked like, in the next morning :D

whats a birch

a tree
Birch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch)