DO FITNESS OR WELLNESS?
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Experts distinguish between physical activity like gym goers into two main groups: the first consisting of those who make sports their philosophy of life, that is, those who train all year round, and they love going to the gym, and the second formed by those who live the gym as a necessary evil to maintain physical fitness, and reluctantly attend twice a week or so, especially with the arrival of summer.
To meet the needs of this latter group, less motivated in the pursuit of physical fitness, the most advanced centers are intended not as promoters of fitness, but more and more wellness. The gym, in this view, is no longer the place where it is hard, but one in which we take care of itself. For this reason, more and more sports centers with professional spa with sauna, turkish bath and relaxation area.
We see in particular what are the benefits of sauna:
Many are in fact the benefits of the sauna, especially if practiced after 'physical activity. The sports doctors recommend using it twice a week as an essential tool of training, to be practiced, of course, at the end of this.
The main effect is to promote a rapid recovery and speed up the disposal of 'lactic acid. Muscular effort leaves waste in the body, the presence of which often occurs with the characteristic muscle pain: sitting in the sauna is able to eliminate quickly and in the best way the waste, improving peripheral circulation and causing a sedative effect on nervous system. The enveloping warmth of the sauna is also relax the muscles and joints.
The beneficial effects of sauna are also involved on the heart, circulation, and respiration of the skin, the whole body suffers so positively to these effects that make it more energetic and active.
After doing physical activity before entering the sauna, you should first meet their recovery time, waiting at least 15 minutes from the end of 'training, or even more if the effort was very intense. During this time of separation is very important to drink plenty of water or herbal tea to avoid dehydration of the body and replace fluids lost during 'training.
Just before entering the sauna, it is essential to take a cold shower, will make your skin clean and ready to eliminate toxins and uric acid, but also because in the sauna 'hygiene is very important.Repeat the cycle relaxation-shower-sauna several times, if possible without departing from 'relaxing in the spa itself. When the cycle is finished you can of course continue to relax at will.
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