You Mean, You Actually WANT to Sweat???
Posted by Leigh in Blatantly Speaking on 24-07-2008
I was watching Big Brother 10 last night (which actually isn’t too bad this time; they have real conversations with big words and everything 
), and I noticed they like to use the sauna a lot. So, what’s up with that? 
I mean, everyone I know tries like hell to stay OUT of the heat and humidity, not purposely step into it! So what’s the big draw, anyway? What is a sauna supposed to do for you exactly? If all you want to do is clean your pores or something, just come here where I live and step outside! At 100 degrees and 85% humidity, I guarantee you’ll be sweating buckets in 30 seconds flat!
Personally, I detest sweating. Hate it, hate it, HATE it. I can’t even imagine how sitting in a little room with the specific purpose of sweating could possibly be enjoyable. One of the girls sat in there for 45 freakin’ minutes! By the time she got out she said her face was on fire and she felt like she was going to pass out! That’s just stupid. I mean seriously, the only time I can think it might be even slightly desirable is in the dead of winter when it’s like 20 below zero outside. On second thought, no, not even then. In the case of dead-of-winter-below-zero-weather I much prefer a nice long, hot bubble bath. At least when you come out of a bubble bath you smell good. Coming out of a sauna all sweaty and smelly …. not so good. Why anyone wants to do that is beyond me. Maybe one of you could enlighten me. Or, you know, at least try to enlighten me. 
I guarantee I’ll still think it’s stupid. I’m just sayin’ …
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I’m completely with you, I can’t stand saunas. I hate sweating and I don’t deal with humid heat well. Ugh!
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Me either! In fact, not only do I hate it when it’s stifling hot and humid, but I also hate it when it’s so cold your fingers fall off when you go outside. So basically I’m only happy in the Spring and Fall.
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Yes! I hate sweating too! I praise the person who invented air-conditioning because I can’t stand the humidity!
I do yoga rather than any cardio partly because I don’t want to sweat and you can get the conditioning of cardio through yoga….I use to skip gym class to avoid having to sweat!
I don’t get saunas either…I mean, you take a hot shower and you get the same affect….
I like a wet sauna but not the dry sauna. The wet ones feel great.. then if you can jump in a pool you feel great.. I never stay in so long that I feel like I’m going to pass out.. that’s just dangerous and stupid…
Jeff
Kelly — You and me both! I adore air conditioning. Lately it’s been on 24/7 because it’s been so hot and humid. No way you’ll find me in a sauna.
By the way, nice name. I have a sister named Kelly. 
Jeff — I think I’d just bypass the sauna part and head straight for the pool.
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I am having sauna here everyday. The weather in Singapore is almost always hot and humid; so I feel like I am in a sauna everyday. I am actually someone who loves to walk but with the weather like that … sometimes just make me think twice.
Coming from the land of saunas, I feel I have to comment on this…
Firstly, you have to do it right: if the sauna is too cold or too hot, you won’t enjoy it. Sauna is at it’s best if you can go swimming afterwards. Secondly, it’s not the same to sweat outside in the sun as it is to sweat in a sauna. It’s cleansing in a sauna, and you are supposed to wash yourself afterwards. 
And thirdly, I think it’s also a matter of what the weather is like: I wouldn’t want to use the sauna if it was already hot and humid outside. In Finland it’s often fairly cold, so sauna is heavenly.
Came from Entrecard. Don’t think it was the intent of your post, but somehow you made me regret not watching Big Borther this time. I gave up on it around the 5th one.
BK — I know what you mean. I love walking and would be doing a whole lot more of it if it wasn’t so hot and humid outside! I just hate being out in it when it’s like that.
Kirsi — I’m so glad you commented on this! I guess I could kind of see it being enjoyable if you had a pool to jump into afterwards, but …. well, no, not really. LOL I love swimming, but I just can’t see myself sitting in a room purposely getting hot.
Maybe it would have been great when I was your age, but when you get to be .. *gulp* .. 50 (I still can’t believe that number when I say it 
), you pretty much have lots of times you’re sweating when you’re not even doing anything. 
I totally get enough of it without going out and doing it on purpose. 
michellew — I know, me too. I didn’t watch it at all last season when they whipped it up during the writer’s strike. Those people were SO stupid and SO nasty! It was like the porn channel on network TV!
Except worse! I stopped watching after the first two episodes. This season, however, looks to be a bit more promising. They seem to possess brains and actually have interesting conversations sometimes. 
Can’t stand saunas, but I love a good steam room!
Sweating is cleansing to me. You also look damn good after you get out of there, go clean up, and slip on something cute! I’m all for it!
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Yes, I can see where sweating in a sauna or steam room could actually be cleansing, I guess. I just can’t get past the whole humid and hot part. LOL 
If I had an amazing pool to immediately jump into, though, it might be a different story. I suppose I’ll find out when the lottery officials finally see it my way. 