Hyperthermic Conditioning

Hyperthermic conditioning is a scientific term for what happens to your body when you're exposed to very hot conditions like a sauna. When you sit in a sauna, your body goes through several physiological changes: It increases plasma volume, which means that it improves blood flow to the heart." 

• Improves endurance training outcomes because muscles rely less on local glycogen stores;


• Increased blood flow to the heart improves cardiovascular conditioning, as it lowers the heart rate required for the same workload;


• Allows improved heat acclimation so your body begins to sweat at a lower core body temperature.

​Hyperthermic conditioning increases cardiovascular conditioning

You get this benefit from 30 minutes lying in a sauna Pod twice a week. After about six weeks of such heat work, runners experienced a 32% increase in the distance they could run before exhaustion, and that corresponded with a 7% increase in plasma volume and a corresponding 3.5% increase in their red blood cell count which is thought to be a compensation for increased plasma volume. 

​Hyperthermic Conditioning Increases Muscle Mass 

This happens via the induction of Human Growth Hormone (“HGH”):

​​HGH can be increased two fold over baseline by two back-to-back 20-minute sauna sessions at 176 degrees Fahrenheit (80 degrees Celcius).
If that’s insufficient, you can get more extreme. Two one-hour sauna sessions separated by a 30 minute cooling off period for three consecutive days increased HGH expression over baseline by 16 fold!

​Electro Muscular Stimulation (EMS)

EMS is the elicitation of muscle contraction using electric impulses. It has received increasing attention in the last few years because of its potential to serve as a strength training tool for healthy subjects and athletes, It is now also used by a niche of practitioners for their aesthetics goals.

Does it works?
You bet! A recent study entitled “Effects of high-frequency current therapy on abdominal obesity in young women: a randomized controlled trial” is a perfect example of what we can achieve with EMS.

In summary, 30 minutes of EMS placed on the stomach 3 times per week for 6 weeks (a total of 18 EMS sessions) caused significant effects on decreasing waist circumference, abdominal obesity, subcutaneous fat mass, and body fat percentage.