Glenn Auerbach | Sauna Specialist & Builder: WHAT MAKES GREAT HEAT, INFRARED IS NOT SAUNA, SAUNA TACTICS & NECESSITIES, SAUNA CULTURE & HISTORY OF SWEAT THERAPY, WOOD BURNING VS ELECTRIC, SAUNA LIFESTYLE WITH HEAT & COLD

Glenn Auerbach has been a sauna evangelist for over 30 years.  In 2008 he started www.saunatimes.com, as a source for sauna building and sauna culture.  In 2016, he created Sauna Talk, the podcast about sauna and most often recorded on the sauna bench.  Glenn wrote “Sauna Build, From Start to Finnish” which includes step by step instructions for building a sauna.  He has built many saunas and has helped many hundreds build their own saunas. He is a founding member of the Sauna Research Institute (Saunastudies.com)  He is also an advisor at Lamppa Manufacturing, Vice President, 612 Sauna Society, and has been the Upper Midwest Territory Manager for a division of a global food company for the past 20 years

2:00 Is it sauna or sow-na?

*2:55 What is a sauna? Infra-red is not a sauna

7:00 NHL Finns & Sauna Culture

7:30 Health Benefits to Hanging Out in the Sauna

8:20 Downsides to sauna

8:35 The truth barrel & intangibles of the sauna

9:25 Nature and sauna analogy, 3 climate zones

*11:30 Go by feel vs rigid structure of sauna routines

13:00 What’s going on in America is funny to the Finns

14:45 Every body is different at different times. No rule aspect.

“What better way to know yourself? This contemplative space is medicine in its own right”

17:30 Average sauna in finland better than our best sauna, heat, steam, ventilation

18:20 Ventilation, bench height, feet at the rocks are American chatter

Brian break down ventilation

22:10 How important is the steam? No steam, no sauna.

23:05 Steam changes the sauna climate

26:40 “When you feel great heat, its all over. Your search is over” “Wood burning, hits different”

29:30 Electric sauna trick, latent heat in the rock

31:00 3 types of heat transfer: Radiant, conductive, convective, up to the dynamic of the sauna, jazz trio of heat transfer

33:30 Misnomer of steam

34:40 2 fists rule and wisking broom

36:15 Whens the best time to get out of the sauna?

40:00 Sauna and cold, sauna and cold shower, sauna and cold like peanut butter and jelly

41:10 Brian: Heats better than no heat, performance vs experience, RICE, when to use heat and cold solo

46:30 Every sauna is different, let go of some of the control

48:23 Diet, Hydration, & Fatigue, you treat sauna like an aggressive sport, it’s a stress

50:20 Quality of Hydration, Reverse Osmosis, Mineral Water (magnesium, iron, potassium, sodium)

51:30-55:30 Water, Blood, Breath, Sleep Brian rant

55:50 Grass analogy

1:01:30 Cold tub gauge of exhaustion, immune system, resilience, temperature rant

1:08:15 History of Sauna & sweat therapy, Book Reference “Sweat” by Mikkel Aaland

1:12:38 Guided experiences around the world.

1:17:00 DIY Sauna advice Glenn’s book “Sauna Build, From start to Finnish”