{"id":487422,"date":"2026-06-07T11:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:09:14","slug":"the-benefits-of-hitting-the-sauna-after-your-workout-according-to-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487422\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Hitting the Sauna After Your Workout, According to Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We could discuss sauna benefits all day. Of the myriad trending wellness hacks, a traditional sauna\u2014not an infrared sauna<\/a>, not the steam room, and certainly not an ice bath\u2014is one of the most reliably beneficial and scientifically validated modalities out there, backed by decades of research and confidently endorsed by leading physicians and scientists, many of whom are sauna users themselves.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, you don\u2019t have to stress about finding the perfect time to use a sauna. \u201cAs long as it’s part of your routine, the benefits\u2014the cardiovascular benefits<\/a>, the neurological benefits, the overall anti-inflammatory benefits, the mitochondrial benefits\u2014are going to happen no matter where it falls in your day or week,\u201d says Jason Sonners, DC, PhD, a longevity and recovery expert leading research at the University of Miami\u2019s Department of Molecular Biology. That said, there are some reasons to schedule your sauna time right after your workouts<\/a>. For example, \u201cif you\u2019re using it for muscle soreness, specifically, then the closer to the workout, the better,\u201d Dr Sonners says.<\/p>\n

A post-workout sauna sesh can also be time-saving. It usually takes a couple of minutes for a sauna to rev up your heart rate and core temperature. But right after a workout, you\u2019re likely already halfway there. \u201cYou can kind of leverage the fact that your temperature’s already up,\u201d says Christopher T Minson, PhD, a professor of human physiology at the University of Oregon. \u201cFor someone like me who has a full-time job and a lot of responsibilities and everything else, trying to be as efficient as possible with my time is important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re looking to free up more time in your week, bounce back faster from HIIT workouts<\/a>, or take the sting out of trying to stay in shape in your 40s, here\u2019s why you might want to start hitting the sauna after your workouts.<\/p>\n

Why you should hit the sauna after a workout<\/p>\n

Just like the weight room, in order to see any results from spending time in a sauna, you have to actually step into one from time to time. (Like, a couple of times a week.) That might seem easy on paper, but it\u2019s not hard to imagine how a standalone sauna session could get squeezed out of a tight schedule that might already include a couple of trips to the gym.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I separate my workout from my sauna, that means I’m getting sweaty and showering twice,\u201d says Dr. Minson. \u201cNot that that’s a problem, but I just get tired of it. Especially when I do some swimming\u2014that might even mean a third shower. It\u2019s just too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, just combine them and hit the sauna directly after your workout. \u201cI think a big piece of it is just the convenience,\u201d says Dr. Sonners. \u201cI’m already hot. I’m already sweating. I might as well keep sweating, and then I’m going to shower anyway. So why don’t I just put those things together?\u201d Even if you\u2019re just after general sauna benefits and not particularly interested in its post-workout potential, this may be your best shot at making the habit stick. \u201dFrom a practicality standpoint, doing your workout followed by the sauna has that simplicity benefit,\u201d says Dr. Minson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We could discuss sauna benefits all day. Of the myriad trending wellness hacks, a traditional sauna\u2014not an infrared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[499,103,8795,61,60],"class_list":["post-487422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-health-tips","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}