Is there activity for sauna?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi,

Is there any sauna activity template/idea? Do you think 5X would survive sauna for 15-20 min? If you created custom one which fields are you using?

Thanks

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Former Member over 8 years ago +2

No, I am not joking. I want very basic activity which obviously doesn't track distance or movement, but measures the time and logs my heart rate along with some alerts like time alert and alert in case…
Former Member over 8 years ago +1

I am assuming that the watch temperature should not go extremely high, because the body is still at about 100F temperature and would work as cooling for the watch. I was wearing my Casio ProTrek watch…
Former Member over 4 years ago +1 suggested

I have a Vivosmart 4 and I just pick “cardio” for the sauna.

I sauna at 90C for 30 mins every day and track my HR with it (I like to hit 150 HR in the sauna).

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0 jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

you put the tempe inside your beer? bah :)

No, just a rubber band to hold it to the mug! :) I'm not sure if you can put it in liquid!

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Fenix 3 Sapphire HR owner here. I created a custom activity. I use the sauna and steam room everyday. Have been logging my stats for about 2 years now. Using a Tempe on my locker plastic band. Display is set up for watch HR, Tempe, TOD, Duration etc. No problems. Some people voice concerns over thermal shock with cold water showers on seals but in my experience I have not had any issues. I log the activity as yoga in the GC edit. Not sure how accurate the calorie count is but hay Hope that helps ;)

0 mcalista over 7 years ago

Calorie count would be way off, as HR would be elevated due to the heart working harder to circulate blood to the surface of the skin, but little muscular activity.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

An ideal temperature is between 110-130 degrees. However, it depends on what you want to accomplish. In an infrared ">portable saunas">portable saunas, you will have a better detoxification at lower temperatures and you will sweat more at higher settings.

Set the control panel to at least 130 degrees. A setting above 140 is even better. Enter the real or portable sauna when it is between 100-115 degrees. Open the ceiling vent. Once the inside temperature reaches 130-135, prior to the heaters cycling off and on, reduce the air temp by opening the door. This practice will provide the most healing and detox for you.

0 69RoadRunner over 6 years ago

Sauna is inactivity.

0 TomasMelbourne over 6 years ago

True. But so is sleeping...

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I have a Vivosmart 4 and I just pick “cardio” for the sauna.

I sauna at 90C for 30 mins every day and track my HR with it (I like to hit 150 HR in the sauna).

0 mehmetozturk over 4 years ago

I use custom to track my heartrate; connect.garmin.com/.../3347605630

0 Elbo over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I have a Forerunner 935 and I just leave it in the locker.

Sauna is for relaxing, not for how high your HR could be.

Just my 2 cents

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Elbo

Agree - sauna IS for relaxing!!!!

It’s a huge part of my daily health routine so I do like knowing what my heart rate did while in it though (I do 30 mins at 90C or about 200F so I want to be sure I don’t get the HR too high!).

I should note on that point... I turned off heart rate alert zones for Cardio so that my watch isn’t complaining about “heart rate too low” while relaxing in the sauna.