How Turning Up the Heat Can Boost Performance

The body's inability to regulate temperature is like kryptonite for peak physical and mental performance. Whether you're an athlete, executive, or just trying to survive a stressful day, overheating can ruin your chances of success.

Everything starts going wrong when your body can't offload excess heat. Your heart must work overtime, inflammation levels spike, and cognitive function takes a nosedive.
It's like trying to run a marathon with a backpack full of bricks.  

Fortunately, there are some ways to train our body’s ability to thermoregulate. Just like cold, giving your body a unique thermodynamic impulse to train its ability to regulate itself is very beneficial

Embrace the Burn - Heat Hacks for Peak Performance

By deliberately exposing your body to heat stress through practices like sauna bathing or even just exercising in warm clothing, you can train your thermoregulatory system to become a cooling machine.

 The results are nothing short of mind-blowing. One study found that three weeks of post-exercise sauna sessions increased running endurance by 32% before exhaustion.

Another revealed that regular sauna use could slash your risk of dementia and Alzheimer's by a whopping 65%.  

The increase in sweating allows your body to detox in a significant way.

Two sessions of 15 minutes at 40* with a 30-minute cool down break in between increased people's growth hormone by 500%!

Another study shows that deliberate heat exposure through a bath or sauna 4 to 7 times a week decreased the risk of Alzheimer’s by 65%. 

No Sauna No Problem!

When it comes to heating the body, a sauna is obviously the best tool, but it’s not the only way to achieve these results. 

You can take a hot bath or shower or work out in too-warm clothes. It all comes down to getting your body's temperature above its average, so you train its ability to cool down.

For this reason, you should not take a cold shower afterward. This will make it easier for your body to cool down. The point is to have your body do it.

I hope you find the information in this newsletter useful and that you may perform better because of it.

Philippe