broken.english
Jedi Council Member
Detoxing takes looong time. It is more comfortable to spend this in the blanket on a soft mattress than sitting on a hard chair in a sauna cabin.
FIR blanket product questions
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yes it is possible to fall asleep,happens to me all the time...but the unit beeps when the time for that section of the blanket is up...that usually wakes you up ;) ;) ;) ;)
I got batteries for the mp3 player now I have a go and do the meditation in the sauna banket tonight
gaman
Jedi Master
I don't know what brand of blanket we have, but if you are going to be using it without assistance pay attention to how it fastens. Ours has velcro running all along the bottom and the sides, and straps that go over the shoulders. This arrangement makes it almost impossible to close up unless you have someone to help you.
gaman said:
Hmm, the one I was looking at kind of looks like it is configured in that way. It was at one of the mentioned sites here: _http://www.promolife.com/far-infrared-therapy/far-infrared-bags-and-beds/far-infrared-thermal-energy-heat-sauna-blanket/prod_964.html. It could be a hassle to get someone to seal me in all the time and sometimes there is no one around to do so.
gaman said:
I have that one too. Since i did not have the choice i had to find a way to do it.
The velcro at the bottom and on the side ares quite easy to handle alone. The most difficult part is the straps on the shoulders. So i just do the velcro on the botton and on the side in first while i am seated on my bed and half way through the blanket. After that i slip myself completely in the blanket and i do the left shoulder with my right arm. And for the last one, i manage to take it with my right arm and put it over my right shoulder but i can not close the velcro steadily. Anyway, it is not that important because i do not think that a lot of heat is lost .
Bohort said:
I also have this configuration. Although I am not a big person, I have no problem with just unfastening the side and shoulder straps, sliding in, pressing the side shut, turning on the control system, lying down and slipping my hands up to fasten the shoulder pieces. For me, I just don't have a problem with it, but it could just be that I am rather small so can maneuver in the blanket. Hmmmm.
Anyway, if you can just get your hands up to the opening, grab the shoulder straps and pull them over the top of the blanket, they tend to attach themselves. Of course, if you are not careful, they will attach themselves to your hair, too, which I have done on a few occasions
and it was a bit uncomfortable freeing my hair from the velcro. :/But, all in all, I find the blanket to be quite comfortable, do pipe breathing and the POTS in it and usually end up asleep somewhere in between things if I'm really tired. The alarm wakes me up, though. If it doesn't, no damage will be done as the controll shuts everything down. It just may stay warm in there a bit as you body will still be heating it up.
fwiw
Well I finally got a chance to use my sauna today. For the first few minutes it seemed it wasn't very hot, maybe just warming up. I had it set for 49C/120F. That was for about the first thirty minutes. Then I turned it up to 60C/140F and I went from a barely broken sweat to a profuse sweat at the end of an hour's time. I didn't realize I had it on the max temperature because it seemed like I could tolerate more, but as I neared the end of the hour session I felt really hot and wet.
I don't know if I'll be able to do this everyday, like I originally planned. With an hour in the sauna, plus setup and cleaning up, and a shower afterward, it would be hard for me to do on EE days. I'm waiting for the rest of my "replenishing" supplements for the sauna, so just water will do for now. What do y'all use for a cleaning disinfectant? The manual says don't use chemical solvents, just wipe it with a wet towel or alcohol.
Overall, I'm glad with my purchase and it was enjoyable and toasty. :P I just have to wait until a week's or month's time of using it to see how effective it is.
I don't know if I'll be able to do this everyday, like I originally planned. With an hour in the sauna, plus setup and cleaning up, and a shower afterward, it would be hard for me to do on EE days. I'm waiting for the rest of my "replenishing" supplements for the sauna, so just water will do for now. What do y'all use for a cleaning disinfectant? The manual says don't use chemical solvents, just wipe it with a wet towel or alcohol.
Overall, I'm glad with my purchase and it was enjoyable and toasty. :P I just have to wait until a week's or month's time of using it to see how effective it is.
Just as a quick note I would like to say, that one can feel very ill (tired, nausea etc.) if "over using" the FIR in the first weeks. This is of course very individual, but a couple of times during the first weeks I got carried away and I did some heavy duty FIR-sessions which gave me nasty side effects. So, it could be wise to try the FIR out in small steps, having a day or two in between to see how your body reacts. According to Mark from Get Fitt (maybe you've listened to the podcast) sweating isn't "mandatory" to get the benefits of the FIR. Maybe one shouldn't anticipate to sweat, thus staying too long in the blanket - at least during the first weeks. FWIW.3D Student said:
Hi 3D Student
Just to endorse Aragorn's post, Mark at Get Fitt recommends that when setting the time for the session you use the first 10 minutes to warm up the blanket before getting in. He also recommends that you go up in both small time intervals (10 mins) and temperature (5C0 to check out any reactions and die off effects of the toxins going out of the body. After a number of months of use, I'm at a maximum of 45 minutes at 50C, for four days a week (two adjacent days with a break in between). I rarely sweat at all, and if I do it is only in the last ten minutes of the session, and usually after a break of two days. I am yet to arrive at a maintenance schedule.
Just to endorse Aragorn's post, Mark at Get Fitt recommends that when setting the time for the session you use the first 10 minutes to warm up the blanket before getting in. He also recommends that you go up in both small time intervals (10 mins) and temperature (5C0 to check out any reactions and die off effects of the toxins going out of the body. After a number of months of use, I'm at a maximum of 45 minutes at 50C, for four days a week (two adjacent days with a break in between). I rarely sweat at all, and if I do it is only in the last ten minutes of the session, and usually after a break of two days. I am yet to arrive at a maintenance schedule.
Thank you Aragorn and Trevrizent for the advice. I guess I'll take it slowly for now. And also I don't need to worry about sweating. The incremental stepping up and checking for die off reactions is interesting. I don't remember feeling much while in the sauna, just warm and cozy. It probably won't hurt to listen to the podcast again.
Sorry, what did you mean here? Are you referring to the maintenance diet or do you mean you haven't yet come to a fitting sauna routine?
Trevrizent said:
Sorry, what did you mean here? Are you referring to the maintenance diet or do you mean you haven't yet come to a fitting sauna routine?
Hi 3D Student
From memory, It took about a month before I experienced die off effects from using the sauna, detox diets, doing the Breathing-Meditation, etc., and that was at a relatively low temperature and low time duration.
I have moved from doing a sauna every day, to every other day, and now to the current situation. When I feel that i have cleared what I want to clear, and I have one or two markers to know when I'm there, I'll move into a maintenance mode of two days a week - just to keep on top of the inevitable toxins that enter the body, either physical or mental.
A month or so ago, I reached my optimal weight, from which I seem to vary little either side of it. Mark at Get Fitt mentioned that the FIR blanket sauna sessions will do this; losing weight for those people that need to, and increasing weight for those people that need to do so. Quite amazing really!
From memory, It took about a month before I experienced die off effects from using the sauna, detox diets, doing the Breathing-Meditation, etc., and that was at a relatively low temperature and low time duration.
I have moved from doing a sauna every day, to every other day, and now to the current situation. When I feel that i have cleared what I want to clear, and I have one or two markers to know when I'm there, I'll move into a maintenance mode of two days a week - just to keep on top of the inevitable toxins that enter the body, either physical or mental.
A month or so ago, I reached my optimal weight, from which I seem to vary little either side of it. Mark at Get Fitt mentioned that the FIR blanket sauna sessions will do this; losing weight for those people that need to, and increasing weight for those people that need to do so. Quite amazing really!
