Sauna
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Sam Lessin: Negotiating term sheets in a sauna gives edge over founders
“I have negotiated one term sheet in a sauna with the founder. It's a great idea, because, especially if they're not used to the sauna, because you have the edge. You can just keep cranking it up.”
20 Minutes in a Sauna Matches Physiological Benefits of Moderate Cycling
“Being on a stationary cycle, doing, you know, not, not anything crazy, but like a 120 watts, and then comparing that to sitting in a sauna for 20 minutes, doing each of those for 20 minutes, and they were comparable in terms of heart rate elevation during the …”
Using a Sauna Four to Seven Times Weekly Cuts Mortality by 40%
“People that use the sauna, for example, two to three times a week have a 24% lower all cause mortality compared to people that only use it one time a week. But people that use it four to seven times a week have a 40% lower all cause mortality compared to peopl…”
Patrick: 30 minutes in 163°F sauna raises heat shock proteins by 50%
“Studies have been done looking at people that go into a relatively hot sauna, so this would be a 163 degree Fahrenheit sauna. If they stay in for 30 minutes, they can raise their heat shock proteins about 50% over their baseline levels.”
A UCSF study found high-heat saunas showed major remission for depression
“My friend Dr. Rhonda Patrick, she told me about a study that needed funding out of UCSF, Where they have people with treatment-resistant depression, they've tried everything... And they put them in saunas for very, you know, very, very hot sauna session for an…”