At Hotworx, you do all your workouts in an infrared sauna. The result is more work in less time.
“A 15-minute session here is equivalent to one hour at your traditional gym,” said Vincent Mitchell, the general Manager at Hotworx Estero.
Mitchell said the infrared heat helps speed up the process.
“In a regular gym setting, it's going to take you anywhere between 30 to 35 minutes to reach your core temperature before you break your first bead of sweat,” said Mitchell.
So, what is infrared, and how does Hotworx use it?
“It's not like your radiant heat outside. What the infrared does, it penetrates your skin. It helps with your detox, it helps with muscle recovery, anti-aging, great for weight loss, helps with your stress, your mental, your sleep, and your energy level,” said Mitchell.
Hotworx pairs that infrared technology with regular heaters.
“There have been shown benefits and safety to the infrared light. The warmth and the wave lights can help the muscles relax. It can help with some of the recovery from the exercise. So, whether it's the continued dilation of the blood vessels,” said Patricia Bauer, an assistant professor in the Exercise Science program at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Working out alone in 125-degree heat isn't for everyone. Bauer said pregnant women, people with high blood pressure, and people vulnerable to heat stroke should be aware of these workouts.
“You would love to ask them before you have your membership, whether they have some cooling prepared items or how they would handle a heat stress incident, and we would hope it would all stay down in heat stress, not escalate up into heat stroke, which is a critical emergency,” said Bauer.
Bauer said if you’re feeling dehydrated, drink as much water as you can and make sure there’s a place, like a shower, where you can sit with cold water.
Hotworx Estero does have two showers and water fountains. When it comes to calling for help, Hotworx also has necklaces you can bring into your sauna.
“If someone's here by themselves and they're kind of leery of being by themselves during the workout, we have pendants that they can push in which will alert, the proper assistance as far as getting them assistance is help, but we've never had any issues with that,” said Mitchell.
Want to try a free workout at Hotworx? You can click here for more.
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