Starting May 21st Girlification Fitness Studio will be introducing Infrared Sauna Sessions.

(text or call to reserve your session @ 289-687-2041)

Pay As You Go $15

OR SAVE!

3 sessions for $37.50

OR SAVE MORE!

30 Days for $125

 

***each session is 20-30 minutes***

 

Infrared Saunas have tons of healthy benefits

Why so beneficial? Beyond, the wonderful stress relief from the relaxation time, infrared heat is able to penetrate muscle tissue more than 1 ½ inches (40 mm), which raises our core body temperature and causes us to produce a deeper sweat.

Stress Relief & Relaxation

We all experience stress in our daily lives – some more than others. But did you know that stress is a major contributor to many of today’s leading health concerns, including cardiovascular disease and cancer? That’s why it is so important to find ways to relax and unwind. In just 15-30 minutes in a infrared sauna can help rebalance your body and mind to lower your stress levels… So imagine the benefits if you do it on a regular basis.

Pain Relief

When you’ve got muscle pain, you may automatically reach for something warm to apply – like a heating pad – especially if you want natural relief without the side effects of medications. But these solutions don’t often give you the real therapeutic comfort you need. An infrared sauna, however, offers faster relief because the heat is deep penetrating. It dilates your blood vessels so they can deliver oxygen-rich blood to soft injured tissue and carry away metabolic waste more effectively. Something a heating pad just can’t do.

Heat Therapy Scientifically Supported

In many parts of the world, including Europe and Japan, saunas have long been an accepted treatment for: Arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, sprains, bursitis, fibromyalgia, headache, stiffness associated with aging and countless other physical conditions.

Lower Blood Pressure

Infrared saunas lower blood pressure by increasing your core body temperature, which increases your heart rate, thereby helping to improve blood vessel function and stabilize blood flow in the body.

 

This is one of the most important, most vital benefits of infrared saunas. Recent clinical research suggests that a-30 minute infrared sauna session three times a week is all it takes to help lower blood pressure and help prevent arteriosclerosis. This is especially reassuring since high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the most common form of cardiovascular disease in North America – and is even referred to as “the silent killer”.

Stronger Immune System

Whether you feel a cold coming on or simply want to maintain overall good health, you can give your body a better fighting chance just by relaxing in your own infrared sauna.

As your core temperature increases, it simulates a fever. Your body naturally wants to fight the fever, which jumpstarts and strengthens your immune system. At the same time, your body is producing sweat and eliminating harmful toxins. The result is greater resistance to disease and a heightened sense of wellness – all the time.

Skin Purification

Infrared light occurs naturally in the sun’s invisible spectrum and has the ability to penetrate the deeper layers of the epidermis. Unlike the sun’s harmful UV rays, however, infrared is actually good for your skin – whether you want the benefits of a beauty treatment or therapeutic treatment.

 

Infrared heat assists in cell replacement and helps to develop and maintain the body’s capillary network. As blood flow increases at the surface of your skin, texture and tone is noticeably improved.

Infrared Beauty Treatment

Get that just-from-the-spa glow every day. Not only does the intense sweating cleanse your skin by eliminating the build up of toxins and pollutants, but it helps to reduce the look of wrinkles and improves skin elasticity.

Infrared Therapeutic Treatment

With deep penetrating heat and increased blood circulation, an infrared sauna can also provide faster, more effective alleviation of a number of medical skin conditions, including: acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns, lesions, cuts, scars.

Infrared Cellulite Treatment

Why do European women look so slim and beautiful? What’s their secret? Maybe their beauty specialists often incorporate infrared sauna sessions in their cellulite-reduction programs.

There is evidence to support that the infrared heat can break down and release stored fat and toxins through the skin, so the look of cellulite is reduced and skin is visibly smoother.

 

Weight Loss

Although nothing should ever replace exercise and healthy eating, infrared saunas can safely help with weight loss control. Above and beyond the water you sweat out as a result of the intense heat, your body burns calories to produce your sweat – about 300 - 500 calories in a 30-minute sauna session. That’s the equivalent of a 10 km run!

What’s more, burning more calories can boost your metabolic rate, which helps burn calories more quickly during normal, everyday activities, even after your sauna!

 

Detoxification

There is an increased awareness and growing concern for the toxins that many experts say accumulate in our bodies. But with all of the extreme cleansing diets, pills and other concoctions on the markets, we often don’t know what is actually good for us.

Is there a gentle, more soothing way to detoxify? Yes! Infrared saunas.

Infrared saunas promote sweating to cleanse the body and stay healthy. And nothing could be more natural than sweating.

In fact, according to scientific analysis’, the sweat produced from infrared heat contains 5-6 times more toxins, fat and impurities like metabolic wastes, heavy metals, city pollution, etc. than normal sweat. Studies also show that sweat from infrared is 80-85% water, with the remaining 15-20% composed mostly of undesirable elements. In a conventional sauna, on the other hand, 95-97% of the sweat is water and a mere 3-5% is toxins.

  

Girlification Fitness Studio

Location:

163 St. Paul Street

Entrance on Summer Street
Just off of James Street
Between St. Paul & King Street
Downtown, St. Catharines

 

Hours Available:

Monday-Thursday

4:30am-9pm

Friday

4:30am-6pm

Saturday

7am-1pm

Sunday

Upon Request

 

Contact Lydia at 289-687-2041

 

 

This is a Private Fitness Studio, operated by the owner, Lydia.

Certified in:

Can-Fit-Pro Personal Trainer Specialist

Can-Fit Pro Nutrition and Wellness Specialist

Kickboxing Instructor for Fitness Canada

C.A.S.K Coach—Amateur Sport Kickboxing

Qualified Jogging Coach 

Saint John’s CPR/First Aid

Fully Insured & Licensed

28 years of personal experience, knowledge, and passion 

 

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What is Infrared?

Increasing temperature
for a better body detoxification

Infrared radiation is an electromagnetic radiation wavelength that is higher than that of visible light, but shorter than that of the microwaves. This radiation has the capacity to penetrate deep into your skin and increase your body’s core temperature for a more detoxifying sweat.

But don’t worry – it’s perfectly safe. In fact, it’s the same technology that hospitals use in incubators to keep infants warm. So relax and enjoy the warmth.

Infrared Sauna vs. Traditional Saunas

Traditional vapor/rock saunas use an indirect energy source to create heat. Initially, convection (air flow) and secondly, conduction (direct contact of hot air on our skin).

Given the way they heat (convection VS infrared), our infrared saunas are also so much more comfortable.

With an infrared sauna, however, less than 20% of the energy is used to heat the air molecules, thereby releasing 80% of the infrared energy for direct contact with the body. Heat therefore penetrates the body more deeply, causing a fundamental increase in overall body temperature, resulting in a higher level of detoxification. This difference explains the many unique health benefits of infrared saunas.

Given the way they heat (convection VS infrared), our infrared saunas are also so much more comfortable. A traditional sauna tends to heat between 76 and 88 degrees Celsius (169-190 degrees Fahrenheit), while an infrared sauna only heats between 42 and 54 degrees Celsius (107-140 degrees Fahrenheit). The lower temperatures mean the heat is not as stifling or overwhelming, so you feel comfortable and can stay longer to get the most health benefits from the sauna.