* Muscles, fascia and connective tissue become more elastic, allowing
for greater flexibility with less chance of injury.
* Promotes sweating which assists the detoxification process, using the
body’s largest elimination organ, the skin.
* Blood becomes thinner which clears the circulatory system.
* When the body is between three and five degrees above normal
temperature, T-cell output from the thymus gland is multiplied 20-fold.
T-cells fight infection which in turn keeps the immune system
functioning properly.
* Warmer temperatures produce a fluid-like stretch that allows for greater
range of motion in the joints.
* Heart rate becomes elevated which improves the cardiovascular system
(heart and lungs).
* Warm muscles burn fat more effectively. When we stretch, the fat has
no room to sit so it redistributes to the blood stream which we then
use as energy.
* Capillaries respond to heat by dilating. This allows more oxygen to muscles,
tissues, glands and organs, helping in the removal of waste products.
* Higher temperatures improve the function of the nervous system, meaning
that messages are carried more rapidly to and from the brain or spinal
cord (you think clearer).
* Improves strength because proteins can be utilised more effectively.
* Speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids.
* Provides stengthening of willpower, self control and determination
through the challenging environment.
