- 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.
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