Best Option for Sauna or Steam Room in Sydney

CrankyCarrot on 24/07/2019 - 17:12

Seems like a good, well priced steam is hard to come by in Sydney, but I find them extremely beneficial and would like to know my options.

Price is definitely a factor. Prefer saunas, but a steam room is a close second, as long as they're nice and hot. I'm aware of these places already:

  • Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre: Steam and sauna rooms that aren't nearly hot enough. Access to them and the pools is $15 or so for a casual visit.

  • C-Life Health Club, Belmore: Good steam room and pretty good value IF you also want to use the gym and fitness classes (Yoga/Boxing etc) at around $105 a month or less with long term memberships. I have a gym membership already and don't live that close though, alas.

Any others people know of?

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Comments

  • JIMB0 on 24/07/2019 - 17:53

    I've seen people pour cold water on the temperature sensor in the steam room which results in lots more steam coming out.

    • CrankyCarrot on 24/07/2019 - 19:24

      That trick works on the C-Life steam room but there's no such sensor at Ian Thorpe. The controls are only accessible to one guy who wasn't there when I was, apparently.

  • Kangal on 24/07/2019 - 18:22

    In case you're interested, there's been studies demonstrating marginal health improvements with an "ice bath" and marginal improvements with a "hot bath".

    However, if you really concerned about getting health benefits, a proven benefit is from interchanging from hot-to-cold. You can do this by staying in the sauna for a couple minutes, then going for a swim in the outdoor pool, and keep repeating. Especially after a gym session, this causes your skin to tighten, and your capillaries to work overtime by dilating and constricting, which helps remove built-up toxins and then bring fresh blood/nutrients. It's one of Finland's secret weapons!

    *rantover

    • CrankyCarrot on 24/07/2019 - 19:25
      +3

      I've heard of and seen that in practice, but for me simply hitting the steam room after a workout leaves me feeling incredibly relaxed/de-stressed.

      Cheaper and better for you than half a bottle of Jack and achieves the same effect.

    • serpserpserp on 24/07/2019 - 20:11

      It's one of Finland's secret weapons!

      Russia's too.

      But there you whack yourself/each other with branches as well to get the blood flowing.

      Oh yeah, usually when you exit the sauna you are going directly outside for a walk in the snow, so there is that too.

      a proven benefit is from interchanging from hot-to-cold.

      I really wonder if this is a good thing for people over a certain age.

      • try2bhelpful on 25/07/2019 - 07:54

        I have a knee I stuffed doing pump classes and found alternating the spa and the plunge pool seemed to help. Would need a definition on what you consider over a certain age though.

  • SydStrand on 24/07/2019 - 21:53
    +1

    There are bathhouses around the CBD, but they're more 'social clubs,' and not for the prudish.

    • CrankyCarrot on 25/07/2019 - 00:41

      Yeah, I was trying to work out how to phrase my request in a PG way for places that aren't at all like this.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 25/07/2019 - 02:45
        +3

        how to phrase my request in a PG way

        Pretty Gay way?

        Sydney, saunas, steam rooms, Ian Thorpe… Sweetie puh-lease, it's 2019, love is love!

  • [Deactivated] on 25/07/2019 - 08:04

    Don't drop your towel.

  • Tiklpikl on 12/08/2019 - 11:33

    Premier fitness gym cbd castlereagh st expensive but luxury status- sauna, steam ,plunge pool, spa. Main pool hopeless for laps as has huge columns. There's another couple of cbd gyms -sauna, steam, hopeless spa and pool. Fitness First still costly but lots of classes, can alternate gyms. If anyone is considering Fitness First please pm me so I can get credits for being a referrer.

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