Rhonda Patrick's Nightmare Visit to a Clothing Optional Finnish Sauna

Correct formula too. Between the percentage of humidity and then the increased temperature, the way it feels, like if it's at 180 but you have 10% humidity, it's like getting it 190. Yeah, there is. I don't know what that formula is. Absolutely, there's a formula. In a lot of the studies coming out of Finland, many of the people there are using, are doing the humid saunas as well. I guess they're called Finnish saunas, which means they're using the hot water and steam. It would be amazing to have a sauna, an outside sauna that's right next to a frozen lake, like the way they do it. Oh yeah. They cut a hole in the lake and then get the party started. What we did, I visited the sauna society and in November it was cold and it's right on a lake. So they have, the day I went it was not co-ed day. It's only women saunas that I went in, it was sectioned off. So you go and you do these different, they have all these different types and I don't remember and they're whipping each other with birch wood, which is interesting. The Russians like to do that too. They call it the banya. Right, the Russian banya. They beat each other with these branches that are wet. It's weird. Let me tell you my story. Anyways, they jump in the lake and then they go back and they're doing this. So here's my, did I ever tell you my crazy story? Sauna story about Finland? Which crazy story? So I have a friend, he's a friend. Some of your friends are a little eccentric, right? Well this guy, he's got a huge property in the country, in the woods, in Finland. And this is the first time I ever went camping and it was like snow camping. It was crazy. It was like the worst thing ever. He had us do this, there was like two tents and it was a conference that I gave a talk at and so some people paid extra to go to this event that was after it. So there was like 30 or so people there and from all around the world, there was only like three Americans, me, Dan and some other guy. No, four Americans I think. But anyways, it was my first time camping outside, like not in like, I've been to Yosemite but I like stayed in a cabin. I don't like sleep in a tent. So it wasn't a great experience because one, there was this guy who snored all night. Two, because it was snow camping, we had to like, there was some weird fire thing and this guy was in the military and so he had us do this thing where like everyone had to wake up at, I forgot what it was, every hour. Someone was, he had to pass this thing. I was sitting in a big wall tent. We were in a big, I don't know what it was called but I didn't sleep the whole night and it was awful. But here's my Sauna experience. So he doesn't believe in, you can't wear like swimsuits or anything in the Sauna. So you have to be like, you have to wear no clothes or if you really wanted, you could wear a towel, like if you were modest or whatever. Because to them it's like, no big deal, the Sauna, you just, you don't wear any clothes. I never buy that. I think they're just freaks. Okay, so they were, I know. They told me, they told me, oh no, the Sauna is an asexual place. I'm like, really? Get the fuck out of here. The humans in there. I know. So only three people wore a towel, me, Dan, and the South American. And so everyone was in there naked, lots of like, there weren't that many females, but there were some from, I don't know, the UK or in some Germany, I don't know. But they were all naked. Like it was like, I guess Europeans are like that, you know, like they're more used to it. That's what someone was telling me. I don't know what the case is. But anyways, I had people coming up to me going, I love your podcast and this. I'm like, I'm not gonna get naked before, like at a conference and they were there. And you think I'm gonna be naked, like in the sauna with someone who's like, I mean. A podcast fan? Yes. Oh my God, they're in your face. So anyways, I'm in the sauna, everyone's naked. And then, and the guy who's my friend, okay, he's still my friend, but he's an interesting guy. But he had like people come and started doing yoga. And they're naked too. Oh Jesus. People are totally naked. They're doing downward dog. They're doing, yeah, they're doing. Naked. Wonderful. So that was like my, my first Finnish sauna experience where it was like. People are too open-minded. They really are when it comes to things like that. I was just happy. He was like, you can wear a towel if you want. Because he has this whole. I wouldn't do it. I'm like, get out of here. You're not staring at my junk. Yeah. So then I went, they were all jumping in the lake after and I'm like, I'm going to just sit on this patio. It's freezing out here in Finland in November. I'm not going to take my towel off and jump in the lake for like. Why can't you wear a swimsuit? Why? Like what is the difference? There's zero difference in the benefits of it. He claims. It's a cultural thing. And also he claimed that there's like toxins being released from one of those assholes. Fuck off buddy. I got a swimsuit on. And then, okay, the yoga was bad. It got worse. Then he had some, he had some whipping technique with the birch wood and he wanted like to demonstrate it. So he had like one of the Britain girls, like she was laying. I mean, it was just like, it was too much. Here's the truth. Like I was hot as fuck. Right. So all like, I didn't care anymore. Like I cared about my towel, but I didn't care what was going on. I was trying not to look at everyone. You know, like I didn't want to see, like, you know, I'm married. Like I don't see everyone's stuff. Well people get sexual too, because it's hot and sweaty. And if this guy's like, it sounds like he's a little bit of a cult leader. Right. Like someone needs to be naked. Oh, okay. That's how it starts. He was asking me that because he passed out like this flyer because it's like we were doing all these events, you know, all these events were happening and this flyer passed out and it was like, we were reading it and I was like, sis you have to, you can't wear any clothes or swimsuit or anything. Cause I had packed my swimsuit. I was like, yeah, I'm going to wear my swimsuit and sauna, you know. You can't tell people they can't wear clothes. This is his own home sauna, you know. Yeah. How convenient. But you could wear a towel. So great. Thanks buddy. Bye. Bye.