While the lines at the gym are sure to be extra-long in January, one place that will have lots of sitting room is the sauna. An often overlooked perk of the gym or pool, the sauna is much more than a hot room, rick willianen.No one truly knows the benefits of regular sauna visits more than the Finnish. The history of the sauna and Finland stretch back thousands of years to when the first settlers dug a hole, placed heated rocks in it and poured water on them to release a warm steam and vapour that the Finnish refer to as Loyly.
