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168: The benefits of sauna with Wes McMahon

The Fitnessista Podcast: Healthy In Real Life

Release Date: 08/01/2024

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Hi friends! I’m so excited to be chatting about saunas with Wes McMahon on the podcast today. 

Here’s what we talk about:

- The benefits of sauna

- How to choose one and keep it clean

- Different types of heat

and so.much.more

168: The benefits of sauna with Wes McMahon

Here’s more about Wes and his background:

Wes McMahon is the Founder and CEO of Sun Valley Saunas - the ultimate at-home sauna brand. With the many physical and mental health benefits of saunas/cold plunges, including stress management, detoxification, increased metabolism, weight loss, improved sleep, and more, Wes is on a mission with Sun Valley Saunas to bring these very benefits right to your doorstep by offering competitive prices on the highest quality, hand-built traditional saunas, infrared saunas, and ice barrels. With a variety of saunas including 1-6 person indoor, outdoor, and barrel saunas, as well as sauna essentials like heaters, stoves, and even ice barrel cold plunge tubs, Sun Valley Saunas makes it easier than ever to channel a luxury wellness spa retreat right from the comfort of your home.

Check out their website and their Instagram here. 

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Get a month of free Sculpt Society workouts here! My current favorite at-home workout and I love all of the instructors. 

I’ve been using Nutrisense on and off for a couple of years now. I love being able to see how my blood sugar responds to my diet and habits, and run experiments. You can try out Nutrisense here and use GINA50 for $50 off.

I love love love the meals from Sakara LifeUse this link and the code GINAHSAKARA for 20% off their meal delivery and clean boutique items. This is something I do once a month as a lil treat to myself and the meals are always showstoppers.

If any of my fellow health professional friends are looking for another way to help their clients, I highly recommend IHP. You can also use this information to heal yourself and then go one to heal others, which I think is a beautiful mission. You can absolutely join if you don’t currently work in the health or fitness industry; many IHPs don’t begin on this path. They’re friends who are passionate to learn more about health and wellness, and want to share this information with those they love. You can do this as a passion, or start an entirely new career.

You can use my referral link here and the code FITNESSISTA for up to $250 off the Integrative Health Practitioner program. I highly recommend it! You can check out my review IHP Level 1 here and my review of Level 2 here.

I’m still obsessed with my sauna blanket. This is one of my favorite ways to relax and sweat it out. I find that it energizes me, helps with aches and pains, I sleep better on the days I use this, and it makes my skin glow. Link to check it out here. You can also use my discount FITNESSISTA15 for the PEMF Go Mat, which I use every day, and the red light face mask, which is a staple in my weekly skincare routine.

Get 20% off Organifi with the code FITNESSISTA. I drink the green juice, red juice, gold, and Harmony! (Each day I might have something different, or have two different things. Everything I’ve tried is amazing.) I’m currently obsessed with the shilajit gummies!

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