In this episode, Todd and Mike are joined by their first podcast guest - Zack Buechner. Zack is an athletic trainer certified and an expert in recovery, specifically in sauna heat therapies. He joins the podcast to review the benefits of saunas and how they incorporate them into their practice. Mike discusses types of heat therapy such as paraffin baths, infrared saunas, traditional saunas and steam saunas as well as their many benefits including lowering cholesterol, decreasing hypertension (high blood pressure), reducing risk of depression, combating disease and improving or enhancing immune function. Zack and Mike discuss the variety of studies done on saunas and how they are being used in Finland as well as time and temperature recommendations. Exercise and training inside saunas is also discussed.