crazycacti

MD is hard to get hold of here since its a US mag, but imo is tons better than flex - i love the 'priest confessional' - since i think lee priest is one of the only top pros that speaks his mind (him and craig titus)

Found the article - wasn't too interesting after a second look but i'll post any way (sorry about it being a little late :o no comp in my student house atm) -

Sauna decreases performance in Women, not Men (MD, Aug 2004) -

'Larger people have an advantage over smaller onews in bb and power sports. BB comps are usually seperated into several weight catagories that include bantamweight, lightweight, middleweight, light-heavyweight, heavyweight and often super heavyweight for men and light, middle and heavyweight for women. Sports such as weightlifting, wrestling, judo and boxing use similar weight classes. Athletes competing in weight class sports often dehydrate to lose weight using a sauna or steam room.
Spanish researchers found that men lost nearly 2 litres of water and women 3 litres after one hour in a sauna (3x20 mins in 158-degrees F sauna, 5 mins rest between). Neither men nor women could restore resting body water lvls after 1 hr of drinking a standard sports drink. Following the attempt at rehydration, jumping performance decreased in women, but not in men. Decreases in performance were proportional to water losses.
This study showed that dehydration affected performance more in women than in men and that its difficult to restore body water after becoming dehydrated in a sauna.' (Int J Sports Med, 24:518-522, 2003)



Personally thought the last bit of the conclusion was a bit obvious!