# @andrespreschel on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYNj0bXxrnl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65418595-andrespreschel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-11T20:33:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Andrés Preschel, BSc, MSc(c) | Health & Performance Coach (@andrespreschel) — https://gondola.cc/andrespreschel

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The ultimate Sauna Maxxing guide 👇🏽

As a physiologist and neuroscientist, here’s the protocol I follow: get in right after training while your core temp is already elevated so you hit the therapeutic threshold faster. Around 102°F internal is where heat shock proteins kick in, protecting cellular machinery and amplifying the anabolic response you just triggered in the gym, which means you’re stacking the stimulus instead of starting from scratch.

⚔️ The Viking wool hat is hilarious but it serves a physiologically meaningful purpose other than being aesthetic. Your head heats faster than your core and the brain is heat-sensitive, so wool insulates the scalp and slows cranial heating, letting you stay in longer without the dizziness and cognitive fog. Protect the command center and you extend the session!

Now for the sauna, I went big and chose the best because longevity is the long game, and that means buying something built to last. heavenlyheatsaunas Outdoor Combination Sauna (Infrared + Traditional) is just 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

I like to think of it like cost per wear, the same way you’d justify a great watch or a great coat: if you’re using it for a decade because it’s actually built right, the cost per use collapses. Buy it nice or buy it twice. Plus with a cheap one you end up inhaling whatever toxic compounds got cooked into the wood and glue 🤢

Heavenly Heat simply doesn’t play that game with their clean materials and real craftsmanship 🤝🏽 Use code “KYP” for a discount that stacks on top of their current sale 🤙🏽

& shoutout to fittechmiami for the install! 

The more you #KnowYourPhysio…​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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