WEIGHT LOSS
The following is an extract from a report issued by the Federation Internationale de Sportive (represented by 18 countries).
“Weight Lees. Of the 82 subjects (wrestlers) 28 chose to reduce in the sauna and 1 by crosscountry running. The former method effected an average weight loss of 2.2k< mmT the Utter 2«Skg daring the period of 8-4 hours. The tango was 13 to 8.1 kg.” Note Ikg equals 3 1/5 pounds. The wrestlers were In the sauna only intermittently—it is not advisable to stay in for more than half an hour at a time! You will know when you have had enough.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31381, 29 May 1967, Page 11
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