Work It Out, Steam It Out: Benefits of SteamTherapy

This humorous video from Mr. Steam shows a modern couple choosing two different paths to health and wellness. The video titled "Work It Out or Steam It Out?" contrasts a treadmill workout to steam therapy.

She dutifully huffs and puffs on the treadmill while unbeknownst to her, he..., well let’s just say, takes an easier route.

That easier route, though, delivers comparable benefits.

Yes. Really!

We know that vigorous exercise matters to a healthy lifestyle. Experts agree that being healthy includes these key daily components: 

• 30 minutes of exercise
• 5 servings of fruits and veggies
• Quality downtime (think soothing steam spa)
• A good belly laugh

Laughter - see 5 Reasons for Laughing: SteamTherapy Healthy Lifestyle Tips - can be just as important to your health as exercise, eating well, and quality downtime. All four of these key daily healthy lifestyle components can foster a sense of wellbeing, relieve stress, and encourage relaxation.

Did you know, though, that a relaxing steam shower and vigorous exercise share steamtherapy healthy lifestyle benefits as well?

Both can boost metabolism, remove toxins from the body, increase extensibility of tissues (great for stretching), decrease rigidity in joints, increase muscular flexibility and improve the cardio vascular system.

Depending on your personality, steaming it out might be a better solution than working it out. Or vice versa. Or in tandem.

And witness a modern couple's story unfolding in this 1-minute Mr. Steam video. In the process, you'll get your daily dose of healthy laughter and perhaps consider alternate - or complementary - ways of achieving a healthy lifestyle.

If the benefits are similar, which would you choose, steam or exercise? Honestly now, if no one were watching?