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In Pursuit

Ep. 41: Pete Nelson - The Hidden Benefits of the Sauna

In Pursuit

MeatEater

Life Sciences, Wilderness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Science

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week on In Pursuit with Rich Froning, Rich, Angelo, and Pete Nelson from SISU Sauna get into ultra running, sauna and cold plunge, fasting, faith, youth sports, and the value of having good people around you when things get hard.

Pete shares stories from a 75-mile ultra in Joshua Tree. Rich recaps the Mayhem 50-mile relay and the reality of trying to hold it together through the middle of the night. They talk recovery, discipline, competition, raising kids, and the kind of accountability that only comes from being surrounded by people who won’t let you quit.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Check out Phelps' new bear cub distress call.

0:07.9

Springtime is the right time to use a bear cub in distress sound when bear hunting.

0:13.2

Male bears will kill cubs in order to get females to cycle into another breeding opportunity.

0:17.9

And the sound of a cub in distress also signals to other male bears

0:21.9

that a meal is close and even a possible mate. A bear cub in distress will also get the attention

0:26.8

of a female bear to come and investigate to defend a cub, dragging any male suitors she has in

0:32.4

toe. Not to mention, a cub in distress will also call other predators in as they're looking for an easy

0:38.3

meal too get your own bear cub in distress at phelps game calls.com to me the number one

0:44.7

facet to sauna therapy it's the relationships and it's the community building as much as in the

0:51.1

united states were obsessed with objective data and this study study says this, and I should do this protocol,

0:56.8

to me, you strip all that away.

0:58.8

The reason why people love Sonna so much

1:00.1

is that you build community.

1:02.1

And it's the one time, especially right now in 2006,

1:05.0

where people don't have their phones in there.

1:07.4

People come together.

1:08.4

A lot of times it's with a stranger or their friends,

1:10.6

and you get

1:11.1

25, 30 minutes of uninterrupted conversation. Out here, the stakes are real. Effective preparation

1:21.4

starts with fitness, but it requires so much more. This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready when it matters the most.

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