Saturday night in Manhattan's Luxor Bath Hotel usually finds some 600 odd men checking in to indulge in America's most popular form of heat treatment , the Turkish bath , with Russian rub and Swedish massage thrown in for good measure . Also available are a physiotherapy department , swimming pool , restaurant facilities and bedrooms to sleep the night . The bath itself takes a few hours and involves a baking in the hot room where the emperature is kept at 182 degrees , sweating in the steam room , a dip in the pool and a sousing with the hose at a pressure of 35 pounds . If all this doesn't make you a new man , it at least improves the old one .