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Permalink Reply by Kayla on November 26, 2008 at 7:01pm

most exercising makes my sugars drop so i disconnect. but swimming makes them go high

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Permalink Reply by AaronM on June 18, 2011 at 8:40am

I use a Dexcom Continuous Blood Glucose system so I get pretty good information about the effects of my excercise on my BG. Before I begin excercise, I do a finger stick to double check my BP. Then, based on that reading and my past experience, I take a few glucose tablets and a couple of glasses of water before I begin.

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Permalink Reply by AaronM on June 18, 2011 at 9:55am

I am about to share with you for free what cost me big bucks. I have started a new excercise program with the help of an excercise physiologist. My trainer has introduced me to Resistance band training. Once I started to benefit fron the program, I became motivated to find out as much as I could. Resistance bands are giant rubber bands, usually 41" in diameter, that are graded and color coded for the resistance they offer. The bands are made from super stretch synthetic rubber and are very durable. Resistance bands comes in a range of stretch resistance appropriate for very weak individuals to very strong professional athletes. The cool features about resistance bands are that they are inexpensive, easy to use, take very little space to store, and are very portable. You can take them anywhere you go. The range of excercises avaiIable with a single resistance band boggles my mind. It is possible to stretch and work all your muscles and duplicate the excercise routines of dozens of dedicated expensive gym machines. There are excercises for both cardiovascular conditioning and strength training from the same band. While I have been paying to learn the exercises and be supervised, the internet provides extensive free information, including sources to purchase the bands and demostration videos of the excercises on Youtube. There are many types of elastic resistance equipment available. I found I like the large circular bands. These are the simplest and most adaptable, in my opinion. For those of you who are very challenged, resistance bands can be used while lying or sitting down. Do not be detered by the many images of fit athletes demonstrating exercises with the heavier bands. This type of resistance has been used extensively in physical therapy for the elderly and injured, using the lighter bands and flat ribbon stretch bands. Google "resistance band training" and "flat ribbon stretch bands." Also search Youtube with the same terms. Cheers

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