Type 1 Spin class

[SareN]

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone out there does spin classes and how their blood sugar reacts?
I used to teach it for years before I became diabetic but have only just gone back to it as a diabetic.
Blood sugar started at 5.9 and went up to 10.8. I'd prefer it didn't go that high but also wary of going low in a class so did it without any fast acting insulin on board. (I'm on injections, not a pump).

Just wondering how others get on. I'm Lada/type 1 and love my exercise.

 

[In Response]

Before the pandemic, I was a frequent spinner (3 or 4 times a week).
My experience was a drop in blood sugars even when I had no fast acting insulin on board.

But, we are all as different as spin classes are different.
It is not unusual for HIIT to cause a rise in blood sugars and some spin classes are more HIIT-y than others.

During the pandemic, I have been doing Zwift workouts which are the closest I can get to spinning at home, This definitely causes my blood sugars to plummet but it is more endurance than most spin classes so I am not surprised.

I recommend persevering. If your blood sugars alway rise, take some insulin before you start (climbing makes my blood sugars rise so I take enough fast acting insulin to aim for 3mmol/l knowing I will never get there) but always keep hypo treatment close to hand.

 

[SareN]

Thanks for your reply. This class is very much alternating between sprints and hill climbs so pretty intense and possibly why its spiking me.
Next week I will maybe try half a unit before the class and see if that flattens the spike at all without sending me low. I guess its all trial and error. I just really don't want to go low in a class.

 

[ROE100]

Hi SareN

I did the Dafne course quite a few years aogo and they went through exercise and suggested you needed to active insulin in your body otherwise you may wise during exercise.

I use to have lunch at 12 noon (with injection) and nothing else then go to a class around 6pm check beforeclass everything was great but after class quite often high like yourself. At the course it was suggested i eat later than 12 noon so i slipt my lunch ate part at 12 noon (with injection) and then ate the second part at 3pm Iwith injection). At the time it worked and a rise didn't occur, they were cautious about injecting a unit before the class as for me it was not always 100% I would rise.

But as everyone says we are all different so you need to find what works for you.

ROE

 

[SareN]

Thanks for your reply, I think I'll try that next week and have a small snack an hour or so before with some insulin and see if that helps keep things a bit more steady.