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Type 1 Bodybuilding

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Shady1998

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hello everyone. I am a 17 years old guy. Type 1 diabetic. I have been working out with weights for about 2 years now. I love bodybuilding and I have gained a nice amount of muscle mass. I use syringe to take insulin. Now, as everyone knows, to use the syringe for insulin, you need to have some body fat to put the syringe into. As I have been gaining a lot of muscles lately, my body is becoming hard rock. Now, I'm afraid that I will have to quit bodybuilding in order to use the injection as I need to have some soft layer of fat on me. Do I actually have to quit this or is there something I can do to take insulin while building up muscles? And I see people like Nick Jonas who have a lot of muscles and are diabetic so I wonder what do they do. Im curious. Thanks!
 
A) You use short needles - it's possible to get 4mm ones that should suffice.
B) You inject intramuscular, which likely to be more painful, and doesn't work with Lantus.

What is your body fat percentage? You'll need to be in the 5-8% level before this becomes an issue.
 
Is there no other way? I have seen some bodybuilders on net with 4-5% body fat who are diabetics. I'm at around 12% bodyfat but even the layer of fat is getting kinda hard due to muscles! (
 
Shady1998 said:
Is there no other way? I have seen some bodybuilders on net with 4-5% body fat who are diabetics. I'm at around 12% bodyfat but even the layer of fat is getting kinda hard due to muscles! (
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Dude, I'm at the same body fat level. there is still plenty to stick a needle in. Don't worry...
 
tim2000s said:
Dude, I'm at the same body fat level. there is still plenty to stick a needle in. Don't worry...
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But....I dont have enough fats on my upper body at all. I mean the needle just wont go in cause my upper body is rock hard! I once tried to inject into my forearm and the needle wont go in....I pushed too hard and it came out from the other side of the skin....I mean its just too less fat on upper body. Though there is some on my abdominal area but I never have injeceted in abdominal area at all.
 
At my lowest bodyfat, I was 9.8% and had no issues with getting needles in, and they easily penetrated muscle. @donnellysdogs is another with very low body fat.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you tried to inject in your forearm and it came out of the other side of the skin?

Have you tried using your buttocks? They are also a fleshy area.
 
I mean my muscles are also making my fat layer hard as hell. My forearm is extremely muscular so needle didn't work there at all. No never used buttocks xD
 
The thing is, when your muscles are relaxed the needle will enter them as easily as anything else, although you are likely to feel it. It does sound like something else may be going on.

You also shouldn't be injecting in your forearm. I would have expected you to use your upper arm.
 
I see. I will try the upper arm today then! And what if the needle goes into the muscles? That bad?
 
If it goes into the muscles, the insulin usually gets to work more quickly. What insulins are you on? What needle lengths are you using?
 
tim2000s said:
If it goes into the muscles, the insulin usually gets to work more quickly. What insulins are you on? What needle lengths are you using?
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Humulin 70/30 and I use BD Ultra Fine 2 syringes.
 
And also, I have always mostly used my legs for injecting and recently whenever I inject into legs, it hurts. So does that mean that the insulin is getting into the muscle? Does not hurt like hell but does a little.
 
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