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<blockquote data-quote="Rylando88" data-source="post: 1744518" data-attributes="member: 406302"><p>I’ve been training for around 12 years now and find that long steady cardio makes my blood sugars drop so I always keep glucose tablets or gel on me when I go running or cycling. HIIT training, resistance training and anything that demands a lot of power or strength tends to cause an increase in blood sugars, so I usually just keep an eye on them throughout and give myself a bit of insulin as and when required to avoid my sugars shooting up into the 20’s (this has happened a few times during circuit classes and metafit classes!!) Sometimes if my sugars are dropping this will stop the ‘increase’ caused by these types of exercise but it’s usually only when I test during that this would become apparent!! So I really recommend testing during whatever exercise you’re doing to see what’s happening in your body!</p><p></p><p>I also find afterwards depending on what type of exercise I’ve been doing my blood sugars will either continue rising for a couple of hours or drop pretty quickly, I have to make sure I keep an eye on it all the time to avoid any issues!!</p><p></p><p>This will be different for everyone probably but it’s always been the case for me and anyone I’ve spoken to about it.</p><p></p><p>My consultant at the hospital told me CGM would be great for this but I just don’t trust the freestyle libre at all so I’ve continued with finger prick testing even though it’s a pain to do during classes! </p><p></p><p>Hope this has given some insight xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rylando88, post: 1744518, member: 406302"] I’ve been training for around 12 years now and find that long steady cardio makes my blood sugars drop so I always keep glucose tablets or gel on me when I go running or cycling. HIIT training, resistance training and anything that demands a lot of power or strength tends to cause an increase in blood sugars, so I usually just keep an eye on them throughout and give myself a bit of insulin as and when required to avoid my sugars shooting up into the 20’s (this has happened a few times during circuit classes and metafit classes!!) Sometimes if my sugars are dropping this will stop the ‘increase’ caused by these types of exercise but it’s usually only when I test during that this would become apparent!! So I really recommend testing during whatever exercise you’re doing to see what’s happening in your body! I also find afterwards depending on what type of exercise I’ve been doing my blood sugars will either continue rising for a couple of hours or drop pretty quickly, I have to make sure I keep an eye on it all the time to avoid any issues!! This will be different for everyone probably but it’s always been the case for me and anyone I’ve spoken to about it. My consultant at the hospital told me CGM would be great for this but I just don’t trust the freestyle libre at all so I’ve continued with finger prick testing even though it’s a pain to do during classes! Hope this has given some insight xx [/QUOTE]
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