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<blockquote data-quote="zicksi101" data-source="post: 1037554" data-attributes="member: 97084"><p>Well, in terms of insulin sensitivity as a type 1 diabetic, I have to say that nothing is more effective than a *small* dose of HIIT for improving it.</p><p></p><p>I do no more than one or two high intensity sessions a week, with HIIT it seems you get a lot of benefit from only a little of it. Do too much and I find either my fitness goes backwards, or I don't get the full benefit of the session because my effort level is more moderate than high.</p><p></p><p>What I find is, I actually do need to take insulin before a HIIT session to prevent an unacceptably high blood glucose spike due to stress hormones, however the benefit comes after the session as I then reduce my overnight insulin to prevent a 2am hypo.</p><p></p><p>So for every 1u of bolus I have to inject for an evening HIIT session, I then find I have to reduce the basal by 2u, and the next day I notice that I'm more sensitive to the meds, so I'm reducing meal time insulin dosing there too.</p><p></p><p>Now this next part is just my experience, but I've noticed I get injured less frequently with distance running by including a few high intensity sessions. Doing too much mileage (for me that means more than 20 miles a week), even at very slow paces, and especially when excluding HIIT gives me injuries which is frustrating, but by doing HIIT at least I can include a harder session which allows me to just push as hard as I want without overdoing it, while improving fitness more than I would otherwise be able to.</p><p></p><p>Long story short, it's better than nothing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zicksi101, post: 1037554, member: 97084"] Well, in terms of insulin sensitivity as a type 1 diabetic, I have to say that nothing is more effective than a *small* dose of HIIT for improving it. I do no more than one or two high intensity sessions a week, with HIIT it seems you get a lot of benefit from only a little of it. Do too much and I find either my fitness goes backwards, or I don't get the full benefit of the session because my effort level is more moderate than high. What I find is, I actually do need to take insulin before a HIIT session to prevent an unacceptably high blood glucose spike due to stress hormones, however the benefit comes after the session as I then reduce my overnight insulin to prevent a 2am hypo. So for every 1u of bolus I have to inject for an evening HIIT session, I then find I have to reduce the basal by 2u, and the next day I notice that I'm more sensitive to the meds, so I'm reducing meal time insulin dosing there too. Now this next part is just my experience, but I've noticed I get injured less frequently with distance running by including a few high intensity sessions. Doing too much mileage (for me that means more than 20 miles a week), even at very slow paces, and especially when excluding HIIT gives me injuries which is frustrating, but by doing HIIT at least I can include a harder session which allows me to just push as hard as I want without overdoing it, while improving fitness more than I would otherwise be able to. Long story short, it's better than nothing. [/QUOTE]
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