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<blockquote data-quote="Richard 2024" data-source="post: 2692291" data-attributes="member: 586680"><p>Hi Antje.</p><p></p><p>Yep, most of the clients I see are either Type 2 or Pre-Diabetic. In fact, I can only thing of 3 Type 1s that I have seen in about a decade.</p><p></p><p>With regards to your specific query, as with all fitness questions, the answer begins with "it depends".</p><p></p><p>In this case, it depends on what an intense swim session looks like for you. Is it short, all out sprints, longer 3 - 5 minute Threshold pieces, or something in between? Also, are you progressing the work over the weeks, or is each session the same? How long is a short cold water swim for you?</p><p></p><p>The harder you work or more power you produce, the greater the energy required will be fuelled by glucose, so an intense session will see your muscles using glucose up.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So it's quite possible that your body has been primed to use glucose by the intense work, the effect of which is then magnified by the cold water swimming, thus seeing your glucose levels drop quickly.</p><p></p><p>If it's your glucose levels that drop like a stone (hopefully it isn't you going into Davy Jones locker), a simple way to maintain glucose levels would be to have a few gel sachets under your cap, in your wet suit or your costume of choice.</p><p></p><p>The combined glucose/fructose ones seem to work the quickest, but as with most things, the ones that you like would probably work best for you.</p><p></p><p>Hope this is of some use.</p><p></p><p>Richard</p><p></p><p>Edited by mods to conform to forum rules</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard 2024, post: 2692291, member: 586680"] Hi Antje. Yep, most of the clients I see are either Type 2 or Pre-Diabetic. In fact, I can only thing of 3 Type 1s that I have seen in about a decade. With regards to your specific query, as with all fitness questions, the answer begins with "it depends". In this case, it depends on what an intense swim session looks like for you. Is it short, all out sprints, longer 3 - 5 minute Threshold pieces, or something in between? Also, are you progressing the work over the weeks, or is each session the same? How long is a short cold water swim for you? The harder you work or more power you produce, the greater the energy required will be fuelled by glucose, so an intense session will see your muscles using glucose up. So it's quite possible that your body has been primed to use glucose by the intense work, the effect of which is then magnified by the cold water swimming, thus seeing your glucose levels drop quickly. If it's your glucose levels that drop like a stone (hopefully it isn't you going into Davy Jones locker), a simple way to maintain glucose levels would be to have a few gel sachets under your cap, in your wet suit or your costume of choice. The combined glucose/fructose ones seem to work the quickest, but as with most things, the ones that you like would probably work best for you. Hope this is of some use. Richard Edited by mods to conform to forum rules [/QUOTE]
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