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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1471940"><p>How exercise affects you is down to many things</p><p>- how fit are you? You say you haven't exercised fro as log as you remember but for some people this means you only walk 10 steps to the car and for others this means you only walk a couple of miles to the supermarket and carry a week of shopping home.</p><p>- what type of exercise are you doing? aerobic typically reduces BG and anaerobic increases BG</p><p>- how long are you exercising for? 15 minutes HIIT may raise your BG whereas 45 minutes HIIT is likely to reduce it</p><p></p><p>But as an example, I go to the gym 3 - 4 times a week. Walking there takes 10 minutes then I start 30 minutes of HIIT type cardio followed by 15 minutes of resistance training (weights, abs and stretching). Typically, I reduce my basal by 10 or 20% 60 minutes before I leave home (the basal change usually takes and hour to take affect); I take a BG reading when I get to the gym as a reference point; I take another BG reading when I finish cardio. If I see my BG dropping a lot (close to 4), I remove my pump completely. If my BG is closer to 6, I keep it on. When I get home, I take another BG and then decide whether to keep my pump off for another hour (still going low) or put it back on (returning to normality). I then reduce my BG for the next 12 hours by 10 or 20%.</p><p></p><p>I also go climbing. This raises my BG. For this, I increase my basal by 30% for 2.5 hours an hour before I start climbing. I make any adjustments to target a BG of around 5 when I start. After 1.5 hours of climbing, I take a BG, adjust accordingly and then remove pump for the next 2 hours (1.5 hours of climbing) as I find I have used up most of my glucose reserves.</p><p></p><p>Basically, it requires trial and error as well as a gut feel of whether you are going to have/are having/ had a tough session.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1471940"] How exercise affects you is down to many things - how fit are you? You say you haven't exercised fro as log as you remember but for some people this means you only walk 10 steps to the car and for others this means you only walk a couple of miles to the supermarket and carry a week of shopping home. - what type of exercise are you doing? aerobic typically reduces BG and anaerobic increases BG - how long are you exercising for? 15 minutes HIIT may raise your BG whereas 45 minutes HIIT is likely to reduce it But as an example, I go to the gym 3 - 4 times a week. Walking there takes 10 minutes then I start 30 minutes of HIIT type cardio followed by 15 minutes of resistance training (weights, abs and stretching). Typically, I reduce my basal by 10 or 20% 60 minutes before I leave home (the basal change usually takes and hour to take affect); I take a BG reading when I get to the gym as a reference point; I take another BG reading when I finish cardio. If I see my BG dropping a lot (close to 4), I remove my pump completely. If my BG is closer to 6, I keep it on. When I get home, I take another BG and then decide whether to keep my pump off for another hour (still going low) or put it back on (returning to normality). I then reduce my BG for the next 12 hours by 10 or 20%. I also go climbing. This raises my BG. For this, I increase my basal by 30% for 2.5 hours an hour before I start climbing. I make any adjustments to target a BG of around 5 when I start. After 1.5 hours of climbing, I take a BG, adjust accordingly and then remove pump for the next 2 hours (1.5 hours of climbing) as I find I have used up most of my glucose reserves. Basically, it requires trial and error as well as a gut feel of whether you are going to have/are having/ had a tough session. [/QUOTE]
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