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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1839097"><p>I would definitely encourage pre and post (and during) ride testing. </p><p>Without knowing what your BG is, you don't know whether you "bonked" because your BG was too low (and needed extra sugar) or "bonked" because your BG was too high. </p><p></p><p>Typically, longer exercise decreases BG and interval or weight training increases BG. However, if you were cycling up hill against a string wind on a hot day, your BG may be going up due to the stress. </p><p>Generally what happens when we exercise is our liver releases extra glucose to give us the energy and our body becomes more efficient at using insulin. It is the balance of these two things which determines whether our BG goes up or down in the short term.</p><p>However, s a result of the liver release, our BG can be lower for the next 24 to 48 hours as our liver has less glucose to "drip" and is busy storing more glucose from the carbs we eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1839097"] I would definitely encourage pre and post (and during) ride testing. Without knowing what your BG is, you don't know whether you "bonked" because your BG was too low (and needed extra sugar) or "bonked" because your BG was too high. Typically, longer exercise decreases BG and interval or weight training increases BG. However, if you were cycling up hill against a string wind on a hot day, your BG may be going up due to the stress. Generally what happens when we exercise is our liver releases extra glucose to give us the energy and our body becomes more efficient at using insulin. It is the balance of these two things which determines whether our BG goes up or down in the short term. However, s a result of the liver release, our BG can be lower for the next 24 to 48 hours as our liver has less glucose to "drip" and is busy storing more glucose from the carbs we eat. [/QUOTE]
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