This one really tugs at my heart. I like to give you guys great information. I like to get you thinking. And I occasionally like to post some funny things. All of which to bring awareness to our health and fitness.
But like I said… This one really tugs at my heart. I hope you’ll read and share.
How lifting weights can help if you have type 2 diabetes.
People with diabetes can benefit from regular weight lifting. In fact, research in the Internal Journal of Cardiology shows that in people with type 2 diabetes, strength training can be more beneficial to blood sugar regulation than cardio.
Diabetes is marked by the body's inability to process glucose and use insulin efficiently, but strength training can help with those issues in various ways.
Burns Up Blood Sugar
Strength training relies primarily on the body’s glucose using metabolic system for energy. As we go through a strength-training workout, we use stored muscle glycogen for fuel. Once this stored muscle glycogen runs out, we start to mobilize extra glycogen from the liver and from the blood. This helps to directly decrease blood glucose as well as deplete stored muscle and liver glycogen stores, giving blood glucose a place to go next time we eat.
Improves Glucose Storage
Your muscles serve as storage facilities for consumed sugar and carbohydrates. Trained muscle has a higher capacity to store blood glucose in the form of glycogen, aiding in lowering blood glucose. Therefore, the bigger the muscles, the better. 😊💪🏼
Spurs Weight Loss
In people carrying extra weight, losing 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can improve A1C scores, the two- to three-month average of blood sugar levels, according to John Hopkins Medicine.
Weightlifting increases levels of lean muscle mass. Muscle is one of the few metabolically active tissues in the body at total rest. This means that even as we sleep or watch football or sit at a desk and work, the muscle we have on our body is serving to burn calories.
(Yes! This is but one of the reasons that I have my “weight loss” people lifting weights.)
Targets Harmful Belly Fat
Abdominal fat, also called visceral fat because it resides in and around the body’s visceral organs, exacerbates insulin resistance, and complicates blood sugar management. In addition to storing energy, visceral fat cells produce chemicals and hormones that inhibit the body’s effective use of insulin. Fortunately, weightlifting is effective at reducing visceral fat levels and managing blood sugar in people with insulin resistance.
This is so incredibly important to me. I think largely because so much of this is within our control. I’m not saying it is without challenge.
A few things to consider:
42% of Americans are obese
If you are obese, you have six times the risk of becoming diabetic.
Lower-limb amputations (LLA), which is surgery to remove a toe, foot, or leg, are increasing in the US, and 80% are a result of complications from diabetes.
This is serious – and I want to help!
I hope your share this with a friend in need. You literally could be saving their life.
And invite them to our Facebook group. I have FREE workouts, with follow-along videos, available in the “Guides” section.
If you have more questions or need more help – please reach out to me!
And remember..
This isn’t just about eating right.
This isn’t just about hitting the gym.
This TRULY is how we do LIFE! 💪🏼
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