Safe to Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes
Step 2 - barriers to exercise
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Barriers to exercise
We all have reasons why we don’t exercise, for some of us that is that we don’t have enough time or perhaps it is that we don’t enjoy exercise very much. For those of us with type 1 diabetes we have additional barriers to exercise and the research suggests that the most significant of these a fear of hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose levels).
In this video we will be looking at the common barriers to exercise for people with type 1 diabetes and providing some tools and techniques to address the barriers
benefits of this program
Benefits of watching the video:
- An overview of the barriers to exercise, including those that are not related to diabetes, and how to overcome them
- Addressing the myth that you are not an athlete, your diabetes does not care; every time you increase your activity levels it will remind you that shopping and even cleaning the house are forms of exercise as far as your diabetes is concerned.
- Why would you even consider exercising if it is going to make your blood glucose levels more challenging to manage? It turns out that there are significant benefits including additional life years of life.
- If exercise is supposed to lower my blood glucose levels why does my blood glucose level go up after I stop exercising? We talk about this briefly and provide a simple strategy to help. This topic is so important that we will be making a video all about it
Download the Notebook & Infographic
Download the notebook containing the slides used in this video and an infographic that you can use to record your own notes. As the series progresses we build on the knowledge from earlier sessions.
Get your downloads for this video here.
In this short video, 6 minutes and 56 seconds, you will get clear, concise, evidence based strategies to help to keep you safe around exercise.
In this short video (5m 13 secs) you will get clear, concise, evidence based strategies to help you to reduce the risk of going hypo after exercise.
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