Exercise is any activity that gets your body moving. It helps you stay healthy. It helps prevent problems such as heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death of people with diabetes.
What are the benefits of exercise?
Improves your blood sugar
Controls your weight
Lowers the level of bad cholesterol
Raises the level of good cholesterol
Lowers your blood pressure
Appropriate type and amount of exercise
There are three types of exercise you can do to help your diabetes.
Aerobic exercise is good for your heart.
Strength training helps you build muscle.
Flexibility and balance exercise lowers your risk of injury.
Exercise at least every two days
Aerobic exercise three to five days a week
Strength training two to three days a week
Flexibility and balance training two to three days a week
If you sit for long amounts of time, every 30 minutes do three minutes of
Standing
Walking
Light activities, such as leg lifts, arm stretches, desk chair swivels, torso twists, side lunges, or walking in place
Aerobic exercise
Do 150 minutes a week of activities like
Biking
Dancing
Golfing (walking and carrying clubs)
Light gardening or yard work
Running or jogging
Swimming laps
Walking (3.5 miles per hour)
Strength training
Do 60 minutes a week of activities that exercise upper and lower body muscles. Try doing 10 to 15 repetitions of each exercise three times.
Push-ups
Resistance bands
Sit-ups
Weight machines
Weight-lifting (dumbbells and barbells)
Certain types of yoga
Flexibility and balance
Light stretches
Pilates
Tai Chi
Yoga
Steps to get started with exercsie
Talk with your doctor.
Start slow and build up your routine little by little.
Set a goal.
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