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10-25-2009, 06:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Turkey
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| | | Is Squats a Good Exercise for a Diabetic?
If a t2 person had no other possibility, would you think doing squats would constitute a beneficial exercise? Like 90 -100 squats in a day... In correct way and with correct breathing of course. |
10-25-2009, 07:25 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA
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| | I have heard that squats are great. Anything you can do to move around is better than not moving around. 
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10-25-2009, 09:21 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by Constantin74  If a t2 person had no other possibility, would you think doing squats would constitute a beneficial exercise? Like 90 -100 squats in a day... In correct way and with correct breathing of course. | Why wouldn't it be?  |
10-26-2009, 03:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
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| | | No reason not to do squats that have anything to do with diabetes that I'm aware of. My knees would jello after that many but that's just my knees, nothing D related...
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10-26-2009, 08:13 AM
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| | | Yes, I have read that squats, since they they work the quads, which is a huge muscle, are particularly beneficial in reducing insulin resistance!
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Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-26-2009, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by foxl Yes, I have read that squats, since they they work the quads, which is a huge muscle, are particularly beneficial in reducing insulin resistance! | Deep squats, butt bottom as far down as one can go, will also greatly involve the hamstrings and glutes. The glutes are biggers than the quads, or should be!
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10-26-2009, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Scratch Deep squats, butt bottom as far down as one can go, will also greatly involve the hamstrings and glutes. The glutes are biggers than the quads, or should be! | Yeah you are right -- and I am pleadin' the FLU!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-26-2009, 09:22 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Carolina
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| | | I would think squats are good, but I would have to line up a knee surgeon if I planned on doing that many in a day.
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10-26-2009, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MCS I would think squats are good, but I would have to line up a knee surgeon if I planned on doing that many in a day. | If the knees have no prior injuries that compromise their function, deep squats with proper form are one of the best ways to strengthen the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the knee joint.
There is good evidence that half-squats where the thighs don't go below parallel can be the most dangerous, because stopping at that point is the point of greatest sheer stress on the knee joint.
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10-26-2009, 09:38 AM
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| | | Having had dance training, I tend toward the grand plie. Ie, turned out, and heels on the ground in second, or rising, in first or fifth.
What IS proper form for squats, anyhow?
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-26-2009, 09:48 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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| | I'm big on walking myself but agree to the sense of engaging the biggest muscles for the most efficient effect... didn't we have a poster who was convinced that between squats and drinking gallons of water he could have this condition beat 
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10-26-2009, 09:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Turkey
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| | | Thanks for the replies. I meant to question possible positive effect of squats on insulin resistance, which I have been replied on..
Then, I figure, doing squats for a total of 15 minutes a day would not fall short benefitwise of 15 minutes of walking.. (?) My knees seem to tolerate that many squats yet (with intervals..) |
10-26-2009, 10:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
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Originally Posted by Constantin74 Thanks for the replies. I meant to question possible positive effect of squats on insulin resistance, which I have been replied on..
Then, I figure, doing squats for a total of 15 minutes a day would not fall short benefitwise of 15 minutes of walking.. (?) My knees seem to tolerate that many squats yet (with intervals..) |
Supposedly even better. Check your heart rate and see how it is doing during and after the squats, too. And keep in mind, cardio training and insulin resistance are independent goals.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-26-2009, 10:15 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Carolina
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Originally Posted by fgummett I'm big on walking myself but agree to the sense of engaging the biggest muscles for the most efficient effect... didn't we have a poster who was convinced that between squats and drinking gallons of water he could have this condition beat |
Only if you ain't 20 cloves of garlic while doing the squats
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Type 2, Normal would be nice, but I am not sure what normal is anymore
Bitter Melon, Vanadyl Sulfate
Chromium Pichnolate, Gymnema Sylvestre
Protien Hydrosylates, Amino Acids
Hi-Maize 260, Ground and Whole Flax Seed
COQ10, Celery Seed, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium
Zinc, Selenium, Vitamin E, Fish Oil
Vitamins Bx, C, Ginkgo
Hawthorne, Vitamin D
Alpha-Lipoic-Acid, Biotin, ACAI Berry
Avoiding refined carbs
A1C 5.6,
I am the experimenting type, try, decide, move on. |
10-26-2009, 10:21 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
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| | I do squats with 600 plus lbs on my back! 
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