Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise to Mitigate Hyperglycemia After Fasted Resistance Exercise

Certain types and timings of exercise are known to cause hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) in people with type 1 diabetes. Hyperglycemia increases the risk of most long-term complications for individuals with this complication. However, using insulin corrections to treat post-exercise hyperglycemia can increase the risk of late-onset hypoglycemia (low-blood glucose). Anaerobic activities performed in a fasted state are known to cause increases in blood glucose and post-exercise hyperglycemia in most individuals with type 1 diabetes. This study proposes to examine the effect of a ten-minute aerobic cool down after resistance exercise on the blood glucose response to fasted exercise of individuals with type 1 diabetes. It is hypothesized that adding a short aerobic cool down at the end of a fasted resistance exercise session will attenuate post-exercise increases in blood glucose observed in previous studies, leading to less post-exercise hyperglycemia.