My workout last night reminded me of two things. 1. I haven't lifted weights in a while (too long); 2. How lifting weights affects blood sugar vs. how doing cardio affects it.
Depending on the length of time I do cardio, it definitely brings down my blood sugar; but does so fairly quickly (as I'm doing the cardio). Lifting weights on the other hand (or doing muscle-specific exercises) has quite the lingering effect! There are many exercise gurus out there and they have their videos saying you'll be burning calories hours after your workout is over! Buy now! But it's true. Certain workouts can "continue working" even after you're done. The class I took at the gym last night is called Cardio Muscle Mix and is one of my favorites! My muscles were a little bit surprised by what I was asking them to do, but they had a lovely time (and were very jelly-like at the end).
Because of the fact that my muscles were still tired much after my workout, meant that technically my body was still working a bit. So my blood sugar continued to drop (not dangerously, just relatively).
The class felt great and I'm back on the weight-train and want to stay on it!
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