Re: Diabetics: Pump iron/control glucose

[Guest guest]

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25450-2002Oct14.html

>

> Pump Iron, Control Glucose

>

> Resistance training -- better known as lifting weights -- can

> control blood-sugar levels in older people with type 2 diabetes

> as effectively as drugs, according to a small study published

> in the journal Diabetes Care.

I reckon the first sentence of the quoted article would make

most people involved in the area cringe :-|

Resistance training is /not/ " better known as lifting weights " .

It is a whole different subject.

Lifting weights typically requires a superhuman ability to relax

muscles completely and instantly - if you want to avoid eccentric

contractions.

By contrast, resistance training *never* involves eccentric

contractions. It uses a completely different set of exercises -

none of which involve lifting weights.