Posted by Daniel Schneider Last week I realized that my big early season goal, a 180 mile gravel march across West-Central Nebraska, was less than 2 months away. I also realized that my longest ride of the year so far, 40ish miles, was not going to cut it for training and I better start putting […]
Category Archives: Exercise
Traveling and/or Exercising with Diabetes
As this blog posts, I will be hitting the beaches of Costa Rica. As we all probably know, traveling with diabetes, or any chronic disease, takes a little bit of extra planning. That extra preparation left me pondering the idea that the things we do for safe travel are not terribly unlike the things we […]
Ride/Run 100 miles? Yes you can!
We all know that people with type 1 diabetes are capable of a great many things. Standing on Everest, running across the country (I know the US and Canada, at least), racing bikes at the highest level, competing in the olympics (in both xc skiing and swimming) and doing various ultra-marathons… These things have all […]
The Race Across America 2010
A few days ago I was asked to write about a success that I had in my recent life for a job application. I wrote about my experience with the Race Across America that I did in 2010 as part of Team Type 1. I was limited to 300 words, and certainly could have written […]
We are YOUglycemia
Put simply, YOUglycemia is athletes with diabetes supporting athletes with diabetes. We believe that exercise has the potential to improve diabetes management and enhance quality and quantity of life. However, we also know that exercising with diabetes presents challenges not faced by a non-diabetic athlete. Those of us who started YOUglycemia manage our diabetes through […]
Saturday Morning Research Review – January 3, 2015
I really do love persistence in study. It is a necessary component of good research, because concepts are rarely tested and accepted overnight… It often takes years of work to develop a theory and truly test all aspects relating to said theory. The best is when that type of devotion is put to the test […]
Winter Exercise
We here at YOUglycemia believe in the power of exercise and know that it can and should play a huge role in diabetes management. We are also big advocates of getting outdoors for exercise. Speaking for myself, I fully know the benefits of cross training and lifting weights, but I can’t recall the last time […]
Saturday Morning Research Review – December 20, 2014
As we enter the holiday season, I have one thing on the mind… When am I going skiing!!? As such, I thought it appropriate to find an article detailing the needs of the diabetic athlete at altitude. This one, from High Altitude Medicine and Biology definitely fit the bill. Much of the information provided by the authors is […]
Saturday Morning Research Review – December 6, 2014
Depression is sometimes the elephant in the room for those of us with diabetes. The research is clear that those of us with diabetes experience Major Depressive Disorder at higher rates than our non-diabetic peers. The disorder is actually up to three times as common in those with type 1 diabetes, and two times as […]