Endurance and Resistance Training Impact.

Impact of Endurance and resistance training impact on Skeletal Muscle, Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults.

 Aging is associated with insulin resistance and the development of type 2 diabetes. This is obviously multifactorial, but age-related changes to skeletal muscle contribute to impaired glucose metabolism. Some of these changes include muscle wasting, impaired insulin signaling, and imbalances in glucose use by the body. Endurance and resistance exercise training have been suggested as interventions to improve glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in the elderly. While exercise generally increases insulin sensitivity in older adults, the metabolic pathways through which this occurs can differ and can be dependent on preexisting conditions including obesity and type 2 diabetes. When older adults are also classified as obese and/or type 2 diabetic, these individuals may experience greater improvements in glucose management with either endurance or resistance training, likely contributing to their improved insulin sensitivity with exercise training.

Consitt, LA, et.al. Nutrients 2019, 11(11), 2636; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112636.

This sounds like it’s never too late to start exercising for improvement to help improve your glucose management.

Jason & Rita