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I have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. The doctor has not put me on any medication, but would like me to lose weight and watch my diet. I’m not sure how much or how often I should be exercising. Could you give me some tips?
Basic exercise recommendations would be 30-60 minutes 5 days a week. This should include aerobic activity which raises your heart rate like walking, jogging, biking, etc and anaerobic activity such as strength training. Strength training should be done 3-4 days a week with a day of rest in between. You never want to work the same muscle group 2 days in a row because muscles need to time to repair and grow. Every exercise routine should include a warm-up for about 5 minutes and a cool down at the end which includes stretching. If you currently do not exercise or have not exercised in a long time then you want to slowly build up to this. For example start with a 15 – 20 minute walk 3 days a week. As this gets easier increase it to 5 days a week, then increase the time to 30 minutes and so on until you are walking for 45-60 minutes 5 days a week. If you are short on time you will get the same benefits by breaking up your activity into blocks of time. The best exercise to do is something you like, that way you’ll stick with it! Happy sweating!
