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[icewolf]

Are you fat?

Lol no I would say average built but with a little tummy.


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[icewolf]

Most guidelines recommend not undertaking exercise when above 13 due to the risk of ketones and it causing your glucose level to increase further due to not using the glucose in your blood as energy and causing the liver to release more.

In this state, your body is pretty much starving which is why you feel exhausted and have no energy. I assume you are T1 due to the comment about hypos, but if you aim for 5-6 you will feel a lot better and be able to perform much better. If you are really worried about gong low, aim to start your innings on a flat 8 and carry glucose tabs with you.

I've been playing all my life with T1 and that's worked well for me. Yea is always the biggest challenge, especially nice cakes!


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I am type 2 but use insulin plus tabs to control. I'll look for these glucose tabs and try to control my sugar levels and see if things improve


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[icewolf]

You could bat like me and not run threes or twos that often remind your batting partners of the difference in fitness levels and that no run is worth a wicket.

Yeah but that would be the last resort, I want to be able to play like a normal cricket player but I guess have to work hard for my fitness


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[Seniorplayer]

Yeah but that would be the last resort, I want to be able to play like a normal cricket player but I guess have to work hard for my fitness


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Yes you are right I forgot to add until your fitness levels improve mind you it could be worse it takes me two days to recover from a Saturday 100 overs match .

[icewolf]

Yes you are right I forgot to add until your fitness levels improve mind you it could be worse it takes me two days to recover from a Saturday 100 overs match .

Yes same happens to me too takes a couple of days to recover.


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[RossViper]

Hill sprints. End of

[tim2000s]

Guys, forget the training for a moment.  Until @icewolf sorts out his diabetes, it is going to make any kind of exercise really hard work. While all the suggested measures will help, getting his blood glucose levels under control will make a much bigger difference.


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[icewolf]

Guys, forget the training for a moment.  Until @icewolf sorts out his diabetes, it is going to make any kind of exercise really hard work. While all the suggested measures will help, getting his blood glucose levels under control will make a much bigger difference.


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I'll try to keep the levels in control for the next match and let's see if that improves things [emoji14]


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[KarlPennington]

Hold on a second Tim. Icewolf asked for advise regarding his fitness, he never mentioned his diabetes and I'm sure he knows a lot more than me about how to manage that.

[tim2000s]

Hold on a second Tim. Icewolf asked for advise regarding his fitness, he never mentioned his diabetes and I'm sure he knows a lot more than me about how to manage that.

Karl, I'm a T1 and I probably know more about it than you too. The point he made was that he is a diabetic:

haha we have a couple of older guys they take the slips...I am ok with singles but still getting tired quickly is not a good thing I am also diabetic so maybe that's one of the reasons.

Hi symptoms when playing sounded very familiar to me (I have experienced them) and I had a good idea as to what may be a significant contributor to his lack of stamina and performance - he then stated:

Oh no I've been doing the opposite, i always keep my sugar levels high (13+) before the match so that I dont get any hypo during batting...but I guess I better try to keep a tighter control on my levels.

This level of blood glucose makes you feel terrible when doing either aerobic or anaerobic exercise as your body can't process carbs properly. It leaves you feeling low on energy.

Hence my advice to sort out the diabetes first - once that's done, icewolf will have a much better idea of how fit or otherwise he is. Once in that condition, fitness is much easier to work on.

[icewolf]

Hold on a second Tim. Icewolf asked for advise regarding his fitness, he never mentioned his diabetes and I'm sure he knows a lot more than me about how to manage that.

I did mention my type 2 diabetes and Tim is probably right about controlling that first. I've been doing it the opposite way because of the fear of having hypo during batting. But from now on I'll try to keep the levels in control and then work on my fitness.


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[icewolf]

I went to Old Trafford to paractice with a bowling machine and I booked for a 2 hrs session, I was a bit unsure because I was thinking I wouldnt even last for 1 hr but I followed your advice @tim2000s and kept my blood sugar levels around 7-8 when I started and surprisingly I was able to bat for the full 2 hrs just wow. I also did that on my last nets batting on tuesday and was able to bat without any problems. So keeping the levels under control for a diabetic is the key.

Thanks for your responses and tips guys

[tim2000s]

I went to Old Trafford to paractice with a bowling machine and I booked for a 2 hrs session, I was a bit unsure because I was thinking I wouldnt even last for 1 hr but I followed your advice @tim2000s and kept my blood sugar levels around 7-8 when I started and surprisingly I was able to bat for the full 2 hrs just wow. I also did that on my last nets batting on tuesday and was able to bat without any problems. So keeping the levels under control for a diabetic is the key.

Thanks for your responses and tips guys

Glad to be able to help @icewolf!

[icewolf]

Keeping my blood sugar normal before the matches has helped big time. [emoji14]


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