Acute blood glucose responses on the second day of recovery from moderate vs. high intensity resistance exercise in women with type 2 diabetes

Resistance exercise (RE) can lower blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, greater clarity is needed regarding the RE intensity and time required for this acute response. Therefore, aim of study was to compare responses on second day recovery from moderate vs. high-intensity women T2D. Twelve T2D (55.2 ± 4.0 years; 70.1 11.4 kg; 155.7 3.3 cm) performed two experimental sessions seven days apart a randomized order. For session 1: RE40% one-repetition maximum test (1RM) 2: RE80%1RM, 16 8 repetitions each set, respectively, 7 exercises 3 circuits during 40min. Blood monitored over 35h (first day: 24h 11h) every 5 minutes after by Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (Guardian REAL-Time model). Student's t-test showed no significant difference (11h) RE40%1RM RE80%1RM [respectively, 161.3 62.3 mg.dL-1 157.2 41.9 mg.dL-1; t (11) = 0.259; p 0.800]. Two-way ANOVA repeated measures that hour differences between [F (1.731, 19.039) 0.688; 0.734]. We concluded high did not differ among