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Workout of the Day

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Tabata dumbbell hang squat clean
Rest 1 minute
Tabata toes-to-bar
Rest 1 minute
Tabata dumbbell hang squat clean

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for eight intervals. Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals.

Post Tabata score for each exercise and total sum to comments.

Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: New Prescription for an Old Problem

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This 2012 review summarizes evidence indicating exercise, specifically interval training, maintains or improves skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity and as a result reduces risk of insulin resistance and diabetes. Exercise increases skeletal muscle insulin activity in the obese, while sedentary behavior decreases it. The ability of the muscle to take up and burn fuel (i.e., skeletal muscle oxidative capacity) is a strong predictor of whole-body insulin resistance.

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