Originally Posted by Leisesturm

The air may be stale but it probably is safe to breathe. All of us, but especially a diabetic should have a significant amount of weight bearing exercise added to their lifestyle. Diabetics are always told to 'exercise' and to most of us that means: running, cycling and/or elliptical machine. Possibly rowing machine. Running and cycling can be done in a gym or outside.

However, if a diabetic can add significant amounts of new lean muscle tissue to their body it is sometimes possible to actually reverse the progress of the disease. That means a gym. No getting away from it. 20 miles of cycling takes 2:00hr to possibly 3:00. That is a lot of hours per day to devote to one activity. It won't be sustained. Certainly not after September/October. Then what?