Hello,
I am having problems trying to find a personl strength Trainer with Diabetes knowledge. I have T1 diabetes. I live in the Central Florida area.
Does anyone know of any resources to allow me to find a trainer which is either certified for Diabetes training and also cerfied for strength training.
Thank you in advance :-)
Most people who are personal trainers have to have some experience in health and fitness, and I don’t really think your diabetes would impede their ability to train you in fitness. The only thing they will probably do is make sure that they have your endo’s approval to train you (my gym up in New York City was fine with it). You will just have to make sure you have time to test and adjust your medication. I’m not sure what you mean by “diabetes training” - do you mean being a CDE? If anything else, I would just ask your gym for a personal trainer who has worked with type 1 or type 2 people before. I don’t think you can be “certified for diabetes training” other than being a CDE and I’m not sure how many of those would being a personal trainer. There is already a shortage of CDEs and I imagine most of those are actually working in an office as a CDE.