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Amanda Mueller discusses her journey with exercise and diabetes, introducing her 'Movement Menu' framework for sustainable fitness.

Exercise is one of the most recommended tools for living well with diabetes and one of the most complicated to actually start. In this episode, Rob sits down with Amanda Mueller (aka @bicepsandbolus), a certified personal trainer, corrections exercise specialist, and CPA who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 26. Amanda's honest about the years she spent afraid to move her body after diagnosis, the roundabout way she fell in love with strength training (spoiler: she married her trainer), and why she thinks the whole "exercise is good for your diabetes" conversation is being framed wrong. The centerpiece of this conversation is Amanda's "Movement Menu", a practical framework for building a sustainable exercise life that actually accounts for bad blood sugar days, low energy, decision fatigue, and the reality that most of us are not elite athletes trying to optimize every workout. The goal isn't the perfect workout. It's the one you come back to. They also go a little deeper and discuss why exercise shouldn't feel like punishment, how chronic stress and blood sugar are more connected than we talk about, and why going low in a Pilates class doesn't mean the class didn't count. If…

People in this episode

Host: Rob

Guest: Amanda Mueller

Topics covered

• exercise
• diabetes management
• strength training
• mental health
• sustainable fitness

Keywords

• diabetes
• exercise
• strength training
• Movement Menu
• blood sugar
• fitness

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