[r930]

There is some evidence that soleus push ups can induce significant insulin responses, without the need for drugs.

Soleus is the muscle below the calf and normally used when walking running and jumping

> All of the 600 muscles combined normally contribute only about 15% of the whole-body oxidative metabolism in the three hours after ingesting carbohydrate. Despite the fact that the soleus is only 1% the body weight, it is capable of raising its metabolic rate during SPU contractions to easily double, even sometimes triple, the whole-body carbohydrate oxidation.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965506

[exabrial]

All right, this is a single Data point, and of course is anecdotal evidence… if you’re into taking health advice off the Internet rather than from your doctor… well you probably will end up disappointed.

OK disclaimers aside now: when I switched to clipless petals on my mountain bike, I dropped 12 lbs over the course of the summer. SPD clipless work the hell out of your calves when they are placed under the ball of your foot, especially in mountain biking applications because you spend so much time out of the saddle.

There is so many lurking variables here and nothing was normalized. I just thought that was an interesting connection.

[DoreenMichele]

Possibly related: Insulin resistance is impacted by muscle protein.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14667430

[anonuser123456]

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