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Higher blood-sugar levels can cause cravings for sweets and starches, contribute to more belly fat, decrease energy levels, and impair sleep. But after each strength training session, your cells become more responsive to insulin (which lowers blood sugar) for up to 16 hours after your workout. Plus, as a cumulative effect of training on constant basis, maintaining and adding more lean muscle can serve as an antidote to high blood sugar.
This becomes especially important as we get older and want to see results. Age-related muscle decline is a real concern, and clearance, or lowering, of blood sugar is better in strength-trained muscles.
