The physical exercise needs more calories for its sustenance is the basis for the role of exercise in diabetes. The role of exercise as a natural method of controlling diabetes is well known. The useful tips for helping the diabetic control using exercise regimen involve the following information. Understanding about the exercise as like isotonic and isometric exercise, duration of exercise, lying exercise during night, work related exercise, cardiovascular fitness for exercise including fitness of the feet and neurological complications are well discussed. Apart from that, job demands, clean environment with disabilities like osteoarthritis of knee joints, renal disease and hypertension and also motivation of the individual are discussed in a detailed way. A subspecialty of diabetic exercise counselling is a possibility in the near future.