I’m a 400m-runner and planning to check my blood soon. What do you recommend being checked?
well problems are difficulty to sleep and recuperation.
Check your program first. Could be over-stress of the CNS or general overtraining.
Dear dewaerheid:
Have a CBC (complete blood count),
SMAC (blood chemistry), red blood
cell and plasma minerals, free testosterone (active) and IGF-1 (growth hormone) levels tested. CBC will provide you with your hematocrit level (percentage of red blood cells to whole blood volume), SMAC will provide you with SGOT (multiple muscle enzyme which can indicate overtraining) and LDH or Lactate Dehydrogenase (can indicate a bulidup of lactic acid), RBC and plasma mineral levels (hormones and enzymes are dependent upon an adequate supply of minerals such as zinc being required for testosterone production). Because
exercise effects the hematrocrit level, it is important to measure both the
intracellular (RBC) and the extracellular
levels (plasma or fluid portion of blood)
of minerals. Hope this very brief information will be helpful.
I totally agree with Charlie and Clemson. Try to look at your program, diet, current recovery methods first. Can you post it?
Maybe you both could post values as this is an area that is very poorly understood. What, for example woiuld the build up of lactic acid signify- would you have varying acceptable levels depending on the training period and the nature and emphasisof the work?
i just had a blood test, and all levels were with in the normal ranges (expect creatinine, which was slightly high)
but if all the other levels are fine is there any point taking supplements like calcium and zinc ect ect as these are all normal on the test?
expect creatinine, which was slightly high
that and blood urea are typical for high protein diets.
and “normal” is a very vague term, its statistical based on what is percieved as “healthy” in large populations. Being an athletes, you sould probably need to be at least at the uper ranges of some of the values
yup i hear ya.
ill run through some of the one’s that are discussed on this board.
name my level normal range
zinc 17.5 (9.0-18.0) umol/L
b12 533 (>180) pmol/L
magmesium 0.89 (0.70-0.95) mmol/L
creatinine 128 (60-110) umol/L
calcium 2.52 (2.10-2.60)
dont no what to make of it, but there it is:)
That’s not particularly above the normal range but I’d keep track of it. See if it is linked to high intensity training
no its not too high, but ill get a futher test done, jsut to make sure.
in regards to taking supplents.
is there any point in supplementing if all the levels are ok?
Remember that normal ranges are for the statistical 70kg man. Normal ranges are great for an estimate. You also need to consider how you feel, how you respond to challenges etc. And then track the numbers over time and tie those into performance measures and how you feel.
Numbers that are high or low can indicate issues. But also intense training can influence these such as your creatinine levels which can indicate muscle damage. Muscle damage and subsequent recovery can easily occur with training and the normal ranges do not take those into account.
Last but not least when tracking/trending your numbers over time make sure you use the same lab.
I got my done 3 months ago and I would like to share a few of my results w/ you guys. Maybe we can compare results 
Glucose 91
Sodium 139
Potassium 4.9
Co2 27
Bun/Creatinine
Bun 12
Creatineine 1.3
Globulin 3.2
AKL Phos, Total 56
AST 23
Cholesterol 180
Triglycesterol 52
HDL 63
LDL 107
CHOL/HDL Risk Ratio 2.9
LDL/HDL Risk Ratio 1.7
CBC w/ diff
WBC 6.9
RBC 5.14
Hemoglobin 13.9
Hematocrit 43.2
MCV 84
Platelet Count 229
I bet guys who can run 44.2’s in the 400m Henatocrit levels are around 50.5
Any thoughts hematocrit levels?
Kenny Mac~~~