Three Reasons Why Your Doctor May Falsely Believe Your Kidney, Liver or Heart Were Damaged If You Get Blood Work Done Without Adequate Rest After Intense Workouts
Sometimes lab values are deceiving - specifically if allegedly pathological elevations of kidney, liver and (heart) muscle enzmes are a perfectly physiological reaction to exercise. You already know reason #1. The heavily increased creatine kinase (CK) levels I've discussed in a previous article at length may look exactly as if you were about to have a kidney failure. In fact, the CK-levels can be elevated more than 100-fold after an intense workout (Pettersson. 2008). Accordingly, Mougios, et al. (2007) attempted to develop revised reference values for athletes in their 2007 study. The scientists' test revealed that CK levels of >1000 IU/L in male and 513 IU/L in female athletes would be better cut off levels for athletes who are still training than the regular upper limit of <208 IU/L. If you want to avoid muscle damage, you may try BFR and hypoxia training . BFR, Cortisol & GH Responses BFR - Where are we now? Hypoxia + HIIT = Win? ...
