I'm not affiliated with InsideTracker. I paid for the test and these are my thoughts/results, and I thought they would be of interest to others.
People spend hundreds of dollars on gear without hesitation, however when I said I was spending hundreds on a comprehensive blood test, even I hesitated a bit. Spending this kind of money on something intangible was honestly a challenge.
I'm not a professional runner, but I'm giving running my best damn go. And part of that is, in my opinion, seeing how the body is doing internally. a $400 GPS isn't going to make you faster, but finding out your deficient in Iron and Vitamin D and correcting this **will** make you faster.
My results were generally good. The majority of tests came back optimal, the ones that were outside this range were typically just barely outside, and I'm fine with that. The results that were a bit farther outside of the optimal range were even then results that I'm ok with simply because I'm training 10-11 hours weekly and in a calorie deficit most days (down 6.3 pounds since the beginning of the year). I plan on retesting at a later date after a period of rest during a time of reduced training. If my blood test results improve, we'll know that the non-optimal tests were **normal** results of heavy training. If they do not improve, that's an indicator there is something else going on.
I would also be incredibly interested if any health professionals or athletes with expertise in this area would have any thoughts on my results.
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KyleKranz.com
Win a pair of SKORA Running Shoes!
People spend hundreds of dollars on gear without hesitation, however when I said I was spending hundreds on a comprehensive blood test, even I hesitated a bit. Spending this kind of money on something intangible was honestly a challenge.
I'm not a professional runner, but I'm giving running my best damn go. And part of that is, in my opinion, seeing how the body is doing internally. a $400 GPS isn't going to make you faster, but finding out your deficient in Iron and Vitamin D and correcting this **will** make you faster.
My results were generally good. The majority of tests came back optimal, the ones that were outside this range were typically just barely outside, and I'm fine with that. The results that were a bit farther outside of the optimal range were even then results that I'm ok with simply because I'm training 10-11 hours weekly and in a calorie deficit most days (down 6.3 pounds since the beginning of the year). I plan on retesting at a later date after a period of rest during a time of reduced training. If my blood test results improve, we'll know that the non-optimal tests were **normal** results of heavy training. If they do not improve, that's an indicator there is something else going on.
I would also be incredibly interested if any health professionals or athletes with expertise in this area would have any thoughts on my results.
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KyleKranz.com
Win a pair of SKORA Running Shoes!