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synthetic
Sep 22, 18 13:32
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I did a walk in to a clinic for bloodtest as it was the only one open on weekend, and it was near one of my XC run races. A hard 10k + 4 mi which I did bike to/from (20 miles), and barely ate after (3 small tacos). That being said, did I skew my blood test results?

disappointing numbers free = 9.4 (range 35-155) ; Total = 58 (range 250-1000). I dont have troubles performing in the bed so I wonder if the activities before made it low.

Other markers normal, except I did get flags for Epstein-Barr virus infection (suggestion of past infection)


reason for the test is my run times have been slowing down past 2 years
Last edited by: synthetic: Sep 22, 18 15:14
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jharris
Sep 22, 18 16:33
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Girlfriend who is an NP says that’s low and maybe something else is going on. She said exercise should increase T levels. I would tell your primary care doc to investigate.
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trail
Sep 22, 18 17:23
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jharris wrote:
Girlfriend who is an NP says that’s low and maybe something else is going on. She said exercise should increase T levels. I would tell your primary care doc to investigate.


Endurance-type exercise decreases T levels - "At rest testosterone appears to be lower in the endurance-trained male than in the untrained male."


Also it can fluctuate pretty wildly throughout the day, so a single test may be an aberration.

However, the primary care advice is always sound....
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RoostBooster
Sep 22, 18 17:30
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But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....
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iamuwere
Sep 22, 18 18:18
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She's wrong.
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Andrew Coggan
Sep 22, 18 18:44
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Acute exercise does in fact tend to increase testosterone concentration slightly, in part (or entirely) due to hemoconcentration.

Chronic training, OTOH, can suppress testosterone levels.
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synthetic
Sep 22, 18 19:39
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Derekl wrote:
But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....

im low carb, not keto. thanks for trolling
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AndyPeterson
Sep 22, 18 23:14
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Coggan is absolutely right about this. Lots of data.

Andy
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RoostBooster
Sep 23, 18 4:47
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synthetic wrote:
Derekl wrote:
But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....


im low carb, not keto. thanks for trolling

Regardless, it's doing wonders for your health. You're welcome.
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Andrew Coggan
Sep 23, 18 5:04
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synthetic wrote:
Derekl wrote:
But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....

im low carb, not keto.

Regardless, synthetic is correct: your low testosterone levels may be due in part (or in whole) to inadequate carbohydrate intake.
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synthetic
Sep 23, 18 12:14
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Derekl wrote:
synthetic wrote:
Derekl wrote:
But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....


im low carb, not keto. thanks for trolling


Regardless, it's doing wonders for your health. You're welcome.

you are quick to blame the diet factor when nothing there has changed for the past 10+ years. you are avoiding the question of a hard effort suppressing T levels. Now I know a few body builder folk who like to drink heavily the night before a blood test, so in their morning T levels are low and they can get a script. I dont want to be medicated

i have been blamed for over training and not taking a break. i did try a good effort to reduce my volume this year


Also seems andrew coggan is finally providing a decent effort at helping, maybe he shouldnt be flagged as auto post ignored anymore?
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M----n
Sep 23, 18 12:27
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Do you have historical data suggesting declining T or persistently low T since a change in diet or training?
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RoostBooster
Sep 23, 18 12:41
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synthetic wrote:
Derekl wrote:
synthetic wrote:
Derekl wrote:
But tell us more about how awesome your keto diet is.....


im low carb, not keto. thanks for trolling


Regardless, it's doing wonders for your health. You're welcome.


you are quick to blame the diet factor when nothing there has changed for the past 10+ years. you are avoiding the question of a hard effort suppressing T levels. Now I know a few body builder folk who like to drink heavily the night before a blood test, so in their morning T levels are low and they can get a script. I dont want to be medicated

i have been blamed for over training and not taking a break. i did try a good effort to reduce my volume this year


Also seems andrew coggan is finally providing a decent effort at helping, maybe he shouldnt be flagged as auto post ignored anymore?

I'm not blaming anything. I'm laughing because you interject your nutritional nonsense into threads and can't connect the dots here.
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Scottxs
Sep 26, 18 11:34
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synthetic wrote:
I did a walk in to a clinic for bloodtest as it was the only one open on weekend, and it was near one of my XC run races. A hard 10k + 4 mi which I did bike to/from (20 miles), and barely ate after (3 small tacos). That being said, did I skew my blood test results?

disappointing numbers free = 9.4 (range 35-155) ; Total = 58 (range 250-1000). I dont have troubles performing in the bed so I wonder if the activities before made it low.

Other markers normal, except I did get flags for Epstein-Barr virus infection (suggestion of past infection)


reason for the test is my run times have been slowing down past 2 years

Extended exercise/training will lower your T level. Assuming there is not disease process going on, when you rest/recover for a time it should go back up to a normal range.
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