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Leg Work And Liver Enzymes


Rick Walker

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Found this to be interesting. I had a full panel blood test done on Tuesday. Due to my medication regimen they do a full panel every 3 months to make sure my kidneys, liver, etc. are working correctly.

This time around I was thinking and on Sunday I did hip belt squats in the buckets for 20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 and back up the ladder to 20 with 100 pounds. I then did leg curls with 40 pounds for the same rep scheme. By Tuesday, blood draw day, I could barely walk. I mean serious walking like I had a bad leg injury and I couldnt walk normal no matter how hard I tried. This was by far the worst my legs ever felt in 25 years of training.

So I go to ky appointment Wednesday and my doc is concerned. My AST and creatinine were elevated quite a bit above normal. I explained to him the marathon leg session I did and he, being a lifter himself, knew right away that the leg workout did it. I came home and researched it a bit and sure enough I found a ton of research on it.

So just a bit of info for you in the event you get some whacky blood numbers!

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So you got a false positive? Or in other words, the elevated numbers suggested liver trouble that probably isn't present?

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Yes and yes. It is typical of hard trainers to have skewed liver numbers due to large amounts of tissue damage and waste products being filtered. Do a search on it. And I am 100% supplememt free.

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I get the same thing and it confuses the hell out of them.

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Thanks for this info...

I think it would be even more interesting if your doctor had you do the blood work again, but the day after a rest day but before that days workout.

again, thanks for sharing

rich

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I will have a total panel done again in 3 months. I will take 4 days completely off prior to see what my numbers are. This is one of the many reasons doctors need to educate themselves on exercise physiology. For the record I feel awesome todsy compared to Tuesday and Wednesday. I was beat to hell. But next weeks session will be easier with less pain. I hope. I did 1277 reps of shoulders and traps last night. Feel decent today.

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Same thing with the liver. My γ-GT and my CPK are always a lot above normal.

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Very interesting.

When I started seeing elevated liver enzymes, I was squatting 2-3 days a week. Makes me wonder.

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