Rick Walker Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 So you got a false positive? Or in other words, the elevated numbers suggested liver trouble that probably isn't present? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Working out your legs= a rise in natural creatine levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I get the same thing and it confuses the hell out of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Very interesting, and good to know. Thanks for sharing this, Rick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcottrell Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Same thing with the liver. My γ-GT and my CPK are always a lot above normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Matney Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Very interesting. When I started seeing elevated liver enzymes, I was squatting 2-3 days a week. Makes me wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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