Hello
My doctor has ordered a 24 hour urine test to check my hormone levels. Would strength training and/or cardio give unreliable results to these tests? For more context, my plan is to restart Powebuilding 1 today.
Thanks
Unfortunately I don’t have enough context about the hormones being evaluated and why, the signs/symptoms/history leading to this evaluation, etc.
I would either ask your doctor, or bump your schedule training session back a day, since this won’t make any significant impact on your training results in the long term.
Exercise affects pretty much every organ system and its function in the body, though there are relatively few instances where exercise generates laboratory measurements outside the normal range.
I don’t know what hormones your physician is investigating via a 24-hour urine test (or why), as this test is usually reserved to measure kidney function. It can be used to measure hormones, mainly aldosterone, cortisol (sometimes), and similar, but is less commonly recommended for sex steroids like testosterone due to other available testing methods.
In any case, if it’s just 1 day and you need accurate test data- I’d push the workout until the next day.
Thank you two for the follow up. I’ve been having symptoms of what feels like heightened adrenaline; mostly in the morning or upon waking in the night. I presume it feels like a panic attack, heart feels like it is pounding, heart rate only slightly elevated though, that “anxious” sensation in my upper abdomen. These “attacks” seem random to me and I can go days/weeks without them happening. I’ve also started seeing a therapist again to try to tackle any lingering PTSD issues I have.
I contacted my doctor about my symptoms. She ordered some blood work that all came back normal except for some slightly elevated liver enzymes so she also scheduled me to have an ultrasound of my liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Basically I’m trying to figure out if there is anything psychical causing these symptoms while simultaneously trying to deal with the PTSD issues.
I see. I wonder whether they’re evaluating for something like a pheochromocytoma, which is incredibly rare and unlikely in your situation.
I’d say that our advice above stands.
Thanks @Austin_Baraki