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I'd be wary of any sort of mail-order medical testing. They often have caveats associated with them like "we now own your entire DNA sequence and that of all your immediate relatives" and there is always an issue with interpretation of the results. Something which might flag up as abnormal could be your personal normal. Also, what are they actually trying to sell you (some special "nutrition pack" if some of your numbers come back low, for example)?
If you are concerned with things like anaemia, your GP should be able to help there. Or volunteer to donate blood, they won't let you if your haem is too low.
Doctor_Cake
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A company has got in touch to say, "Hey, we do blood tests and cyclists use these, we're making them cheap, GPs review them, and can make observances and recommendations.". All part of a sensible training regime I assume.
Who knew fixie skidders needed blood tests (aside from actual drug testing)?
Anyhow, has anyone gone and got blood tests as part of training?
If you didn't but would have if it had been dirt cheap, would you really?
They've offered me a sample test, so I can find out just how ill-suited to hill climbing I really am, and before I go and prick my finger and get shocked by how shoddy the EPO I've been using really is, I figured I'd ask if people are even interested.
Also... I've flat out refused to name or promote said company until they've updated their legal docs. They do not currently explicitly preclude data sharing in their legals even though their marketing material says they won't share. If I share their details, it will be after they're got their legal docs in order.