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That Triathlon Show

Blood tests and biomarkers for triathletes with Dr. Kush Joshi and Dr. Joel McCay | EP#249

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Kush Joshi is a Sports and Exercise Medicine practitioner and consultant and Dr. Joel McCay practises and consults in haematology. Kush and Joel join us to discuss blood testing and biomarkers important for triathletes and endurance athletes in general.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What are the most important biomarkers that triathletes and endurance athletes should be aware of and keep track of?  -When and how often to get a blood panel done -Reference ranges, and the differences between athletes and sedentary people -Health and injury risks associated with inadequacies in certain biomarkers -Specific discussion around serum iron, ferritin, vitamin D, thyroid hormones, sex hormones, vitamin B12, blood count, hemoglobin, etc.   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts249/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Dr. Joshi's Twitter Melio's website RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

That Traathlon Show, 249.

0:05.2

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:27.6

I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Cush Joshi and Joel McKay.

0:34.1

Dr. Joshi is a sports and exercise medicine practitioner and consultant, and Dr. McKay

0:40.7

practices and consults in hematology. They join us today to discuss blood testing and

0:47.5

biomarkers important for triathletes and endurance athletes in general. Before we get into this interview, big thanks to our sponsors.

0:56.8

First, we have precision hydration.

0:59.6

And today, episode 249, marks 200 Monday episodes ago back in episode 49.

1:06.5

It's the first time that Andy Blow found ourration, was on the podcast for the first time

1:12.4

to discuss electrolytes, hydration, performance and cramping, to name a few subjects we discussed.

1:18.8

And a few months after that, Precision Hydration started sponsoring a Deteraflon show and have done so ever since.

1:25.8

So I'll take this 200 episode milestone to thank Andy and thank precision hydration,

1:30.8

everybody that I've been working with, Dave, Chris and so on for all the support to the

1:36.2

podcast over the years and not to forget for keeping myself hydrated with the precision

1:41.9

hydration 1,500, which is the high sodium version of their

1:46.0

electrolyte products that you can match to how you sweat you can do that by taking their free

1:51.7

sweat test on the website precision hydration dot com and then you can use the promo code

1:57.5

that triflechow 15% of your order.

2:02.5

And if you are choosing Electlight products for training and racing, it would be really

2:08.4

important that you consider using precision hydration, first of all, because it's a fantastic

2:12.6

product that you can actually choose the type of strength that you need to match how you sweat,

2:18.9

but also then you, of course, help support the podcast indirectly.

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