blood drive

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        • Participant
          swift on December 16, 2005 at 6:15 am #11513

          hey im going to give blood at my school tomorrow, they said it was going to be a pint of it. how long should i wait b4 doing track practice again? i have no practice that day, but i plan on doing bench press the next day. is that ok? by the way, im 180lbs and 5'11'' if that helps.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on December 22, 2005 at 1:43 am #50391

          I've actually done a full practice only minutes after giving blood. I've had plenty of athletes do similar things. It will be largely an individual thing how it effects you but I don't think there's any reason you should MISS practice. Altering practice might be an option for the day of the drive but you shouldn't have to change anything the day after the blood drive.

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          trck400mrnnr on January 13, 2006 at 11:47 pm #50392

          I've practiced the day of and I didn't take any time off. You will most likely feel more tired more quickly though. Less blood obviously means less oxygen. I have herad it takes up to two weeks to reach normal blood supply again. Look at it this way…train hard through it, it will be like altitude training.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 14, 2006 at 9:50 am #50393

          I've heard the 2 weeks guideline but I would imagine that trained athletes would return to normal blood levels sooner. In any case donating blood will almost certainly have an effect on performance but when done at an appropriate time I don't think it's necessarily something to be too concerned about.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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