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Everything below lists exactly what is measured and why. Take that list to your doctor if you want a second opinion on whether you need all of it — a good one may say you do not.
The baseline panel: how your organs, blood, metabolism and thyroid are doing. This is the one to start with if you have never had bloods done.
The same baseline as the male panel, with iron looked at more closely and cycle-relevant hormones added.
The markers that respond to a training block: iron status, inflammation, muscle damage, hormones and energy availability.
Iron & oxygen transport
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Ferritin
Iron stores. The single most useful repeat test in endurance sport.
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Transferrin saturation
Distinguishes low stores from poor availability.
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Haemoglobin
Oxygen carriage.
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Reticulocytes
Whether you are making new red cells.
Inflammation & muscle
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hs-CRP
Low-grade inflammation. Also rises after hard training.
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Creatine kinase
Muscle damage. Very sensitive to recent sessions.
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AST
Rises with muscle damage as well as liver.
Hormones & energy availability
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Total testosterone
Falls with under-fuelling and overreach.
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Free testosterone
The fraction actually available.
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Morning cortisol
Stress load. Best drawn before 09:00.
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IGF-1
Tracks energy availability closely.
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Free T3
Drops first when energy availability is low.
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TSH
Thyroid context for the above.
Fuel & recovery
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Fasting glucose
Metabolic baseline.
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Magnesium
Muscle function and sleep.
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Vitamin D
Bone and muscle. Falls over a winter indoors.
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Sodium
Especially relevant for heavy sweaters.
These move with training, which is why they are worth repeating often. Draw at least 72 hours after a hard session — CK, hs-CRP and ferritin are all distorted by recent training, and a panel taken the morning after a long run tells you about the run, not about you.
A blood test that looks for DNA fragments shed by tumours, alongside established tumour markers.
This does not replace standard cancer screening. Colonoscopy, mammography, cervical screening and skin checks all detect cancers this misses, and you should keep to whatever schedule your doctor has set. A normal result here does not mean you do not have cancer, and an abnormal one usually turns out not to be cancer — either way it is the start of a conversation with a doctor, not an answer.
Add individual tests
For a specific question rather than a general look — tracking testosterone through a block, or checking Lp(a) once because it barely changes.
Hormones
Total testosterone
Recovery, drive, bone density.
Free testosterone
The bioavailable fraction.
SHBG
Binds testosterone. Needed to interpret the total.
Oestradiol
Bone health in both sexes.
DHEA-S
Adrenal output.
Morning cortisol
Stress load.
IGF-1
Energy availability and tissue repair.
Cardiovascular & longevity
Apolipoprotein B
A better predictor of risk than LDL alone.
Lipoprotein(a)
Largely genetic. Worth measuring once in a lifetime.
hs-CRP
Inflammation as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Homocysteine
Linked to vascular and cognitive risk.
NT-proBNP
Cardiac strain.
Metabolic
HbA1c
Three-month average blood sugar.
Fasting insulin
Insulin resistance, often years before glucose moves.
Uric acid
Gout risk, and a metabolic marker.
GGT
Liver, alcohol and oxidative stress.
Micronutrients
Vitamin D
Bone, immunity, muscle.
Vitamin B12
Commonly low on plant-based diets.
Folate
Works with B12.
Magnesium (RBC)
Cell magnesium, more useful than serum.
Zinc
Immunity and hormone production.
Omega-3 index
Membrane fatty acids. Responds to diet within months.
Thyroid
TSH
First-line thyroid test.
Free T4
The main circulating hormone.
Free T3
The active one. Falls with low energy availability.
TPO antibodies
Autoimmune thyroid disease.
AthletiQ does not diagnose and does not decide what you need. Panels are grouped by what the tests measure, not by what any condition would require — if you have symptoms or a diagnosis, your doctor should choose the tests.