Power Red Blood Donation

[Dakota]

I chose to do a Power Red Donation for no other reason than there was no appointment available for standard donation for the time I had available. I liked the idea of really reducing RBC because I seem to produce a lot of them even at mild or HRT levels.

I am not sure I would recommend it. I donated on Wednesday and didn't train again until Saturday. Wow, what a plunge in recovery between sets! My first sets were pretty normal but 2nd, 3rd and 4th sets were seriously reduced reps. I had a tough time between movements too. I took an extra 30 minutes to do my work out and I still don't feel that I got out of it what I normally would. I took yesterday off and will hit it again tonight. I will post and update on improvement or lack thereof.

 

[Magnesium]

double red cell reduction is no joke. Any idea what your hct is now?

 

[Dakota]

double red cell reduction is no joke. Any idea what your hct is now?

No clue post donation. I have had the nurse say "that's not possible" and call the doctor pre-donation once many years ago though. I guess it was a little on the high side. Dbol will do that to me.

 

[Dawgpound_Hank]

If power red blood means double red blood, then yes I had it done last time. My hemoglobin was 19.1 - pretty friggin' high. I hadn't donated blood in a long time, so my bad. But yeah I had it done, and honestly didn't skip a beat or notice any sides - I was in the gym the next day killing it. They said giving double should knock it down 3-4 points.

 

[Moto Ace]

I do power reds every time, never had an issue