Sports Check-Up

An athletic performance panel with 13 biomarkers spanning metabolic health, thyroid function, iron status, and key minerals. Includes complete blood count, lipid panel, fasting glucose, liver function, creatinine, vitamin D3, ferritin, magnesium, calcium, and TSH. Built for active individuals wanting to identify deficiencies that may be limiting performance or slowing recovery.

Athletic performance depends on a foundation of metabolic health that blood markers can objectively quantify. This panel addresses the areas most relevant to active individuals at any competitive level. Ferritin and the complete blood count assess iron status and oxygen-carrying capacity. Iron depletion is surprisingly common among endurance athletes, driven by exercise-induced losses through sweat, gastrointestinal microbleeding, and mechanical haemolysis. Even subclinical depletion with ferritin below optimal but haemoglobin still normal can measurably impair performance and delay recovery. Vitamin D3 influences muscle function, bone mineralisation, and immune resilience, with deficiency particularly prevalent among athletes training indoors or at northern latitudes. Magnesium and calcium support muscle contraction and nerve signalling, and magnesium losses through sweat can be significant during prolonged or intense exercise sessions. TSH screens for thyroid dysfunction, which can present as unexplained fatigue, poor recovery, or weight changes that might otherwise be attributed to overtraining. Liver function markers detect hepatic stress from supplements, medications, or heavy training loads. The lipid panel and fasting glucose provide a metabolic baseline. All results are typically available the same day from the Munich laboratory.