The aims of the present study were to investigate the impact of three whole blood donations on endurance capacity and hematological parameters and to determine the duration to fully recover initial endurance capacity and hematological parameters after each donation.
Meurrens, J., Steiner, T., Ponette, J., Janssen, H. A., Ramaekers, M., Wehrlin, J. P., Vandekerckhove, P., & Deldicque, L. (2016). Effect of Repeated Whole Blood Donations on Aerobic Capacity and Hemoglobin Mass in Moderately Trained Male Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sports medicine - open, 2(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-016-0067-7 (Original work published 2016)