Exercise - zone 2 training Archives - Peter Attia

#338 ‒ Peter’s takeaways on aerobic exercise and VO2 max, insulin resistance, rising healthcare costs, treating children with autism and ADHD, and strength training | Quarterly Podcast Summary #4

Peter Attia — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:15:00 +0000

“You need to tackle the foe [type 2 diabetes] by addressing more than one leg of the stool at a time.” —Peter Attia

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#331 ‒ Optimizing endurance performance: metrics, nutrition, lactate, and more insights from elite performers | Olav Aleksander Bu (Pt. 2)

Peter Attia — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 05:15:00 +0000

“Sometimes it makes it more universally easy to understand if we think of what kind of sport we do as a function of intensity and duration.” —Olav Aleksander Bu

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#324 ‒ Metabolism, energy balance, and aging: How diet, calorie restriction, and macronutrients influence longevity and metabolic health | Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:45:31 +0000

“I still believe that a nutritional approach to weight loss without physical activity or exercise prescribed is not a good strategy. We should implement both and try to have people enjoying the exercise.” —Eric Ravussin

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#318 ‒ Cycling phenom and Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar reveals his training strategies, on-bike nutrition, and future aspirations

Peter Attia — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:45:50 +0000

“You see all these three things—the speed, heart rate, and power. Then you see how you feel and which zone are you really in.” —Tadej Pogačar

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Is zone 5 training okay to do immediately following zone 2 training?

Peter Attia — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:42:39 +0000

This video clip is from #201 – Deep dive back into Zone 2 with Iñigo San-Millán, Ph.D., originally released on March 28, 2022. https://youtu.be/OT91-FDmX4o

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#311 ‒ Longevity 101: a foundational guide to Peter’s frameworks for longevity, and understanding CVD, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:45:32 +0000

“I would say three-quarters of the benefits you can get towards a longer life, come solely from pursuing better health.” —Peter Attia

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#307 ‒ Exercise for aging people: where to begin, and how to minimize risk while maximizing potential | Peter Attia, M.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:45:27 +0000

“The name of the game is play the game and stay in the game forever. And so we are really looking to minimize injury here and we're looking to minimize burnout.” —Peter Attia

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#306 – AMA #60: preventing cognitive decline, nutrition myths, lowering blood glucose, apoB, and blood pressure, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:45:49 +0000

“Metabolic health, first and foremost, is the goal of nutrition.” —Peter Attia

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#305 ‒ Heart rate variability: how to measure, interpret, and utilize HRV for training and health optimization | Joel Jamieson

Peter Attia — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:45:33 +0000

“The older you get… you have to be much more acutely aware of what your body can and can't do. And that's part of what HRV can help you understand.” —Joel Jamieson

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#304 – NEW: Introducing quarterly podcast summaries – Peter shares his biggest takeaways on muscle protein synthesis, VO2 max, toe strength, gut health, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:45:16 +0000

“Getting a high VO2 max and being very strong are very hard to do. They take a long time. Everybody can do them, but they can't be done quickly and easily, so therefore, they are the tip of the spear.” —Peter Attia

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#294 ‒ Peak athletic performance: How to measure it and how to train for it from the coach of the most elite athletes on earth | Olav Aleksander Bu

Peter Attia — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:45:37 +0000

Olav Aleksander Bu is an internationally renowned sports scientist acclaimed for his coaching prowess with elite athletes spanning a diverse range of sports disciplines. In this episode, Olav delves deep into the intricacies of VO2 max and its profound impact on performance. They explore the relationship between VO2 max and ATP production, energy efficiency, and…

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#293 – AMA #57: High-intensity interval training: benefits, risks, protocols, and impact on longevity

Peter Attia — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:45:45 +0000

“You want to broaden your portfolio of training.” —Peter Attia

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#292 ‒ Rucking: benefits, gear, FAQs, and the journey from Special Forces to founding GORUCK | Jason McCarthy

Peter Attia — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:45:47 +0000

“There's so much benefit that comes from your ability to move yourself and to carry weight, and you are built and born and have evolved in order to do this.” —Jason McCarthy

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#285 – AMA #55: Exercise: longevity-focused training, goal setting, improving deficiencies, managing emotional stress, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:45:54 +0000

“Nothing comes close to having a greater impact on the length and quality of your life than your training. And unfortunately, we can't put it in a pill. You’ve got to be able to do it. There's no biohack for it.” —Peter Attia

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#276 ‒ Special episode: Peter answers questions on longevity, supplements, protein, fasting, apoB, statins, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:45:56 +0000

“One of the most important things to understand when you are using some sort of intervention is, do you have a biomarker to know if you're doing it correctly?” —Peter Attia

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#271 – AMA #51: Understanding and improving your metabolic health

Peter Attia — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:45:10 +0000

“Zone 2 output is arguably the most important functional test we have of metabolic health.” —Peter Attia

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#262 – AMA #49: Heart rate recovery, strength training, rucking, kidney function, and brain health

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:45:41 +0000

“[Heart rate recovery] is one of the metrics that we should care about just as we care about VO2 max and just as we care about resting heart rate.” —Peter Attia

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#261 ‒ Training for The Centenarian Decathlon: zone 2, VO2 max, stability, and strength | Peter Attia, M.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:45:29 +0000

“I would never want anybody to come away from this thinking, ‘I'm too old to do anything about it.’ I think as long as you're breathing, you have a chance to do something about it.” —Peter Attia

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#252 ‒ Latest insights on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, exercise, nutrition, and fasting | Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 01 May 2023 08:45:03 +0000

“My perspective has shifted as any scientist that's following data should… When new data comes out, you have to reassess things.” —Rhonda Patrick

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#251 – AMA #46: Optimizing brain health: Alzheimer’s disease risk factors, APOE, prevention strategies, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:45:56 +0000

“The bottom line here is the earlier you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the higher your risk of dementia.” —Peter Attia

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#242 – AMA #44: Peter’s historical changes in body composition with his evolving dietary, fasting, and training protocols

Peter Attia — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:45:21 +0000

“Trends matter. You're treating what you see, but you're mindful of the trends.” —Peter Attia

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#239 ‒ The science of strength, muscle, and training for longevity | Andy Galpin, Ph.D. (PART I)

Peter Attia — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:45:35 +0000

“The atrophy of fast-twitch fibers is almost exclusively the problem with aging and muscle.” —Andy Galpin

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#231 – AMA #41: Medicine 3.0, developments in the field of aging, healthy habits in times of stress, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:45:03 +0000

“We have reached the limits of medicine 2.0 capacity, and if longevity is something we are aspiring for, we need a new strategy.” —Peter Attia

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#223 – AMA #39: The Centenarian Decathlon, zone 2, VO2 max, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:45:58 +0000

“Time, intensity, and specificity are going to be necessary components to give you the optionality to be able to be as physically active as possible when you're in the final decade of your life.” —Peter Attia

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