Does muscle mass affect lifespan? - 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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#336 – AMA #68: Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:15:00 +0000

“It's the calorie restriction that provides the greatest benefit. How you go about achieving it is really a function of your style.” —Peter Attia

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#335 ‒ The science of resistance training, building muscle, and anabolic steroid use in bodybuilding | Mike Israetel, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 04:15:00 +0000

“Probably the biggest return on investment the average person can make is to train for roughly half an hour two times a week, Monday and Thursday.” —Mike Israetel

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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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#329 ‒ Special AMA: Peter on exercise, important labs, building good habits, promising longevity research, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

In this special episode of The Drive, Peter tackles a wide range of listener questions submitted over the past year. The discussion spans essential topics such as exercise—covering grip strength, traveling workouts, and why Peter doesn’t consider exercise an ideal weight-loss strategy—and the top biomarkers everyone should track. He also explores promising new longevity research,…

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#322 – Bone health for life: building strong bones, preventing age-related loss, and reversing osteoporosis with evidence-based exercise | Belinda Beck, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:45:51 +0000

“Bone is a ‘use it or lose it’ tissue.” —Belinda Beck

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Research Worth Sharing, October 2024 Edition

Peter Attia — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:00:29 +0000

Using biofeedback to reach weight loss goals, preventing falls with exercise, the impact of social support on stress eating, and an atlas of data on changes related to muscle aging

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#313 – AMA #62: Protein’s impact on appetite and weight management, and uric acid’s link to disease and how to manage levels

Peter Attia — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:45:11 +0000

"The body responds in pretty significant ways to alterations in protein availability.” —Peter Attia

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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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My recent lesson in overtraining – and in the power of seeing first-hand the impacts of positive health changes

Peter Attia — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:00:04 +0000

Most of us have some vices when it comes to optimizing our health and performance, even when we know the potential harm. A recent eye-opening workout might finally help me fix one of mine.

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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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#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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With exercise, results matter more than “time served”

Peter Attia — Sat, 04 May 2024 11:00:17 +0000

How much time should a person spend exercising? However long it takes to see meaningful improvements in VO₂ max and strength

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#299 ‒ Optimizing muscle protein synthesis: the crucial impact of protein quality and quantity, and the key role of resistance training | Luc van Loon, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:45:32 +0000

"It's the exercise that makes you respond way more to the same or less amount of protein that you ingest.” —Luc van Loon

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Resistance training partially reverses some of the hallmarks of aging type II muscle fibers

Peter Attia — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:00:05 +0000

Age-related muscle declines are not as inevitable as you might think.

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#296 ‒ Foot health: preventing and treating common injuries, enhancing strength and mobility, picking footwear, and more | Courtney Conley, D.C.

Peter Attia — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:45:00 +0000

“Toe weakness is the single biggest predictor of falls when we age.” —Courtney Conley

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Optimizing protein quantity, distribution, and quality

Peter Attia — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Maximizing muscle protein synthesis is more than a matter of daily protein intake. How we distribute protein throughout the day matters, as does protein quality.

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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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Does low iron intake change exercise capacity?

Peter Attia — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:00:45 +0000

A study demonstrates metabolic shifts that occur with and without sufficient iron levels

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You’re never too old to start exercising – just ask a 93-year-old rowing champion

Peter Attia — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:00:28 +0000

Geroscience researchers report an astounding case study of a nonagenarian with the physical fitness of a 40-year-old

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#287 ‒ Lower back pain: causes, treatment, and prevention of lower back injuries and pain | Stuart McGill, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:45:38 +0000

“All I did was learn from the best weightlifters in the world, people who know how to move load, learn what the efficiency was and turn it into a hack to change a person's life.” —Stuart McGill

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New insights on maximizing protein utilization for muscle protein synthesis

Peter Attia — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:00:04 +0000

A new study adds nuance – rather than contradictions – to conventional wisdom on protein intake patterns for maximal anabolic response

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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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Research Worth Sharing, December 2023 Edition

Peter Attia — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:00:54 +0000

MDMA for PTSD, the HALL aging database, peanut immunotherapy, blood pressure cuff sizes and accuracy, and the effects of swearing on strength

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