Centenarian Decathlon Archives - Peter Attia https://peterattiamd.com/category/exercise/centenarian-decathlon/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:30:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://peterattiamd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-apple-icon-32x32.png Centenarian Decathlon Archives - Peter Attia https://peterattiamd.com/category/exercise/centenarian-decathlon/ 32 32 #336 – AMA #68: Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more https://peterattiamd.com/ama68/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:15:00 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=32335 “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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]]> #329 ‒ Special AMA: Peter on exercise, important labs, building good habits, promising longevity research, and more https://peterattiamd.com/specialama/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=31196 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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]]> #311 ‒ Longevity 101: a foundational guide to Peter’s frameworks for longevity, and understanding CVD, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and more https://peterattiamd.com/longevity101/ https://peterattiamd.com/longevity101/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:45:32 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=25544 “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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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/longevity101/feed/ 7 #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. https://peterattiamd.com/lucvanloon/ https://peterattiamd.com/lucvanloon/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:45:32 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=24954 "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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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/lucvanloon/feed/ 12 #261 ‒ Training for The Centenarian Decathlon: zone 2, VO2 max, stability, and strength | Peter Attia, M.D. https://peterattiamd.com/training-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/ https://peterattiamd.com/training-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:45:29 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=21065 “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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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/training-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/feed/ 6 #239 ‒ The science of strength, muscle, and training for longevity | Andy Galpin, Ph.D. (PART I) https://peterattiamd.com/andygalpin/ https://peterattiamd.com/andygalpin/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:45:35 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=20181 “The atrophy of fast-twitch fibers is almost exclusively the problem with aging and muscle.” —Andy Galpin

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/andygalpin/feed/ 6 #223 – AMA #39: The Centenarian Decathlon, zone 2, VO2 max, and more https://peterattiamd.com/ama39/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama39/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:45:58 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=18806 “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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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ama39/feed/ 11 #217 ‒ Exercise, VO2 max, and longevity | Mike Joyner, M.D. https://peterattiamd.com/mikejoyner/ https://peterattiamd.com/mikejoyner/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:45:19 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=18563 “The idea is to live a long time and then die quickly with minimal disability." —Mike Joyner

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/mikejoyner/feed/ 6 How does VO2 max correlate with longevity? https://peterattiamd.com/how-does-vo2-max-correlate-with-longevity/ Tue, 17 May 2022 14:00:18 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=18057 This video clip is from episode #176 – AMA #27: The importance of muscle mass, strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity, originally released on September 20, 2021. If you’re a subscriber, you can listen to this full episode on your private RSS feed or on our website at the AMA #27 show notes page. If you are…

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]]> #206 – Exercising for longevity: strength, stability, zone 2, zone 5, and more https://peterattiamd.com/exercising-for-longevity/ https://peterattiamd.com/exercising-for-longevity/#comments Mon, 09 May 2022 08:45:21 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=17953 “We can do zone 2 our entire lives; we can do it safely, and it just yields enormous dividends.” —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/exercising-for-longevity/feed/ 29 #202 – Peter on nutrition, disease prevention, sleep, and more — looking back on the last 100 episodes https://peterattiamd.com/strong-convictions-loosely-held-2/ https://peterattiamd.com/strong-convictions-loosely-held-2/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:45:15 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=17659 “I really think that in 10 years we're going to basically be using designer-based immunotherapies to eradicate most solid organ metastatic cancers.” —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/strong-convictions-loosely-held-2/feed/ 12 How to Train for the Centenarian Decathlon™ https://peterattiamd.com/how-to-train-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/ https://peterattiamd.com/how-to-train-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:07:02 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=16602 This clip is from “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode #05, originally released on April 22, 2019.

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/how-to-train-for-the-centenarian-decathlon/feed/ 4 #176 – AMA #27: The importance of muscle mass, strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity https://peterattiamd.com/ama27/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama27/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:45:06 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=16131 "If you have the aspiration of kicking ass when you're 85, you can't afford to be average when you're 50." —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ama27/feed/ 17 #108 – AMA #13: 3-day fasting, exogenous ketones, autophagy, and exercise for longevity https://peterattiamd.com/ama13/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama13/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:45:30 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=12383 “I think once people enter that seventh and eighth decade, if they haven't done a lot of consistent preparatory work in the decades prior, it's alarming how quickly things go south.” —Peter Attia

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