Dr. Peter Attia

Now, how do I go from not being able to get to my knees to palms on the floor in 40 minutes with three days of horrible back pain? The difference is when my back was hurting, my body was not going to let me go down. The body was saying, no way, your back, I'm protecting you because you are not stable. You're not gonna go any further.

Now, how do I go from not being able to get to my knees to palms on the floor in 40 minutes with three days of horrible back pain? The difference is when my back was hurting, my body was not going to let me go down. The body was saying, no way, your back, I'm protecting you because you are not stable. You're not gonna go any further.

And what we went through with this exercise and a series of exercises was basically, I mean, I'm oversimplifying this and sort of anthropomorphizing it, but letting my brain know it's okay, you're stable, you're stable, you're stable. The back is safe, the back is safe, let him go. And then, ah, I'm palms on the floor. So I love testing this.

And what we went through with this exercise and a series of exercises was basically, I mean, I'm oversimplifying this and sort of anthropomorphizing it, but letting my brain know it's okay, you're stable, you're stable, you're stable. The back is safe, the back is safe, let him go. And then, ah, I'm palms on the floor. So I love testing this.

Sometimes I'll just wake up in the morning and do five minutes of breathing exercises when I'm stiff as a board and just get into a position on the floor.

Sometimes I'll just wake up in the morning and do five minutes of breathing exercises when I'm stiff as a board and just get into a position on the floor.

Because that's really how – the breathing is how I kind of create this cylinder in my abdomen to sort of push the floor of the cylinder down as the pelvic wall. The diaphragm is the cylinder top. And then the entirety of my abdomen is the wall of the cylinder. And so I kind of go through these exercises every single day, usually on my back, actually. That's kind of like part of my warmup.

Because that's really how – the breathing is how I kind of create this cylinder in my abdomen to sort of push the floor of the cylinder down as the pelvic wall. The diaphragm is the cylinder top. And then the entirety of my abdomen is the wall of the cylinder. And so I kind of go through these exercises every single day, usually on my back, actually. That's kind of like part of my warmup.

And it's just a way to kind of ground myself around creating concentric pressure in the abdomen.

And it's just a way to kind of ground myself around creating concentric pressure in the abdomen.

So on Monday, Monday is pure lower body. Okay. And Wednesday is arms and shoulders. And Friday is chest and back. Okay. Super simple. Like nothing, no rocket science. An hour? I mean, it's like an hour and a half of lifting plus maybe 20 minutes of the warm-up stuff. So on the chest and back day, how many chest exercises are you doing?

So on Monday, Monday is pure lower body. Okay. And Wednesday is arms and shoulders. And Friday is chest and back. Okay. Super simple. Like nothing, no rocket science. An hour? I mean, it's like an hour and a half of lifting plus maybe 20 minutes of the warm-up stuff. So on the chest and back day, how many chest exercises are you doing?

Yeah. Okay. And I'm just super setting them. And I'm going to do maybe five sets of each, so five working sets. So there's a lot of warm-up in there too. And I'll also do some other stuff like some med ball slams or things like that as well. Okay.

Yeah. Okay. And I'm just super setting them. And I'm going to do maybe five sets of each, so five working sets. So there's a lot of warm-up in there too. And I'll also do some other stuff like some med ball slams or things like that as well. Okay.

I don't know. I mean, I think it's a very net positive thing, though. I mean, I do think that there's more and more people that are taking up things like rucking and running and, you know, finding camaraderie in these things. The only thing I hope is that people are doing it in a manner that's sustainable and safe and allows them to do it indefinitely.

I don't know. I mean, I think it's a very net positive thing, though. I mean, I do think that there's more and more people that are taking up things like rucking and running and, you know, finding camaraderie in these things. The only thing I hope is that people are doing it in a manner that's sustainable and safe and allows them to do it indefinitely.

So, you know, I'm always hopeful that whatever thing that people are doing, they're not injuring themselves because, again, rule number one is don't get injured. The name of the game is to play the game as long as possible.

So, you know, I'm always hopeful that whatever thing that people are doing, they're not injuring themselves because, again, rule number one is don't get injured. The name of the game is to play the game as long as possible.

I think most people will be familiar with the idea that we are obligate anaerobes, which in English means we cannot survive without oxygen. Okay. So why is that? So oxygen is absolutely essential to catalyze the chemical reaction that turns food into a currency for energy called ATP. So everybody's probably heard of ATP. ATP is the money, the currency of energy in our body.

I think most people will be familiar with the idea that we are obligate anaerobes, which in English means we cannot survive without oxygen. Okay. So why is that? So oxygen is absolutely essential to catalyze the chemical reaction that turns food into a currency for energy called ATP. So everybody's probably heard of ATP. ATP is the money, the currency of energy in our body.