#63 - AMA #7: Exercise framework, deadlifting, lower back pain, blood pressure, nootropics, CGM, and more

The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia, MD

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Fitness

4.7 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter answers a wide range of questions from subscribers. Bob Kaplan, Peter’s head of research, asks the questions. If you’re not a subscriber and listening on a podcast player, you’ll only be able to hear a preview of the AMA.

If you’re a subscriber, you can now listen to this full episode on your private RSS feed. You can also watch (or listen) to this full episode on our website at the AMA #7 show notes page.

Questions continue to be pulled from the AMA section on the website, and any subscriber is welcome to submit questions for future AMAs.

We discuss:

What can I do to prevent/reduce interruptions in sleep due to needing to get up to urinate at night? [3:00];
Peter’s note card system for organizing his to-do lists [7:15];
How do I get smarter at reading/understanding the studies (or the media's interpretation of them) that get the headlines on health and/or disease? [11:15];
How can I obtain a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) as a non-diabetic individual? [11:55];
What is the most effective way to bring blood pressure down? [15:00];
Does Peter use any nootropics? [28:10];
Peter’s thoughts pertaining to concussions and head trauma [33:00];
Does Peter structure his exercise plan for lifespan or healthspan? [36:45];
How did Peter rebuild his lower back strength after his devastating injury during med school? [38:15];
Peter’s approach to deadlifting with a bad lower back [43:25];
Did Peter cave and buy a dog? [51:50]; and
More.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Peter Atia Drive. I'm your host, Peter Atia.
0:10.0	The drive is a result of my hunger for optimizing performance, health, longevity, critical thinking,
0:15.7	along with a few other obsessions along the way. I've spent the last several years working
0:19.6	with some of the most successful top performing individuals in the world, and this podcast
0:23.8	is my attempt to synthesize what I've learned along the way to help you live a higher quality
0:28.3	and more fulfilling life. If you enjoy this podcast, you can find more information on today's
0:32.5	episode and other topics at peteratiamd.com.
0:41.8	Welcome to AMA number seven. I am again joined by my right hand man, Bob Kaplan. This episode
0:50.0	is dubbed the Two Minute Drill, even though none of the questions were answered within two minutes.
0:55.1	I sort of tried. In this episode, we'll discuss how not to wake up in the middle of the night to
1:00.4	use the bathroom. I go over my note card system to keep organized, including a list of dumb things I
1:06.1	like to do, which was initially codified by Tim Ferris. How to understand scientific studies that
1:12.0	come out. How to obtain a CGM without a prescription. Conversations around blood pressure, no tropics,
1:19.1	concussions, and CTE. My current exercise routine and how it can focus on health span and lifespan.
1:27.0	My history with back issues and my current deadlifting routine. And lastly, we end with an update
1:33.7	on if the atias got a dog. As a reminder, AMAs are for subscribers only. If you're not a subscriber,
1:41.4	you'll only be able to hear a preview of the AMA here. If you are a subscriber and hearing this,
1:46.0	it means you have yet to download our members only podcast feed. With this member's only feed,
1:51.4	you'll be able to subscribe to the drive in your podcast player to get every episode of the drive
1:56.2	without the subscriber call out, plus full episodes of the AMA podcast directly, along with other
2:01.8	exclusive content. You can learn more about it at peteratiamd.com forward slash members. To become
2:08.2	a subscriber to have access to the members only podcast feed, as well as other benefits such as
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