AMA #79: A guide to cardiorespiratory training at any fitness level to improve healthspan, lifespan, and long-term independence

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[upbeat music] Hey, everyone. Welcome to a sneak peek Ask Me Anything, or AMA, episode of the Drive podcast. I'm your host, Peter Attia. At the end of this short episode, I'll explain how you can access the AMA episodes in full, along with a ton of other membership benefits we've created. Or you can learn more now by going to peterattiamd.com/subscribe. So without further delay, here's today's sneak peek of the Ask Me Anything episode. [upbeat music] Welcome to Ask Me Anything, AMA Episode seventy-nine. In today's AMA, we take a comprehensive look at cardiorespiratory fitness, one of the most common topics we get questions about, and of course, an area that is central to not only lifespan, but also healthspan. Now, look, we've done a lot of content on this topic, but we wanted to put together an episode that brought it all together in one place, and as always, to include any of my updated thoughts, something which of course, I'm constantly updating my thinking on topics and hopefully sharpening it. So the goal of this episode is to provide a practical guide that allows you to structure your training in a way that meaningfully impacts your health, your functional capacity, and maintains independence as you age. We'll discuss why cardiorespiratory fitness is one of the strongest modifiable predictors of healthspan and lifespan, what zone two training actually represents [chuckles] and why it's different from higher intensity work, and there seems to be still some