Welcome to the sixth episode of Shadow Talk, the podcast hosted by six-time Mr. Olympia winner and founder of nutrition and supplement specialists DY Nutrition, Dorian Yates.

Shadow Talk is an insightful podcast series that aims to answer the question: How can you be a better version of yourself?

Dorian welcomes guests from across the world, to not only talk about fitness and health, but how to mentally and spiritually improve oneself. Hosting guests from not only his competitive bodybuilding past, but also from his own journey to self improvement, Dorian asks the questions that will allow you, the audience, to take away valuable and practice lessons you can apply to your own journey.

Dorian’s guest for this episode is the popular author, physician, researcher Peter Attia MD, founder of Early Medical.

A hugely successful name in the industry, a Stanford/John Hopkins/NIH-trained physician, Peter founded Early Medical which is a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the objective of lengthening their lifespan in unison with improving their health.

In the digital world, Peter also hosts his own podcast ‘The Drive’ and has over 735,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel where he speaks to guests such as, Andrew Huberman, Chris Hemsworth, Don Layman and more.

In addition to this, he has appeared on a number of podcasts over the years, so we’re delighted to welcome him onto Shadow Talk with Dorian Yates for this episode.

Peter’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PeterAttiaMD

Peter’s website: https://peterattiamd.com/

Check out Peter’s book ‘Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity’, which is a groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health. Available here: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/

​​To find out more about DY Nutrition visit https://dynutrition.co.uk (the UK) or https://dynutrition.com (Europe).

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - DY Nutrition’s commitment to providing high-quality products

00:02:08 - Introduction

00:03:00 - Peter’s introduction to fitness magazines

00:05:05 - Peter’s medical background

00:10:00 - Most protective aspect

00:13:01 - Athletes and health overall

00:14:40 - Training for specificity

00:17:00 - Training for functional age/lifespan

00:19:00 - Needing medicine 2.0 when people age

00:20:20 - Importance of studying nutrition

00:22:30 - Medicine 2.0 and Medicine 3.0 working together

00:24:05 - Dorian’s tricep injury and the1997 Olympia

00:31:30 - The greatest bodybuilder to not win the Mr.Olympia

00:33:05 - How bodybuilding industry has changed

00:33:33 - Dorian meeting Mike Mentzer

00:34:20 - High-intensity training and going against the training norm

00:35:30 - High-intensity training and brief training

00:37:50 - Can everyone do high-intensity training?

00:41:30 - Importance of recovery

00:43:25 - How dorian changed the game

00:46:10 - How Olympia physiques have changed since 70s

00:47:30 - Dorian’s leg training

00:50:30 - Importance of stresses for mind and body

00:51:45 - Cardio exercise

00:59:45 - Health benefits of exercise

01:02:50 - Bodybuilding and nutrition

01:07:30 - How to age better with nutrition

01:11:00 - Benefits of creatine for cognitive function

01:12:02- Energy balance in nutrition

01:15:20 - Intermittent fasting

01:15:50 - Losing fat vs losing weight

01:17:00 - Diet types