Peter Attia· MD
but that's just about much more impressive that they can do so much needs to change even slowly but since I retired in 2010 and being so obsessed with like looking back on my career and wondering how different I would have done it now versus then and just understanding how the human body works and all the different efficiencies that or deficiencies or overtraining and recovery and there was so much I think specifically for short-track speedskating because we were so predominantly dominated by the Korean culture and skating they never used sport science they did everything by eye very old-school right they were just technically the most proficient or the most beautiful biomechanics were and if you did study their training and you did study the way that they skated it all made sense but they again they didn't you they didn't have a sports science team they're measuring lactate when I went to my first Olympic Games in 2002 like the rumor to the Korean team was that I had like some unknown military NASA grade technology that I was using because I couldn't figure it out right because I didn't skate that Oh to Salt Lake City Salt Lake City okay yeah post 9/11 it was incredible experience it was incredible being 19 years old your first medal was it a gold or a silver my first medal was a silver was it the thousand it was a thousand meters oh my god watches that's the funniest race of them all I didn't know that was your first that was my metal race Olympic final can we talk about how funny the race isn't funny but the video we're gonna link to is exceptional right it's perfect it's actually perfect I'm so happy that I can laugh about it now I feel like so honored that I could have shown you that video you hadn't seen that now see how I showed it to you know so so perfect and so main level you know it's like it's what you're watching your face watch it for the first time I can't believe I couldn't have had that on film I think there was just genuine like joy like you couldn't stop laughing at that yeah which is I'm sure that would have not been that funny at the time so let's tell people about that race right so you're pretty favored going into this race it's you there's a Chinese later yeah to give you context I was in the cover of Sports Illustrated and I think that they were the article was about this is February of the game it's pretty amazing to put a speed skater on the cover of Sports Illustrated like a paul has the chance to win four medals four golds going these games and everyone in short track speed skating like that's not gonna happen no one's that dominant our sports too volatile and variable and it's just impossible yeah which is true right I mean yes is it so much heart not to take anything away from long track but in long track you only have to worry about yourself right it's you right against a clock as you said in short track anything can go wrong yeah almost without exception seems to go wrong it always goes wrong yeah whatever plan you had never goes exact my favorite Mike Tyson line right I don't know Tyson actually said it but it's like everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face it's exactly what happens - yeah everyone's technique is beautiful until you start to get tired yeah or until some guy jumps right in front of you and like grabs you or pushes you or you get bumped or someone time trials it from the start now you're a whole plan for the beginning is completely out the door wasn't you know prepared for that so here we are a thousand meters I'm in the final I've got one of the best Canadian skaters Matsu turcotte I've got a Chinese legend Li Xiaojun I've got this young kid on him soo who's 16 years old he looks like Harry Potter with glasses literally that's our nickname as Harry Potter who skates so technically beautiful that I'll get back to that later but first to talking about it and then we've got Steven Bradbury the Australia is the Australian and by the way Estella's after so the race begins I have my strap Bradbury had called you before right didn't Bradbury have some grabs he was mean to me two days before the semi-final and he says amen hey mate the time Steven Bradbury was working for the skate manufacturer that made my skates in I think