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#201 – Iñigo San-Millán, Ph.D. (Pt. 2): Deep dive back into Zone 2 | The Drive With Peter Attia • Podcast Notes

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Iñigo San-Millán returns to The Drive to take a deep dive into zone 2 training. He and Peter Attia breakdown metrics and levers of elite athletes, how to assess zone 2 threshold, training levels for optimal health, and touch on learnings gathered from studying the mitochondria of long COVID patients in the ICU.

Check out The Drive episode page Click here for Iñigo San-Millán’s first appearance on The Drive Key Takeaways Fat oxidation, carbohydrates, and lactate are connected – lactate is the byproduct of glucose utilization The capacity to transport lactate through high-intensity exercise is trainable Well-trained & elite athletes have an amazing ability to oxidize lactate in mitochondria – but everyone gets to a point where the effort can’t be sustained, the difference is how long it takes you to get there People with metabolic syndrome who are characterized by having poor mitochondrial function can

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