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Peter Attia
Physician, author and host of The Drive podcast
7 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Peter Attia deadlift
Peter Attia's recorded deadlift is 500 lb. Source date: 2014-12-18. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at tim.blog gives this mark. Source type: interview.
Compare your deadlift with Peter Attia
High-school powerlifting, recalled in The Tim Ferriss Show episode 50 · Recalled high-school powerlifting strength
Source quote and limits
“at a weight of 160 I could deadlift 500 pounds”
Date is episode publication at tim.blog/2014/12/18/peter-attia/. The feat year is not stated. Attia recalls his strongest school-era lifts at 160 lb bodyweight. No meet or equipment details are given.
2019
- Deadlift105 lb
Quote and details
“she had me starting at 105 pounds”
2014
- Deadlift500 lb
Quote and details
“at a weight of 160 I could deadlift 500 pounds”
Peter Attia Squat (bar position unstated)
Peter Attia's recorded Squat (bar position unstated) is 425 lb. Source date: 2014-12-18. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at tim.blog gives this mark. Source type: interview.
High-school powerlifting, recalled in The Tim Ferriss Show episode 50 · Recalled high-school powerlifting strength
Source quote and limits
“squat 425.”
Date is episode publication at tim.blog/2014/12/18/peter-attia/. The feat year is not stated. Attia recalls his strongest school-era lifts at 160 lb bodyweight. No meet or equipment details are given. The squat position is not named; it is kept separate from back and front squats. Pounds apply to the paired lift statement.
2014
- Squat (bar position unstated)425 lb
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“squat 425.”
Peter Attia Catalina Channel swim (mainland to island)
Peter Attia's recorded Catalina Channel swim (mainland to island) is 14:08:08. Performance date: 2009-09-08. Age at the time: 36. The effort is unknown. The source at swimcatalina.org gives this mark. Source type: official result.
Catalina Channel solo swim · Solo open-water crossing; monitored by the federation
Source quote and limits
“14:08:08”
Official result gives September 8 and MC direction. The federation history PDF pages 115-116 says he started on September 7 and finished on September 8. Attia confirms the 2009 crossing and prior 2005 swim in peterattiamd.com/move-defines-live-part-ii/. This is a solo crossing; no race effort is inferred.
2009
- Catalina Channel swim (mainland to island)14:08:08
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“14:08:08”
Peter Attia Catalina Channel solo swim (mainland to Catalina)
Peter Attia's recorded Catalina Channel solo swim (mainland to Catalina) is 14:08:08. Performance date: 2009-09-08. Age at the time: 36. The effort is unknown. The source at swimcatalina.org gives this mark. Source type: official result.
Catalina Channel solo crossing
Source quote and limits
“14:08:08”
Federation table gives the date, direction and elapsed time. Identity is linked by Attia’s first-person account at https://peterattiamd.com/move-defines-live-part-ii/ and his 2009 date account at https://peterattiamd.com/success-versus-failure-stark-juxtaposition/. CM means Catalina to mainland; MC is the return direction. These are separate solo crossings.
2009
- Catalina Channel solo swim (mainland to Catalina)14:08:08
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“14:08:08”
Peter Attia Catalina Channel swim (island to mainland)
Peter Attia's recorded Catalina Channel swim (island to mainland) is 10:34:51. Performance date: 2005-10-11. Age at the time: 32. The effort is unknown. The source at swimcatalina.org gives this mark. Source type: official result.
Catalina Channel solo swim · Solo open-water crossing; monitored by the federation
Source quote and limits
“10:34:51”
Official result gives the date and CM direction. The federation history PDF page 89 confirms the time and route. Identity is matched to the physician by Stanford Magazine, Surgeon Swims Catalina Channel (Jan/Feb 2006), which gives the same October 11 crossing and medical career. This is a solo crossing; no race effort is inferred.
2005
- Catalina Channel swim (island to mainland)10:34:51
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“10:34:51”
Peter Attia Catalina Channel solo swim (Catalina to mainland)
Peter Attia's recorded Catalina Channel solo swim (Catalina to mainland) is 10:34:51. Performance date: 2005-10-11. Age at the time: 32. The effort is unknown. The source at swimcatalina.org gives this mark. Source type: official result.
Catalina Channel solo crossing
Source quote and limits
“10:34:51”
Federation table gives the date, direction and elapsed time. Identity is linked by Attia’s first-person account at https://peterattiamd.com/move-defines-live-part-ii/ and his 2009 date account at https://peterattiamd.com/success-versus-failure-stark-juxtaposition/. CM means Catalina to mainland; MC is the return direction. These are separate solo crossings.
2005
- Catalina Channel solo swim (Catalina to mainland)10:34:51
Quote and details
“10:34:51”
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.