Muscle Expert Podcast | Ben Pakulski Interviews | How To Build Muscle & Dominate Life

On the podcast today is one of the most knowledgeable human beings on the planet in the field of performance-enhancing substances, SARMs (specific androgen receptor modulators), and bio-regulatory and repairing peptides. Full Show Notes Here:  http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/jeanfrancois/ Our guest, Jean Francois Tremblay from UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) talks with Ben about the use of peptides, SARMS, Myostatin inhibitors and their practical applications in sports performance, anti-aging and health in general. Connect On Facebook  Connect on Instagram  @themuscleexperts About Jean Francois Tremblay Jean-François Tremblay studied Exercise Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacy. He is now, a student and researcher at UQAM. He has been researching (in theory and in practice) peptides and sarms since the 90s and will soon be making it his main research subject in the coming months. He will present  a theoretical basis on what they are and their practical applications in sports performance, anti-

What is holding you back from living the most epic life you could ever imagine?  Today our guest shares the skills needed to bridge the gap between where you are now and the life you want to create for yourself. Steve Sims author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen and CEO of Bluefish, a worldwide members only, concierge service discusses with Ben his most wild stories and life lessons learned from pulling off what most people would think are simply impossible requests from his clients. Steve and Ben discuss: How to set outrageous goals and accomplish them. The art of getting what you want out of any situation. The mental strategies to never accept failure in life. Steve has a unique skill set and is a master at being able to connect with any human, in any situation and one of the most interesting humans on the planet and this episode doesn't disappoint! Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/stevedsims Facebook Page: The Muscle Expert Podcast Instagram Page: @themuscleexperts GIVEAWAY! Leave a review

Joining Ben today is Dr. Jeremy Loenneke, assistant professor of Health, Exercise Science & Recreation Management  at The University of Mississippi. Ben and Jeremy dive deep on blood flow restriction training, the most common myths of strength and hypertrophy training and how pro athletes will be training in the near future. Bio “Jeremy’s research focuses on skeletal muscle adaptations to exercise in combination with blood flow restriction. His recent work has answered several important methodological and safety questions with respect to applying blood flow restriction. Dr. Loenneke is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Physiological Society. He also serves as a peer reviewer for several journals including Sports Medicine, AGE, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and the Journal of Applied Physiology.”   Full show notes at: http://bit.ly/2CIl9XQ Key Highlights ⇾ The truth behind the mechanisms of hypertrophy, what you don’t know.  ⇾  Is periodization better than

  Today, the creator of the top-ranked podcast, Renegade Radio, world-renowned strength & conditioning specialist and all around badass, Jason Ferruggia joins Ben on the podcast. Jason and Ben discuss everything from morning routines, how to become a more decisive man,  and to doing improv and standup comedy.  About Jason Ferruggia Jason Ferruggia, has trained and worked with over 700 athletes ranging from the NCAA, NFL, MLB, AND NHL. In addition, Jason has trained firefighters, police officers, military personnel and world-famous Hollywood entertainers. His podcast, Renegade Radio constantly maintains a top spot in Apple Podcasts and has over 600 5-Star reviews in Apple Podcasts.  If you want more experts like Jay? Tell us on Instagram and Facebook!   Subscribe to iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher Radio! Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here   "Indecisiveness breeds distrust." - Jason Ferruggia    Key Highlights ⇾ Why so many people lack the ability t

  EPISODE EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT ON RESTORE4LIFE! Use code MUSCLE1KS until Dec 29, 2017, for a 20% discount on  RESTORE4LIFE! For full show, notes go to http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/drbush/   Triple board-certified physician, Dr. Zach Bush MD joins Ben today to expose the truth about the serious issues hindering performance and longevity in our food supply, our water and even the air we breathe. Ben and Dr. Bush discuss everything from hydration and its role is clearing lactic acid, why probiotics can't work optimally, and how glyphosate ends up in human urine no matter how conscious you may believe you are with your nutrition! If you want more experts on this topic? Tell us on Instagram and Facebook!    About Dr. Zach Bush (Offical Bio) Zach Bush, MD is one of the few triple board-certified physicians in the country - with expertise in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Hospice/Palliative care. The breakthrough science that Dr. Bush and his colleagues have delivered offer profound new i

Today on the Muscle Expert podcast, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, our second female guest on the show talks with Ben about "muscle centric medicine". Ben and Dr. Lyon also get into the cutting edge health and performance interventions she is using with her own clients, ranging from PGA golfers, NASCAR drivers and Navy SEALS.  Show Notes Here: https://goo.gl/TMQ2Zm About Dr. Gabrielle Lyon: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a fellowship-trained nutrition and cognition physician who specializes in muscle-centric medicine; which aims to support the largest organ (no, not skin!), the MUSCLE, the organ of longevity. Through this integrative practice, her patients can truly heal and thrive.  Gabrielle is well known as an educator, mentor, healer, and friend to all her patients, friends and family. Teaching is a passion and a huge part of her practice so that patients can take an active role in their health as a partnership.      Key Highlights ⇾ Ketoveganism? Is it really a thing? ⇾ How to eliminate estrogens using Calcium D Glucarate

  A master practitioner of neuro lingusitics and mental performance, entrepreneur, Speaker and Coach, joins Ben to dive into neuroscience, NLP and more. Andy Murphy shares the real and raw truth about what is needed to interrupt your negative mental patterns and make lasting changes in your life, body and mindset today on the podcast.    Subscribe to iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher Radio! Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here!   You don't pay attention, you pay with pain" Andy Murphy    Key Highlights ⇾ How to create the illusion of pain to reveal you're true self. ⇾ What kills your ability to have laser focus. ⇾ How to program your brain to get into a flow state.   Time Stamps: 5:21 - Training you mine like a muscle. Understanding the parallels between repetition and your mental conditioning.  7:22 The reality model, peeling back your life to discover the truth. Are you really happy? 8:23 What kills your ability to have laser focus. 10:12 How to call y

  Physicist, psychologist, and psychophysiologist, with over forty years of research and clinical practice in neurofeedback brainwave enhancement, Dr. James V Hardt talks with Ben today on how we can use a 7 Day brain training program to learn how to control our brainwaves. Dr. Hardt, is the President and founder of Biocybernaut Institute, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University and he has done post-doctoral training in Psychophysiology at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Hardt has authored or co-authored more than 60 papers and professional presentations.  He has authored, co-authored or has pending over 30 patents for the core technology, headset, training methodology and brain-centered portion of virtual reality applications. He has dedicated his life to the research and development surrounding brainwave training. Show Notes and Transcripts here! 

Two living, breathing examples of the ultimate modern man stop by MI40 Gym today. Steve Weatherford, NFL punter for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints and Super Bowl Champion. In addition, his business partner and right-hand man, Grant Dziak. Ben, Steve, and Grant unpack their most timeless life lessons, daily habits and the mental conditioning practices needed to overcome laziness, attack life and kickass in all areas of fitness, business, relationships and sports. Key Highlights ⇾ The sacrifices made along the road to the NFL. ⇾ How to walk around with single % body fat and still have a life. ⇾  Steve’s #1 daily habit for prosperity. FULL RESOURCES! http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/steve/    Time Stamps: 3:00 - Getting arrested at 12 years old to winning a Super Bowl with the New York Giants. 7:30 - Refusing to make excuses. The conversation that changed it all. 12:21 - Sacrifices made along the road to the NFL, overcoming laziness. 15:30 - Obliterating excuses in your life & how to act as a

Fellow Canadian boy, Rob "Bobby Maximus” MacDonald joins Ben on the podcast today to break down the training, conditioning, and mindset of a UFC champ. FULL SHOW NOTES:  http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/bobby/ Stay Connected On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themuscleexperts/ Bobby is the General Manager, Training Director, and Lead Seminar Instructor at Gym Jones. His experiences as a professional fighter and high-level athlete have helped to form the training at Gym Jones and the direction of the project.   Subscribe to iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher Radio! Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here!   Key Highlights ⇾ The mental struggles endured when you don't have a specific goal you're striving for in your training. ⇾ A behind the scenes look at the training and technique in the sport of  jiu-jitsu.  ⇾  The Green Light Thought Experiment and simple strategies to 10x productivity every damn day. Time Stamps: – 2:00 The Maximus Body – 6:30 The behin

Our first female guest on The Muscle Expert podcast!  Victoria Felkar (MA, BKIN), is a researcher, practitioner, and educator. She is a respected leader in the industry for her innovative and integrative approaches to health and performance. As an interdisciplinary researcher and instructor, she works across the fields of kinesiology, medicine, critical studies and the humanities. Victoria is currently completing doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia, with a focus on female hormone manipulation within sport and medicine. Subscribe to iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher Radio! Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here!   "Just don't eat like an asshole" Victoria Felkar Key Highlights ⇾ How to balance fat ratios.  ⇾ The menstrual cycle myth and why women should be wary of missing their menstrual cycle.  ⇾   Glucose disposal agents, sex hormones, sleep deprivation, post-diet binge eating mitigation strategies.    Time Stamps: 4:00 Victoria's disser

  “What happens on the outside doesn’t matter” - Ben Pakulski Elite endurance coach, ultra marathon runner and 700lb squatter, Alex Viada joins Ben to talk about running and cycling mechanics for endurance training.  Ben and Alex also discuss the importance of skill acquisition and mastering your craft for all athletes and the parallels between bodybuilding and endurance sports. Key Highlights ⇾ Acute and long-term changes in strength and neuromuscular efficiency. ⇾ What signs to look out for in running or biking for larger athletes. ⇾ How to work harder without suffering. ⇾  How to find a good coach for running or bodybuilding.   Time Stamps: 11:42 How to go about progressing the skill acquisition for an endurance. Bike mechanics, pedal strokes for 50 miles rides. 15:35 Alex’s bike crash and the key to breaking plateaus. 17:20 The parallels between contest prep and endurance training. 29:15 What form for running really entails, Alex’s checklist for perfect running form. 32:50 Maintaining form and skill acq

Our expert guest today is a Health Optimization Practitioner, Educator & Consultant for ATP Labs and host of Metabolic Mastery Radio, Roland Pankewich. Ben and Roland unpack the practical strategies you can use today to optimize muscle gains, reduce inflammation and drastically upgrade your gut health and metabolic function. This 30-minute episode is absolutely packed with golden nuggets for mastering your gut, digestion, muscle growth and much more. Key Highlights ⇾ One easy trick to start improving your digestion during your next meal. ⇾ Why bodybuilders should fast when trying to build muscle. ⇾ How to manipulate the “master switches” for optimizing your ability to build more muscle, shed body fat and optimize digestive health. ⇾Specific amino acids required for detoxification in your body. Time Stamps: - 1:30 Breaking the mindset of calories = growth. Where to start with optimizing your gut and digestion. - 5:00 Where digestion begins and how to improve your digestion today. - 6:10 Ground beef v whol

“The body is NOT a closed system” - Ben Pakulski On the podcast, today are two brilliant minds and expert strength coaches.  MI40 Gym’s own Adam Miller,  former top collegiate strength and conditioning coach and world-ranked, national record holding powerlifter. Also, neuroscientist, exercise scientist and founder of MyoTopia, Jacques Taylor. Both join Ben to discuss potentiation sets, programming for strength gains, the effect your mindset and emotions have towards training a certain body part and how this effects workout performance and much more.   Key Highlights ⇾ Acute and long-term changes in strength and neuromuscular efficiency due to training. ⇾ Synaptic hypertrophy. ⇾ What 90% of personal trainers are doing wrong with their programming. ⇾ What a potentiation set looks like and how to do it. Time Stamps: 3:15 What’s going on with the nervous system when it comes to strength? 6:40 What is stress? Force per unit area. 9:00 The energy demands of eccentric, concentric, and isometric parts of the motion.

  Bridging the gap between hairy fairy mediation and a mental practice rooted in neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics, today’s expert guest can completely change your life. Our expert guest is an International lecturer, researcher, corporate consultant, author, and educator who healed his body using his mind and meditation practice after a life-changing accident. Dr. Joe Dispenza joins Ben today to talk about the steps needed to take control of your mind and live your greatest life. Ben and Joe break down what’s needed to get the most out of your meditation practice, how to become improve your ability observe and live in the moment, creating mystical experiences and much more.   Key Highlights ⇾ Breaking your additions to negative, disruptive feelings. ⇾  Changing your genes in 4 days. Using meditation to improve longevity and the length of your telomeres. ⇾ High beta brainwaves and how to break free from this state. ⇾ Unraveling emotions from the past so you can start living your ideal future.   T

 Today's show is going to massively shift you're thinking about the common advice given in the fitness industry about just eating "whole foods" and what a "healthy diet" really is. Our guest today is best selling author, Director, and Founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute as well as the Center for Restorative Medicine, Dr. Steven Gundry. His latest book The Plant Paradox breaks down the hidden dangers of healthy foods, how to fix your gut, what foods to eliminate from your diet today and more.   Topics Discussed: ⇾  What should never come across your mouth to optimize your gut health.  ⇾ The "antibiotic free" lie in the U.S. ⇾  The antibody that 94% of us are carrying around. ⇾ The two best types of grains to avoid lectins   Time Stamps: 4:00 - Dr. Gundry’s “Big Ed” story and Dr. Gundry’s Yale thesis. 9:30 - Inflammatory cytokines and the plant defense system. 14:20 - The Blue Zone Theory 15:01 - Purple potatoes and The Okanagan Diet. 16:40 - The scientific mechanism behind lectins, gluten,

Joining Ben on the podcast today is author,  entrepreneur and founder of the Personal Trainer Development Center (the PTDC) and the Online Trainer Academy, Jon Goodman. If you want to massively expand your online fitness business, simplify your life and learn how to focus on what really matters, then listen to this entire podcast more than once with a notepad! http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/jon/   Ben and Jon discuss business building, marketing, the minimalist lifestyle, overcoming fear and procrastination and Jon’s latest two books The habits of highly wealthy online trainers and The marketing breakthroughs of highly wealthy trainers. Key Topics Discussed: ⇾  The habits of highly wealthy online trainers. ⇾  The new era social media marketing  for online trainers. ⇾  The minimalist lifestyle. How to eliminate decision fatigue. ⇾  The marketing breakthroughs of highly wealthy trainers.     This podcast is brought to you by Prime Fitness USA,  bringing you the most innovative strength training equipment

  Joining Ben on the podcast today is author, inventor and scientist Dr. John Jaquish. Dr Jaquish and Ben discuss in detail some of the new, cutting edge technologies Dr. Jaquish has developed that are shifting the way people build muscle, trigger more endogenous growth hormone production and stimulate greater bone density. Be sure to listen to the end to get the full details on how YOU could receive a free pass to an upcoming Mi40 camp!   Topics Discussed: ⇾  The little known limiting factor behind faster muscle growth. ⇾   Cortisol, fat loss and cardio. The two things to master for a muscular, lean and healthy physique. ⇾  Ronnie Coleman  and Bpak’s Vegan days. ⇾ Variable resistance throughout the range of motion. ⇾ The secret behind what Louie Simmons called “getting pasted sticking points”   This podcast is brought to you by Prime Fitness USA,  bringing you the most innovative strength training equipment using their patented SmartStrength technology. This podcast is brought to you by ATP Labs! For cuttin

 Joining Ben on the podcast today is Petteri Lahtela,  Co-founder and CEO of Oura Health. ŌURA is the world's first wellness ring and app. Based on how your body responds to your lifestyle it guides you to improve sleep, health and readiness to perform.   Go To  http://www.benpakulski.com/podcasts/petteri/ For a discount on your OURA Ring and all the details from the show!  Petteri  and Ben dive into the science and practical  application of the key information you can discover using the  ŌURA ring.   Topics Discussed: ⇾ How the ŌURA ring actually measures sleep ⇾ How much REM Sleep do you need? How much deep sleep do you need? ⇾ HRV, resting heart rate and the ŌURA ring’s ability to accurately  measure both. ⇾ The importance of body temperature and glaring problem with sleep studies. Time Stamps: 5:40 The driving factors of chronic diseases. 9:00 - The science behind how the ŌURA ring actually measures sleep. 11:30 - Why the ŌURA ring is a ring, the key measuring advantages of using a ring instead

This podcast is brought to you by BiOptimizers our digestion expert sponsors upgrade your digestion for optimal recovery and better nutrient uptake with MassZymes.  Get 23-45% off plus an additional 10% off and 1 free bottle of HCL Breakthrough when you checkout the MassZymes here. This podcast is brought to you by Gasp! Top notch quality training wear, Muscle Expert approved training gear! Get 10% off when you use the discount code BEN10 at checkout at Gasp Online Today!   Subscribe on iTunes, Tunein, or Stitcher Radio! Love the podcast? Leave a review in iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here!     Joining Ben on the podcast today is the man leading the conversation on sleep optimization, best selling author and is the creator of the #1 Nutrition and Fitness podcast in Itunes, Mr. Shawn Stevenson.   Shawn and Ben go into detail about simple ways you can upgrade your sleep tonight, gut health, hydration, and some shocking new research about gut bacteria, hormones and much mo