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

 

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.

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Key Highlights ⇾ Alpha brain waves during athletic competition, how athletes can achieve peak performance in their sport ⇾ The secret behind Thomas Edison's 1000+ patents. ⇾ Curing attention deficit disorder in children which brainwave training.  ⇾ Why the Green Berets use alpha training 
Time Stamps: 2:37 What is neurofeedback? The discovery of alpha waves. 4:00 Stop operating low productivity mode. 5:11 Achieving the benefits of 40 years of Zen meditation in 1 week with neurofeedback. 12:44 Green Berets using alpha training. 15:14 Children using neurofeedback for curing ADD. 18:45 Using alpha training to calm an overactive limbic system. 22:00 Children stuck in theta. 23:00 The brainwaves states explained, why you need more delta sleep. 24:48 Waking states of delta. 25:00 The characteristics theta brainwaves. Mystical theta and drowsy theta brainwaves. 26:30 The akashic records and the secret behind Thomas Edison's 1000+ patents. 34:01 Microdosing for achieving experience different brain waves. 35:40 Is alpha training better than acid? 39:30 Alpha brain waves during athletic competition, how athletes can achieve peak performance in their sport 43:43 Canadian aboriginals, PTSD, and neurofeedback training. 54:30 Breathing exercises to do at home increase your intelligence and alpha waves. 56:40 Mastering your deepest desire. 57:32 Foods your probably eating that decrease alpha waves. Resources Mentioned Biocybernaut.com  Akashic Records Follow Dr. Hardt  Facebook Instagram Twitter Website 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 Lab! For cutting-edge supplementation with a purpose, check out ATP Labs. This podcast is made possible 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!

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.

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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 father, man, and ultimate human being. 22:25 - The #1 insecurity Grant overcame that changed him for good. 26:23 - Puking before games and performance anxiety. 28:00 - Mental Conditioning. The first step in changing your life. 30:45 - The biggest challenge, getting cut by the Saints 37:55 - Why Drew Brees's is an elite quarterback. What sets the top .0001% of high performing athletes apart from the rest. 42:02 - The blessing and curse of Ben’s upbringing and his secret unfair advantage. 50:25 - The NOT to do list...is it really powerful list you can make? 52:27 - hypertrophyexecutionmastery.com 53:00 - How to walk around at single % body fat and still have a life. 53:41 - Steve’s #1 daily habit for prosperity. 57:00 - Grants #1 trick to stop being late and consistently move toward your ultimate goals. 1:06:44 - “Like hacks” for looking, living and feeling optimal. 1:12:45 - The biggest dream killer in the world.

 

 

Big adversity = Big Growth

-Grant Dziak

 

 

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Resources Mentioned

The ARMageddon Program 

The 30 Day Metabolic Reset 

Perfect Day Formula

Craig Ballantyne Episode

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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.

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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.  

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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 behind the scenes truth about the training and technique in the sport of jiu-jitsu.  - 8:49 What a day of Jiu Jitsu training actually looks like. - 11:23 The serious mental struggles that occur when you don't have a specific goal. - 13:00 The coaches behind Bobby's success in Jiu-Jitsu. - 14:00 The challenges behind the road to the UFC championship. - 18:39 Making the shift from kickboxing and bouncing in a club to winning - 24:15 Inside the Maximus Body philosophy. - 25:10 Getting bullied and getting beat up by hockey players. - 28:16 Overcoming self-limiting beliefs and the 2 things Bobby did every morning that changed his life. - 30:30 The Green Light Thought Experiment. - 38:00 Turning anger into fuel to feed your ambitions. - 42:12 How to practice self-discipline. - 48:00 Simple daily strategies to be more productive every single day. - 49:50 Stress management, sleep, and recovery. Resources Mentioned - The Maximus Body    Follow Bobby Instagram

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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.

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"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 dissertation topic, exploring the world of female hormonal manipulation in elite sport. 10:47 Hyperandrogenism in females.  11: 40 Metformin for women post competition. 13:40 Strategies for women recovering from androgen use.  16:12 Progestron, chronic inflammation and more. 17:35 Reducing dietary triggers, changing your breakfast and eliminating the major allergenic foods. 20:06 Testing for gut health, food mapping protocols, and biofeedback. 21:50 Using food as a therapeutic tool.  23:38 Balancing fat ratios.  25:29 The modern American diet, 25:1 omega 6:3 ratio?  28:50 Women, the first line of defense to overcome the psychology the binge and purge mindset.  33:43 Glucose disposal agents, hormones, sleep deprivation.  38:05 Less is more when it comes to training and more is more when it comes to food. 39:00 The menstrual cycle myth. 42:10 Victoria's book, nonhormonal ways to fix hormonal imbalances.  45:50 The critical biopsychosocial physical ecological model of dynamic relations.  52:00 Finding gratitude and acceptance. 56:42 Managing variables.  1:00:20 Morning routines and avoiding emails.  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 Lab! For cutting-edge supplementation with a purpose, check out ATP Labs. This podcast is made possible 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!

 

 

 

“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 acquisition through fatigue.  The key nutrition aspects for maintaining performance. 35:40 Oxidative stress in bodybuilding vs endurance training. 41:00 Should you question your coach? Or should you follow and focus on execution? 43:00 How to find a good coach for running or bodybuilding. 45:30 What all the top coaches are saying across all sports. 50:37 How to master the skills and fundamentals of endurance training. 58:45 What signs to look out for in running or biking for larger athletes. 1:00:55 Dumbbell walking lunges for endurance athletes. 1:04:30 Tour De France athletes. 1:08:20 The hardest Ironman ever. 1:10:20 Mental pacing through long endurance races. 1:16:45 How to work harder without suffering.

 

Resources Mentioned

Complete Human Performance

 

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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 whole steaks? - 8:30 Large undigested protein particles left in your system. The negative effects. - 11:00 The benefits of fasting for bodybuilders. - 14:15 Low protein periods for decreasing inflammation. - 17:00 Essential amino acids for detoxification. - 20:24 Managing inflammation. - 24:10 The “Master switches” for optimizing your ability to build more muscle, burn fat and optimize health. - 31:15 The major problems with children’s nutrition in North America. Resources Mentioned Follow Roland Facebook Instagram Podcast

“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. 9:50 What’s the most effective method to learn how to use high threshold motor units in less time? 12:35 Does motor unit recruitment decrease as you fatigue? 14:49 Failure is not one point, it's a process. 15:40 How to know when you're fatigued and when you need to just man up. 19:00 What a potentiation set looks like and how to do it. 21:30 Off-season powerlifting training volume, is more volume really needed to get stronger? Or are you wasting your time? 23:05 The impact of your mind on the quality of your training session. 24:02 Synaptic hypertrophy? 30:15 What 90% of personal trainers are doing wrong with their programming. 35:40 How do you know you’ve done enough in the gym? 37:15 Are you doing too few or too many sets? 45:20 Getting it done in the gym, are you ready to stimulate new adaptations when you start your training session?

 

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.   Time Stamps: 1:45 - Joe’s near death miracle story. 11:05 - What to expect the first 30 days of your meditation practice. 13:05 - Turning on your frontal lobe of your brain. 16:00 - Observing thoughts, defining what is the truth and what are just feelings.  18:00 - Change your life with 45 minutes of mental work every day. 20:45 - Are you addicted to anger? 23:25 - Envisioning zombies. How to become a master of observation. 26:25 - Where to place your thoughts when you begin your meditation practice. 30:15 - Mystical experiences and becoming supernatural. 31:00 - Upgraded melatonin and lucid visioning. 34:00 - Dreamtime and creating mystical experiences. 38:00 - Unraveling emotions from the past. 43:15 - High beta brainwaves. 49:45 - Changing your genes in 4 days. Using meditation to improve longevity 54:45 - The question you need to ask yourself every morning before starting your day.

Resources Mentioned ⇾  Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself ⇾  You Are The Placebo ⇾  Becoming Supernatural   Follow Dr. Joe Dispenza Youtube Facebook Instagram Linkedin Twitter Website

 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, sticky proteins and more. 18:37 - Zonulin, white blood cells, and lectins 21:59 - Curing vitiligo, anti-inflammatory foods. 25:33 - Brain health and lectins 30:00 - Are all lectins the same? Celiac disease and more. 31:30 - Your family history, genetics, and lectins. Anxiety and depression its correlation to lectins 34:40 - Understanding and optimizing the microbiome with food. 36:39 - What human were NOT made to eat. Destroying lectins with acid,  38:20  - High lectins contain foods. Casein A1 40:20 - The antibody that 94% of us are carrying around. 43:10 - The "antibiotic free" lie. 43:50 - Roundup, glyphosate, and canola. 45:20 - Vitamin D and repair your gut. 47:17 - Olivie oil, leaves and millet. 51:00 - Rosemary, anchovies, wine, and living over 100. 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 made possible by ATP Lab! For cutting-edge supplementation with a purpose, check out ATP Labs. 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!

 

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Resources Mentioned ⇾  Dr. Gundry’s Diet Resolution ⇾  The Plant Paradox ⇾ The Blue Zone Theory ⇾ The Botany of Desire ⇾ The Hidden Life of Trees   Follow Dr. Steven Gundry Youtube Facebook Instagram Website

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!

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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.

 

 

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Love the podcast? Leave a review in iTunes! Who would you like Ben to interview? Tell us here!   Time Stamps:

• 3:55 - Jon's story from 105 lb Ice Hockey player to building an online fitness empire.
• 9:20 - The 2 fundamental principles needed to build a successful online fitness business.
• 12:05 - Why your biggest haters will be your best paying clients.
• 13:40 - The new era social media marketing and the and ugly truth for online marketers.
• 16:50 - What fitness marketers don’t realize. What is cognitive ease? 
• 22:10 - The first step to take towards building your online business.
• 25:33 - How to find what you love. Expert tips to crush the fear of failure.
• 27:20 - Gary Vee’s method for finding what works and what you love.
• 30:00 - The habits of highly wealthy online trainers.
• 32:20 - 10x your writing capabilities with these 2 two books.
• 34:05 - Choice minimalism. How to eliminate decision fatigue.
• 36:30 - Eliminate email fatigue with systems and processes.
• 42:00 - The game changer advice Jon received from Dr. John Berardi, C vs C+ ideas.
• 44:05 - The marketing breakthroughs of highly wealthy trainers.
• 46:56 - How to add $20,000 to $25,000 to your bottom line in a few years with this simple change.
• 49:28 - How to get a book out of your brain and on the shelf.
• 54:54 - Simple strategies to beat procrastination and get important work done.
• 56:40 - Using cue cards to trick yourself and get more sh*t done.
• 58:30 - The first ever certification for online fitness trainers who want to have a legitimate online business.

Resources Mentioned

⇾  onlinetrainer.com

⇾  On Writing Well

⇾  The Elements of Style

⇾  Scrivener

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