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

Dr. Chad Waterbury joins us today to talk training!  Dr. Waterbury shares his advanced knowledge of exercise physiology and the nervous system.  He and Ben discuss building a workout, execution mastery, and the role of training on your nervous system. We also dive deep on motor unit recruitment, optimizing recovery, and and the balancing act that is avoiding overtraining.

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Time Stamps

6:00- You need to set off the stimulus for growth, but you don’t want to overwhelm it.  Dr. Waterbury’s approach to high frequency training.

9:30- Advancing past a primer phase of training.  How to progress your workouts once you have mastered the basics. 

14:50- The importance of mastery in exercise execution.  Why you need to master the “rules” before you can break them. 

19:45- Sets, reps, volume and load.  How to manipulate the variables of exercise. 

32:30- Matching antagonist exercises.  Dr. Waterbury’s thought process for exercise selection.

36:00- Is soreness synonymous with exercise or a sign of overtraining?

39:40- The neurophysiology of training.  Dr. Waterbury’s unique insight into exercise physiology that he gained from Parkinson’s research.

47:00- Maximizing motor-unit recruitment through tempo.  Dr. Waterbury’s paradigm challenging thoughts on the nervous system’s role in training. 

53:00- Tempo vs load for motor-unit recruitment.

55:00- The “nutrition program” of recovery.  Why you need to implement mindfulness and gratitude to improve your nervous system’s recovery.

1:05:15- Adapting for endurance and staying out of the lactic system.  The reasons that you should avoid overtraining and excessive metabolic acidosis.

One of the thought leaders of our time, Kute Blackson, joins us today to share his story.  At a young age Kute found himself thrust into a familial role that he didn't see for himself.  Today Kute is an international speaker on self-love and living your purpose.  Listen in to hear Kute's amazing insight on how to face the hard truths and find your purpose to live an amazing life.

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For timestamps and resources from this episode visit BenPakulski.com/podcasts/Kute.

Greg Roskopf the founder of Muscle Activation Techniques joins us today to discuss the role the neuro-musclular system plays in preventing injuries and performance.  MAT is focused on hacking the nervous system to address muscular imbalances and relieve muscle pain.  Ben and Greg discuss the benefits Ben has seen from MAT as well as the biological function behind it.  Lastly we discuss the next phase of Greg’s understanding of the nervous system that he has gained since a terrible accident left him rehabbing both brain and body.

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Visit BenPakulski.com/podcasts/MAT for more information on Greg and for episode timestamps.

Joining us today is Dr. David Carpenter, one of the worlds leading researchers on environmental pollution and an environmental advocate.  Dr. Carpenter warns of the dangers of EMF pollution and upcoming 5G towers.  From there we dive into more traditional environmental pollution and how to minimize your exposure to toxins such as PCBs which have contaminated most foods and are highly present in animal fats.  Listen through to the end to hear David’s take on how to best minimize your exposure and live a long and healthy life.  Please reach out to Ben on social media if you would like to join the Muscle Intelligence movement to reduce pollution and live your greatest life!

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Daniel Debaun is a former telecommunications engineer who has shifted his focus to eliminating exposure to electromagnetic radiation caused by modern technology such as cellphones and wifi.  Daniel invented a product called Defendershield to help his family as well as others avoid dangerous EMFs.  On this episode, Daniel walks Ben through the mechanisms that cause EMF and the best practices to mitigate health concerns.  Tune in for some great take-home advice to protect your self and your family from excess radiation exposure.

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Darin Olien is a man of many hats, some would call him a biohacker or maybe a healthy living enthusiast, but most call him a super food hunter.  Darin has traveled the world in search of the most nutrient rich foods on the planet.  Today on the Muscle Expert Podcast we talk to Darin about what the daily habits and nutrition look like for a man obsessed with the healthiest foods on the planet.  We also discuss his most recent finding, Baruka nuts, a favorite here at the Muscle Expert Podcast.  Tune in to learn about this amazing new superfood that Darin is harvesting from the wild of Brazil.

Time Stamps

1:45- How Darin found superfood hunting after injury prevented him from perusing sport.

5:45- Superlife- the life goal of Darin Olien, helping people live a high functioning, optimal, healthy life.

9:00- The foundations for living a super life, whole food, sleep, and hydration.

13:30- How Darin “hacks” his water. 3 stage filter and a vortator to structure his water.

17:15- The complexity of nature.  How Dr. Gerald Pollack’s research could lead to us using water to store information.

20:50- Diving into the idea that drinking charged water can help with nutrient absorption.

22:45- The importance of hydration to living a healthy life.

31:00- Darin’s daily habits including, biohacking, breath work, superfoods and consciousness practices.

35:30- The unique, functional workouts that Darin incorporates daily.

41:45- Nutrition- What the “Superfood Hunter” eats on the daily.

45:15- Darin’s philosophy on food and why he lives vegan.

53:20- What are baruka nuts and how did Darin find them?

58:45- The last wild nut? The labor intensive process that is required to produce baruka nuts and how Darin is helping the environment and local economy through sustainably harvesting these wild nuts.

Drew Canole, the founder of FitLife TV and Organifi joins us today to discuss his new book, You Be You, training under a shaman, and of course why he created Organifi.  In this brief yet deep episode, Ben and Drew dive into how to detoxify your life, overcome your limiting beliefs and own your awesome!  We also talk about Drew’s amazing juice products from Organifi and how they formulated each one to naturally support detox, energy and even sleep.  You can use code MuscleIntelligence on organifi.com to get 20 percent off of your order with our new sponsor.

1:00- You Be You, Drew’s new book on detoxing your life, crushing your limitations and owning your awesome.

5:30- Where Drew came from and how he started crushing it.

9:45- In order for there to be a next you must complete something first.  How to follow through on what you say you are going to do.

17:00- Why Drew decided to start a superfood company.

21:45- Drew’s daily work with a shaman.

25:15- Giving away your seniority.  Why we give away our humanity more and more as we go through life.

28:30- Drew’s advice for living your greatest life.  Start with optimizing your physical body, then move to your spiritual body.

30:00- How Drew feeds his spiritual body with a daily meditation practice.

35:00- Beyond greens, Organifi red and gold juice and what they are formulated for.

Breathing is the most reflexive movement in the body, but it doesn’t have to be.  Our guest today, Patrick McKeown, is an expert in Buteyko breathing and the founder of the Oxygen Advantage.  Patrick teaches us the benefits of nasal breathing and some great practices for changing from a mouth breather to a diaphragm breather.  Some highlights from the episode include how raising your CO2 levels will help to further oxygenate your body and using nightly mouth taping to get rid of sleep apnea, snoring, and insomnia.

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Time Stamps

4:00- Why proper breathing technique matters so much.

8:30- How your breathing technique affects your perceived output.

9:30- What is mouth taping and how can it help you.

12:00- Practices that will help your body fully oxygenate.

19:00- What are the potential benefits from proper breathing techniques?

26:30- Best practices for mouth taping during your sleep.

32:00- How to teach your kids how to breathe with their diaphragm.

36:15- Sleep apnea and nasal breathing.

41:00- Nasal breathing and the parasympathetic nervous system.

44:00- How breathing experts are using higher levels of CO2 to help reset breathing patterns.

46:00- How you can start to change your breathing patterns.

50:00- Mindful breathing and attention span.  Why you (or your kids) need daily breathing practices to keep attention up and anxiety down.

Elle Russ is a woman of many hats. A creative writer, comedian and actor, Elle found herself in the middle of a health crisis while trying to maintain the ideal “actress body”.  The root of that cause was a thyroid issue that took Elle over 10 years and 50 doctors to get under control.  Elle has since become an expert in natural ways to keep your thyroid in check.  Today on the Muscle Expert Podcast she shares her story as well as her wealth of knowledge on keeping your thyroid healthy.  If you or a loved one suspect that you have issues with thyroid regulation, make sure to pick up Elle’s book The Paleo Thyroid Solution.

Time Stamps

2:00- Elle Russ’ story.  Her beginnings as an actress and how the demands of maintaining a look led her to find out that she had issues with her thyroid.

9:00- The contributors to Elle’s thyroid issues, selenium, over-training, and carbohydrate.

11:00-  The glucose myth.  Why Elle refutes the need for carbohydrates for thyroid health.

13:30- How do you know if you may have low thyroid?

23:30- The mechanics of thyroid hormones and how to determine what intervention you should make.

38:30- How to potentially avoid going on medications for life by thyroid function through diet and nutrient optimization.

41:30- Where to start with hormone intervention.

43:30- In range vs optimal.  Should you be ok with your hormone levels just being within an accepted range?

50:00- The opposite side of the coin.  Potential complications from too much thyroid hormone.

52:45- The micronutrients you need to pay attention to for thyroid health.

Dr. Layne Norton joins us at the MI40 Gym to share from his wealth of nutrition knowledge.  Dr. Norton and Ben jump right in discussing what its like to work on social media and Layne’s sometimes “abrasive” approach.  From there the conversation moves to metabolic flexibility, whether carb to fat ratio matters as much as some think it does, wether a high fat diet really helps you lose weight and of course If It Fits Your Macros.  Stay tuned until the end to hear how Dr. Norton’s thought process has evolved over the years and where he plans to head in the next five.

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Highlights

Ben and Dr. Norton discuss his polarizing status in the fitness community.

Dr. Norton talks about the evolution of his thought process.

Is insulin sensitivity all its cracked up to be?

After protein does your level of carbs vs fats really matter for changing your body comp?