Muscle Intelligence — Longevity, Training & Human Performance with Ben Pakulski

Are you training with Intelligence? Today's episode we dive into the first Pillar of a lean, healthy, and muscular body. Training.

Are you training with Intelligence?  Today's episode we dive into the first Pillar of a lean, healthy, and muscular body. Training.

Today we go for another breathing deep dive with returning guest Patrick McKeown! Patrick is one of of the world's leading thinkers when it comes to breathing. In this episode we discuss breathing action and cadence and how you can control your breath to boost athletic performance, mental clarity and focus, as well as influence nervous system response.

Patrick will be hosting a training event for practitioners and athletes at the MI40 Gym August 23-25. Visit https://oxygenadvantage.com/events/tampa-florida/ for more information and to register.

This episode is brought to you by Four Sigmatic Mushrooms. Use code Muscle for 15% off your order on FourSigmatic.com

Today we go for another breathing deep dive with returning guest Patrick McKeown!  Patrick is one of of the world's leading thinkers when it comes to breathing.  In this episode we discuss breathing action and cadence and how you can control your breath to boost athletic performance, mental clarity and focus, as well as influence nervous system response. 

Patrick will be hosting a training event for practitioners and athletes at the MI40 Gym August 23-25.  Visit https://oxygenadvantage.com/events/tampa-florida/ for more information and to register.

This episode is brought to you by Four Sigmatic Mushrooms.  Use code Muscle for 15% off your order on FourSigmatic.com

Joining us today is strongman and founder of Strength Camp, Elliot Hulse. Elliot has gone through quite the spiritual transformation living life as an Orthodox Christian with an emphasis on traditional family values. In this episode we discuss what Elliot thinks it is to be a man, a father and a spiritual being. We also dive into his fasting practices and his emphasis on family.

• His take on fasting as spiritual experience. [4:27]
• What took him down this spiritual path? [16:12]
• His belief in extreme simplicity. [24:50]
• A conversation on parenting and fatherhood. [31:00]
• What does it mean to be a man? [34:47]
• His definition of the dynamic between a man and a woman. [43:00]
• Why he believes we are moving back to conservatism. How there are repercussions to your actions. [45:18]
• What is the solution to gender blending? [52:44]
• The archetype of initiation: A boy becoming a man. [58:18]
• Why he created 'Grounding Camp'. [1:07:25]
• What are his current beliefs on how he teaches religion to his family and himself? [1:11:10]
• Why it is important for us to have a doctrine. [1:12:50]
• How everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face. [1:15:45]
• The mistakes that have the greatest impact on his life. [1:19:15]
• How does he react to his kids stepping over his boundaries? [1:30:29]

Featured Guest

• Elliott Hulse STRENGTH COACH (@elliotthulse) • Instagram
• Website
• YouTube

Related Links/Products Mentioned

• Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth – Book by Tito Colliander
• 019- The 10 Pillars of Peak Mental Performance with Brian Cain
• The Bahá'í Faith
• The Rational Male – Book by Rollo Tomassi
• The Return of Christendom: Demography, Politics, and the Coming Christian Majority – Book by Steve Turley
• MGTOW | Men Going Their Own Way
• This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women - VICE
• The Way of Men – Book by Jack Donovan

People Mentioned

• Wim Hof (@iceman_hof) • Instagram
• Rollo May
• Rollo Tomassi (@RationalMale) · Twitter
• Dr. Steve Turley (@DrTurleyTalks) · Twitter

Joining us today is strongman and founder of Strength Camp, Elliot Hulse.  Elliot has gone through quite the spiritual transformation living life as an Orthodox Christian with an emphasis on traditional family values.  In this episode we discuss what Elliot thinks it is to be a man, a father and a spiritual being.  We also dive into his fasting practices and his emphasis on family.

• His take on fasting as spiritual experience. [4:27]
• What took him down this spiritual path? [16:12]
• His belief in extreme simplicity. [24:50]
• A conversation on parenting and fatherhood. [31:00]
• What does it mean to be a man? [34:47]
• His definition of the dynamic between a man and a woman. [43:00]
• Why he believes we are moving back to conservatism. How there are repercussions to your actions. [45:18]
• What is the solution to gender blending? [52:44]
• The archetype of initiation: A boy becoming a man. [58:18]
• Why he created ‘Grounding Camp’. [1:07:25]
• What are his current beliefs on how he teaches religion to his family and himself? [1:11:10]
• Why it is important for us to have a doctrine. [1:12:50]
• How everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face. [1:15:45]
• The mistakes that have the greatest impact on his life. [1:19:15]
• How does he react to his kids stepping over his boundaries? [1:30:29]

Featured Guest

• Elliott Hulse STRENGTH COACH (@elliotthulse) • Instagram
• Website
• YouTube

Related Links/Products Mentioned

• Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth – Book by Tito Colliander
• 019- The 10 Pillars of Peak Mental Performance with Brian Cain
• The Bahá'í Faith
• The Rational Male – Book by Rollo Tomassi
• The Return of Christendom: Demography, Politics, and the Coming Christian Majority – Book by Steve Turley
• MGTOW | Men Going Their Own Way
• This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women - VICE
• The Way of Men – Book by Jack Donovan

People Mentioned

• Wim Hof (@iceman_hof) • Instagram
• Rollo May
• Rollo Tomassi (@RationalMale) · Twitter
• Dr. Steve Turley (@DrTurleyTalks) · Twitter

One of our favorite guests from the Muscle Expert Podcast is back with more amazing findings from the world of peptides! Jean-Francois Tremblay is one of the top experts in the world of peptides and he joins us to share some wonderful new findings and dive even deeper into peptides and SARMs.

One of our favorite guests from the Muscle Expert Podcast is back with more amazing findings from the world of peptides!  Jean-Francois Tremblay is one of the top experts in the world of peptides and he joins us to share some wonderful new findings and dive even deeper into peptides and SARMs.

No matter what your goal, learning and skill acquisition are major bottlenecks to success. But what if you could reduce the time it took for you to learn? Our guest today, Dr. Daniel Chao has spent his career doing just that! After graduating from Stanford Medical School with an MD in neuroscience, Dr. Chao started developing tech that primes your brain for learning. The result... Halo Sport.

In this episode, Dr. Chao and Ben dive into how learning happens in the brain and more importantly how we can influence it. They discuss the mechanism behind Halo Sport's success and how they have improved it for the soon to be released Halo Sport 2.

If you would like to pre-order the Halo Sport 2, use the code muscleintelligence for $20 off the already discounted pre-order price!

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Four Sigmatic! Mushrooms are one of the best ways to support learning, sleep, your immune system and more. Get 15% off your order when you use the code muscle at checkout on FourSigmatic.com

Time Stamps

• How the status quo around the brain is broken. [0:44]
• Why drugs for the brain don't work very well. [5:50]
• The idea of zero sum. [9:55]
• The history of neurostimulation. [13:40]
• What does the research show and what are the potential implications when we subject our brain to stimulation? [16:20]
• Has Halo Sport seen any quantitative data to support bumps in performance? [25:50]
• How are they collecting data from the brain? [33:45]
• Understanding their place in science. [36:06]
• How does Halo 2 differ from Halo 1? [39:05]
• Have they seen any synergetic effects? [43:43]
• What is Halo Sport currently excited about? [46:41]

Featured Guest

• Daniel Chao (@danielchao) | Twitter

Related Links/Products Mentioned

• Halo Neuroscience
• Pharmacology - Wikipedia
• Halo Sport - Science – Halo Neuroscience
• Neuropace - NeuroPace, Inc
• What is Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS)?
• tDCS Research
• The Athlete's Guide to the Brain: Motor Skill Learning
• Maximum voluntary isometric contraction: reference values and clinical application.
• Reliability of time-to-exhaustion versus time-trial running tests in runners.
• Sensory Evoked Potentials Studies | Johns Hopkins Medicine

No matter what your goal, learning and skill acquisition are major bottlenecks to success. But what if you could reduce the time it took for you to learn? Our guest today, Dr. Daniel Chao has spent his career doing just that!  After graduating from Stanford Medical School with an MD in neuroscience, Dr. Chao started developing tech that primes your brain for learning. The result... Halo Sport.

In this episode, Dr. Chao and Ben dive into how learning happens in the brain and more importantly how we can influence it.  They discuss the mechanism behind Halo Sport's success and how they have improved it for the soon to be released Halo Sport 2. 

If you would like to pre-order the Halo Sport 2, use the code muscleintelligence for $20 off the already discounted pre-order price!

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Four Sigmatic! Mushrooms are one of the best ways to support learning, sleep, your immune system and more.  Get 15% off your order when you use the code muscle at checkout on FourSigmatic.com

Time Stamps

• How the status quo around the brain is broken. [0:44]
• Why drugs for the brain don’t work very well. [5:50]
• The idea of zero sum. [9:55]
• The history of neurostimulation. [13:40]
• What does the research show and what are the potential implications when we subject our brain to stimulation? [16:20]
• Has Halo Sport seen any quantitative data to support bumps in performance? [25:50]
• How are they collecting data from the brain? [33:45]
• Understanding their place in science. [36:06]
• How does Halo 2 differ from Halo 1? [39:05]
• Have they seen any synergetic effects? [43:43]
• What is Halo Sport currently excited about? [46:41]

Featured Guest

• Daniel Chao (@danielchao) | Twitter

Related Links/Products Mentioned

• Halo Neuroscience
• Pharmacology - Wikipedia
• Halo Sport - Science – Halo Neuroscience
• Neuropace - NeuroPace, Inc
• What is Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS)?
• tDCS Research
• The Athlete’s Guide to the Brain: Motor Skill Learning
• Maximum voluntary isometric contraction: reference values and clinical application.
• Reliability of time-to-exhaustion versus time-trial running tests in runners.
• Sensory Evoked Potentials Studies | Johns Hopkins Medicine