Barbell Shrugged - If You Can't, Then You Must w/ Ben Pakulski - 315
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Ben Pakulski a.k.a. Pak-Man, is an IFBB professional bodybuilder and winner of the 2008 Mr. Canada competition. In the IFBB, he finished 2nd twice in 2008. He also placed 2nd in the 2013 Arnold Classic competition, and 11th in the 2012 Mr. Olympia contest, which was his first-ever.
Ben began his interest in nutrition at 12 years old, when he read about vegetarianism and experimented with it for two years. At 15, he started lifting weights in Macks Gym in Toronto. Today, he is an accoladed athlete, competitor, coach, and creator of #1 Muscle Building program, MI40.
In this episode Ben Pakulski takes us through his mindset shift as he went from being a high level competitive bodybuilder, to an entrepreneur, and father. He shares with us the story of how he was initially successful in bodybuilding by accident. He also explains how he developed a competitive mindset, why he treated everyday like he was going to be on stage, and more.
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | There's no such thing as strong and weak body parts. |
| 0:02.0 | There's different shape, but it's all the same muscle composition, right? |
| 0:05.4 | So I started to realize, okay, well, what's the difference? |
| 0:07.6 | The difference is, well, my body has decided to put attention through this muscle really easily |
| 0:11.0 | and doesn't really get you do a good job with this other one. |
| 0:13.1 | For whatever reason, it could be mechanics, it could be athletic history, it could be whatever. |
| 0:17.1 | So I need to start to realize, like, hey, I can actually change this ownership. |
| 0:20.8 | I was like, it took the internal locus of control, like, I actually have the ability to do this. |
| 0:24.6 | So it's not just about hard work. |
| 0:26.3 | It's about hard work, guided in the right way. |
| 0:28.6 | It has to be specific work first, smart work first, then hard work second. |
| 0:32.6 | And when I started to attach to that, I had some really great role models. |
| 0:36.5 | I really great mentors taught me this process and I just started to evolve it for my body. |
| 0:41.1 | And I mean, every body part just started to come together. |
| 0:44.2 | And every month, every week, it would just get better and better and better. |
| 0:47.6 | And better, I'm like, oh my god, like, why didn't somebody teach me this 10 years ago? |
| 0:56.3 | We're going to vote for us, man. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm Aaron Arnor. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm Aaron Arnor here with Doug Larson, Dr. Andy Galpin. |
| 1:26.7 | We are at the fitness business summit 2018 at the Hilton in downtown San Diego, joined |
| 1:31.4 | by Ben Pukolsky. |
| 1:33.4 | I get that right. |
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