Ben Pakulski

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Elle Russ chats with Ben Pakulski, founder of Ben Pakulski Fitness International, the Muscle Intelligence podcast and the Muscle Intelligence and MI40 brands. He is a former Mr. Canada, and IFBB Professional Bodybuilder. Ben is most well-known for his intelligent approach to building maximum muscle and has helped 100,000 men and women change their body and life with his methods.
Ben began building his body at 15 years old and turned professional at his 6th show at 26 years of age. Ben’s first pro show was the 2009 Tampa Pro where he placed 3rd and qualified to compete in Mr. Olympia. Highlights from Ben’s career include placing 2nd at the Arnold Classic, the second largest bodybuilding show in the world, twice competing in Mr. Olympia and placing 1st in the 2016 Vancouver Pro.

Since retiring from competitive bodybuilding, Ben focuses on spending time with his wife and three children while building the Muscle Intelligence^TMbrand. The mission is to empower men and women with the knowledge and skillset to build their greatest body and live their greatest life.

Ben’s passion for helping others change their body, and live their greatest life led him to create the world’s foremost muscle building and body transformation educational brand, Muscle Intelligence™ which offers a simple framework around the 6 Pillars of a Lean and Muscular Body.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mark Sisson.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, where we deliver a variety of fresh content to help you live awesome.
0:09.9	Enjoy the show.
0:10.8	Engage with us online at marksdailyapple.com and on social media and send your questions to info at primalblueprint.com.
0:22.1	Hey, everyone, welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast.
0:25.0	Today we have really the best guy in the world for helping you build muscle, Ben Pekulski.
0:29.7	You can go to his website, Ben P-A-K-U-L-S-K-I.com.
0:35.4	He is the founder of Ben Pukulsowski Fitness International, the Muscle Intelligence Podcast,
0:40.0	and the Muscle Intelligence and MI-40 Brands. He's also a former Mr. Canada and IFBB professional
0:47.5	bodybuilder. But he's most known nowadays for his intelligent approach to building maximum
0:52.8	muscle in a healthy way.
0:54.4	He's helped over 100,000 men and women change their body and their life with his methods.
0:59.3	Welcome to the show.
1:00.5	Oh, that's like the best intro I've ever heard.
1:02.3	And I think you're setting a really high standard here.
1:04.5	I don't know if I'll be able to uphold it, but I'll certainly do my best.
1:07.6	That's awesome.
1:09.2	If people look you up, some of these photos of you at your height, it just, it's, when I see these photos, I met you in person, but I see these photos and I go, oh, oh, my God, how, how, how, why?
1:21.5	I was obsessed.
1:22.6	Yeah, I was definitely obsessed.
1:24.8	I'm very transparent about the fact that, you know, when I started this journey to build muscle, I was 15 years old and I was skinny and I just loved it. And I developed an obsession and whether or not it was a healthy obsession. I'm not sure. It wasn't necessarily an obsession to look a particular way. I don't know that I was ever attached to the vanity of it,
1:45.3	which sounds obscure from a guy coming, you know, coming from a guy who made his living on stage in his
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