Q&A - The back story and evolution of Muscle Intelligence
Muscle Intelligence
Ben Pakulski
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Ever wondered why Ben frames his teachings around the 6 Pillars of a Lean, Healthy and Muscular Body... for Life? In this episode, Ben explains what he was searching for at the beginning of his bodybuilding career and why he felt the need to create something that was previously missing in the fitness industry.
He speaks to how the Muscle Intelligence brand has evolved, gives you his approach and definition of health, goes into the only type of client he takes on for contest prep and so much more. There's quotes, tips and book recommendations in this podcast for you.
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Mentions
Charles Poliquin Website Instragram
Milos Sarčev Youtube Instagram
Dorian Yates Instagram
The Daily Stoic Instagram
Dr. Jordan Shallow Instagram
PreScript Website Instagram
Ben’s Books
Leo Buscaglia – Love: What life is all about
Russel Brunson – DotComSecrets
Philip Shepherd - Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being
⏱Timestamps
[00:40] – The back story of Muscle Intelligence
[01:06] – Ben’s role models
[01:49] – The value gained from getting into very low bodyfat %.
[02:53] – Why Ben doesn’t recommend competing.
[03:38] – Health in Pro Bodybuilding?
[04:15] – The Bodybuilding Culture.
[04:44] – Looking at optimizing the athlete.
[05:08] – Ben’s definition of health.
[05:43] – The Trilogy of Muscle Intelligence. – Lean, Healthy, Muscular
[06:07] – Health is a precursor to muscle building.
[06:39] – Aesthetics: What being lean says about you.
[07:33] – Health and your ability to adapt.
[08:58] – Your perception of stress.
[10:42] – Muscular equals vitality.
[11:26] – The foundation to achieving your goals.
[11:58] – One of Ben’s favorite quotes.
[12:26] – The key to building the maximum amount of muscle in the shortest amount of time.
[12:44] – Why more isn’t better.
[13:56] – Does Ben prep clients for contests?
[19:59] – High Impact Habits for life.
[21:39] – Powerful quotes from The Daily Stoic.
[23:53] – Upcoming projects and the evolution of the Muscle Intelligence brand.
[28:33] – The three books Ben is currently reading.
[34:28] – Ben’s tip of the week.
[37:27] – Ben’s quote of the week.
[38:01] – Why Ben is grateful for Dr. Jordan Shallow.
[34:28] – Today’s Sponsor – Real Mushrooms
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome back to the Muslim Intelligence Podcast. I'm Ben Pekulski. As always, this podcast is framed around living your greatest life and a body of love. And people ask why I started the podcast and where it came from and where the mission |
| 0:21.5 | ultimately became clear and I spent a couple days in the mountains this week literally disconnected |
| 0:26.5 | from Wi-Fi signals disconnected from phone signals and got a lot of time to ponder this |
| 0:32.7 | and wanted to get some clarity for you and ultimately for myself and why I spent some time thinking about it. |
| 0:38.3 | And so if you guys don't know the backstory of Muslim intelligence, it's worth hearing very quickly anyways. |
| 0:44.3 | There's many layers to the backstory behind Muslim intelligence. |
| 0:47.3 | But when I started university, which would have been 2000-ish, I was 19, Canada, we call it university for those Americans out there. |
| 0:58.8 | And ultimately, I wanted to become professional bodybuilder. When I was 17, I wanted to become |
| 1:03.7 | a professional bodybuilder. And I was looking almost obsessively for someone to lead me, someone to model. |
| 1:12.6 | And I found the likes of Charles Poliquin, |
| 1:16.6 | I found the likes of Milos Sarchev, |
| 1:18.6 | and they were identified as being the smartest guys I could find. |
| 1:22.6 | It's certainly in and around the muscle building space. |
| 1:25.6 | And there's guys like Dorian yates who i thought was incredible |
| 1:28.6 | and obviously a lot of really um effective bodybuilders people who are really really good at building |
| 1:34.3 | a ton of muscle getting in great shape and i respected that so much i respected the the quality of |
| 1:41.2 | their physiques i had a huge amount of appreciation for the condition they achieved |
| 1:46.5 | and attained. And for those of you out there who haven't got into that type of condition, |
| 1:52.2 | I strongly suggest you do it at one point in your life. The value gained from getting in, |
| 1:59.9 | you know, subhuman levels of body fat is, can't be overstated, right? |
| 2:06.2 | So, one, restricting the types of food you eat. And so ultimately, helping your palate |
| 2:12.5 | redevelop its appreciation for food. But two, just the level of discomfort and discipline that you have to go through. |
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