{"podcast":{"title":"Muscle Intelligence — Longevity, Training & Human Performance with Ben Pakulski","slug":"muscle-intelligence-590052","podcast_index_feed_id":590052,"rss_url":"https://muscleintelligence.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://muscleintelligence.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/d/5/7/6d57641c971df9bc16c3140a3186d450/4.jpg","author":"Ben Pakulski | Men's Performance Coach","episode_count":439,"summary":"You don't have to decline. Your body is more capable than you think. This podcast will show you how. Muscle Intelligence is the podcast for high-performing men who want to build muscle, optimize hormones, extend their healthspan, and maintain full cognitive and physical output as they age. Ben Pakulski spent 25 years as an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, coach, and researcher, working with and learning from the world's leading experts in longevity, performance medicine, testosterone optimization, peptides, and human performance. Every episode takes that body of work and gives you something specific to do with it. Most men lose muscle, hormonal function, and mental clarity through their 40s and 50s without knowing it's happening or that it's reversible. Ben has spent 25 years working on exactly that problem, alongside the coaches, physicians, and researchers who have the best answers. If you're an executive, entrepreneur, or serious athlete who wants to train smarter, age better, and get advice from someone who has done the work, this is your show. Topics include: muscle building, body composition, peptides, hormone optimization, longevity, cognitive performance, sleep, nutrition, and the sy…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:18:48.719824+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muscle-intelligence-590052"},"episode":{"title":"The 21 -Day Challenge That Will Complete the Man You're Building","slug":"the-21-day-challenge-that-will-complete-the-man-you-re-building","published_at":"2026-04-22T20:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muscle-intelligence-590052/the-21-day-challenge-that-will-complete-the-man-you-re-building","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muscle-intelligence-590052","url":"https://muscleintelligence.libsyn.com/the-30-day-challenge-that-will-complete-the-man-youre-building","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/muscleintelligence/Bens_Search_for_Meaning.mp3?dest-id=966710","summary":"Join The Warrior Monk Challenge! A 21-day philosophy + fitness challenge with Ben Pakulski and Brian Johnson. http://warriormonkchallenge.com/ Ben Pakulski steps away from peptides and programming to share the philosophy that changed his life. Drawing on Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, he opens up about the mindset shift that carried him through Olympia prep and redirected his family's legacy. This episode goes deeper than physical performance. It is about the gap between stimulus and response, the difference between information and insight, and why the body is only one piece of what it means to thrive. If you have ever changed your body but still felt empty, this is the episode you need.","meta_description":"Join The Warrior Monk Challenge! A 21-day philosophy + fitness challenge with Ben Pakulski and Brian Johnson. http://warriormonkchallenge.com/ Ben Pakulsk…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":812,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/muscle-intelligence-590052/episodes/the-21-day-challenge-that-will-complete-the-man-you-re-building/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muscle-intelligence-590052/the-21-day-challenge-that-will-complete-the-man-you-re-building.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}