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Show Notes/Description:
In this powerful episode of the Muscle Intelligence Podcast, Ben Pakulski reveals why fat loss isn’t a level playing field. Your ability to lose fat, control cravings, and handle stress is deeply influenced by your genetics and understanding that is the first step toward real transformation.
Ben breaks down how adrenaline, stress response, and learned coping mechanisms shape eating habits, emotional regulation, and body composition.
This episode reframes fat loss as a behavior and nervous system challenge, not just a diet problem. Learn how to identify your unique genetic tendencies and develop new coping strategies that finally make fat loss sustainable.
Points To Watch Out For:
- How genetics influence fat loss and stress response
- Why emotional coping drives overeating
- The three-phase genetic stress model explained
- How to replace food-based coping strategies
- The “own your morning” system for lasting change.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Why Fat Loss Isn’t Fair
02:06 – The 3-Phase Stress Response
05:10 – Food as a Coping Mechanism
06:23 – Compassion Over Shame
09:21 – Why Change Feels So Hard
19:15 – Redefining Real Coaching
23:43 – My Dad’s 25-Pound Transformation
25:42 – Own Your First 60 Minutes
26:42 – The Warrior and the Monk
About Ben:
Ben Pakulski is the Chief Performance Officer to elite executives, successful entrepreneurs, and top athletes.With over 25 years of experience, he coaches high achievers to build the physical, psychological, and metabolic resilience required to lead at the highest level. As the creator of the Muscle Intelligence framework, Ben specializes in aligning biology and behavior to drive sustained peak performance. His mission is to redefine what’s possible for people in their prime and push the boundaries of human potential.
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