{"id":4853,"date":"2014-05-14T18:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:28:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-06-19T07:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T14:47:56","slug":"5-muscle-gain-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/articles\/5-muscle-gain-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"5 mistakes KILLING your muscle gains (+5 solutions to fix em)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"Article\" --><br \/>\n[sc:masthead-std]<br \/>\n[sc:salutation-std]<\/p>\n<p>Today I would like to introduce you to the <em>most intelligent<\/em> pro bodybuilder in the world - my friend Ben Pakulski. In fact, he just competed in the Mr. Olympia contest and shocked the world with his stunning physique.<\/p>\n<p>Don't be scared when you see his pictures - that's his \"competition face\" and he is really a gentle giant!\u00a0 For the past 14 years\u00a0Ben has surrounded himself with the brightest doctors, coaches and therapists in the world and while training for the Olympia, he\u00a0has written an eye-opening article on 5 irrefutable reasons you'll NEVER make gains...<\/p>\n<p>This is FAR from your typical run-of-mill muscle info! \u00a0Ben shares the 4 scientific solutions to these reasons so you never hit a plateau again:<!--break--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.benpakulski.com\/mi40\/5mistakes.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/images\/specials\/encyclo\/arrow.gif\" alt=\"Go!\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>5 mistakes KILLING your muscle gains (+5 solutions to fix \\'em)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben is known as \"The Thinking Man's Bodybuilder\" and he believes, <em>\"The more you know, the more you grow.\"<\/em> He believes in making himself 1% better every day and to ALWAYS BE LEARNING.<\/p>\n<p>There is always someone smarter than you and when you read this article, the light bulbs in your head are going to get a VIOLENT jolt of electricity and you\\'re going to wish you had learned this ten years ago... I know I sure did!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you're not making these 5 mistakes... and if you are... FIX \\'EM (#1 &amp; #3 and huge ones):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.benpakulski.com\/mi40\/5mistakes.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/images\/specials\/encyclo\/arrow.gif\" alt=\"Go!\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>5 mistakes KILLING your muscle gains (+5 solutions to fix \\'em)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Think you something about building muscle &amp; fitness? Think again!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the new info!<\/p>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n[sc:signoff-std]<\/p>\n<div class=\"topcontent\"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"top\" --><\/p>\n<p class=\"testi2\" align=\"center\">5 mistakes KILLING your muscle gains (+5 solutions to fix em)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>by IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Ben Pakulski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski\" target=\"_blank\"><!-- thumb --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/images\/ben-pakulski\/IFBB-pro-bodybuilder-ben-pakulski.jpg\" alt=\"IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Ben Pakulski\" width=\"700\" height=\"775\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottomcontent\"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"bottom\" --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski-ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>P.S. After you check out the article, you'll see that Ben has created a system, called MI40,\u00a0that applies these 5 solutions into a step-by-step 40-day blueprint designed to double your gains in half the time, smash any plateau, add muscle to your \"lagging\" body parts... and you'll do it without losing your abs!\u00a0It\u2019s the hottest-selling muscle-building program in the world right now.<\/p>\n<p>And because I have friends who are clients of Ben... he allowed me to pass on this private link that hooks Elite Fitness readers up with an exclusive $30 discount to celebrate his first Mr. Olympia Contest:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.benpakulski.com\/mi40\/5mistakes.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/images\/specials\/encyclo\/arrow.gif\" alt=\"Go!\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/go\/ben-pakulski\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>5 mistakes KILLING your muscle gains (+5 solutions to fix \\'em)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[sc:masthead-std] [sc:salutation-std] Today I would like to introduce you to the most intelligent pro bodybuilder in the world &#8211; my friend Ben Pakulski. 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