Quick Summary:
Rating: MI40 Xtreme 2.0
(5 / 5)Suitability: This muscle building program is suitable for men and women. Although this muscle building program was designed for the serious bodybuilder and fitness model, it is suitable for anyone that considers a serious body transformation.
Experience level: Although this muscle building program is more focused on the intermediate to advanced bodybuilder, it was also designed with the beginner, that is willing to work hard, in mind. The bodybuilding program comes with beginner, intermediate and advanced workout plans.
User friendly: This is the best laid out bodybuilding program I have ever seen. The muscle building program provides exact information in regards to the exercise selection, exercise order, set length, rest period and food selection. It is even possible to request a customised muscle building meal plan specific to your body fat percentage, body weight and fitness goals from Ben Pakulski. The program comes complete with video instruction on how to perform each exercise correctly and safely.
Effectiveness: MI40 Xtreme 2.0 was birthed from Ben Pakulski’s exhaustive bodybuilding knowledge and the input from the world’s brightest doctors, therapists and performance coaches. As with any muscle building program the results will just be as effective as the amount of effort you are willing to put into the program. According to Ben Pakulski, even if you just apply a tenth of the principles as laid out in the MI40 Xtreme 2.0 muscle building program, you will still see dramatic results.
Format and Structure: MI40 Xtreme 2.0 is a completely downloadable series of digital videos, audio files and e-manuals. For a complete overview of the program, navigate to our MI40X muscle building program blog article.
Pros: Every detail has been meticulously calculated into the program. The exercise selection, exercise order, set length, rest period and food selection have all been calculated into the program.The number 40 in the MI40 CEP Training Program makes reference to the forty individual workouts contained in MI40X 2.0. Each week you rotate through different exercises so you’re not following the same seven day workout six times (40 days). It is essential that when you walk into the gym that you know exactly what it is you have to do to ensure that you do not wonder whether you have trained enough or whether you overtrained. When following the MI40 CEP Training System, you can be assured that you have done the best you could do in the gym to give yourself the best possible chance of reaching your muscle building potential.
Cons: It’s addictive! Forty different workouts in total. The only real downside to the program is that it requires hard work, focus and dedication. As like anything in life you only get out what you put in. The up side to the downside of having to work hard is that even if you apply only a fraction of the principles as laid out in this muscle building program, you will still see dramatic results.
Regular Price: $97. Subject to change.
Money Back Guarantee: Yes.
Author: Ben Pakulski
Website: http://www.mi40x.com
Conclusion
Pros:
As one of the top bodybuilders in the world, Ben Pakulski has a reputation to uphold and therefore will ensure to put out top notch quality information and products. MI40X is the best laid out muscle building program we have ever seen. The workout plans are very specific, the manuals very clearly written and video instruction available on how to perform each exercise safely and correctly. In addition to the muscle building nutritional guide you also have the option to have Ben Pakulski customise specific meal plans for you which is specific to your body fat percentage, body weight and fitness goals. MI40X comes with a no questions asked money back guarantee, which means that Ben Pakulski guarantees that you will see results with the MI40 Xtreme 2.0 muscle building program.
Cons:
Time consuming to learn new concepts
The biggest drawback of the program is that you have quite a bit of information to go through and principles to understand (e.g how to apply the CEP protocol) before you start with the program. However in life nothing comes from nothing and you cannot expect a different result if you keep on doing the same thing you did yesterday.
Time consuming to customise meal plans
It will take you quite some time to customise your meal plans for the MI40X muscle building program, unless you take the shortcut and ask Ben Pakulski to customise meal plans for you. Even if you take the shortcut and ask Ben to customise the meal plans for you, it will still be very time consuming to prepare the meals and to stick to the bodybuilding diet.
Bodybuilding meal plans are expensive
You did not for one moment think that you are going to pack on slabs of lean muscle without eating like a bodybuilder or fitness model, right? If you do not have the necessary building blocks in the form of nutrition to build your dream body, then all that time you spend in the gym will pretty much be in vain. The MI40X meal plans are expensive to follow, and to be honest, not everyone is able to afford to eat the way Ben recommends.
We personally recommend that you simply do the best you can. If you cannot afford to eat as recommended, then you simply can’t. Try your best to stick as closely as you can to the meal plans, as much as your finances will allow. This is however not a drawback specific to MI40X, but will be the case with any bodybuilding diet you choose to follow.
Hard work and dedication
The MI40 CEP Training Program is not for the faint hearted and is a very intense muscle building program that requires hard work and dedication. Although the muscle building program comes with a beginner, intermediate and advanced workout plan, one should not be deceived by the beginner workout plans. Even the beginner workout plans are quite challenging. I am sure however that you realised from the start that building your dream body will require hard work and dedication and therefore this should not come as a surprise. Even if in the beginning you are not able to cope with the beginner workout plan, that is no problem. Simply try to follow the program as closely as you possibly can and as you progress you will soon be able to follow the MI40X workout program exactly as intended.
Does MI40 Xtreme 2.0 deserve a 
(5 / 5) rating?
This will always be subjective to a personal opinion. We could have easily reasoned that due to the muscle building program being more complex in the sense of having to understand how to apply the CEP principles, that the muscle building program is not as user friendly as it could be and therefore do not deserve a 5 star rating. However, as everything in the program is laid out plainly and logically and comes complete with video instruction and also based on the effectiveness of the program, we decided that a 5 star rating in our opinion is indeed justifiable. Further to this, the no questions money back guarantee also played a role in justifying a 5 star rating for MI40 Xtreme 2.0.
The MI40 Xtreme 2.0 seems really impressive. I wish I had a program like that when I was 20 and went to gym 6 times a week because my trainings would have been more efficient for sure. That time I didn’t know whether I was overtrained or not and I only followed some advice found in Muscle&Fitness magazine 🙂 I never managed to increase my muscle mass on the top part of my body. It’s not visible, I look evenly balanced but I have weak arms, can’t lift myself up while hanging on a horizontal bar and push-ups are a horror for me.
I would like to start with regular workouts in the gym but after all that years I think I would be like a beginner. Do you think this program is suitable for girls and beginners, too? Would it not be too hard for me?
Hi, Lenka. You will be surprised to see how many women are actually following the MI40X muscle building program and putting a lot of men in the gym to shame. The MI40X muscle building program was created by Ben Pakulski, a competitive IFBB bodybuilder and one of the top bodybuilders in the world, with his best achievement of 2nd place in the Arnold Classic. You will also be surprised to see the results of individuals in their 60’s+ that follows the MI40X muscle building program.
There are two groups of people I would say that are utilising the MI40X muscle building program. The muscle building program is followed by competitive bodybuilders but also by the average Joe like you and me that are simply looking to get amazing results in the gym.
In regards to whether the MI40X muscle building program will be too hard for you to follow? Do not make a mistake. This muscle building program will make you realise that up until now you have been twiddling your thumbs in the gym and it will make you realise of what limits you are actually able to push your body to, hence the reason you will get awesome results within a short period of time when following this muscle building program as closely as you possibly can.
There are 3 different sets of workouts that you can choose from. 1. Beginner 2. Intermediate 3. Advanced When purchasing the MI40X muscle building program you will have access to the beginner, intermediate and advanced workout sheets. So my recommendation for you would be to start out with the beginner workout sheets. Do not be fooled. The beginner is already very demanding. However as is the case with any workout program you will make progress eventually as you become stronger and fitter. So it does not matter in the beginning if you cannot manage to follow the program to a T. The key is to follow the program as closely as you possibly can and to push yourself to your limits and you will still get great results, even if you are unable to follow the program to a T in the very beginning. Also remember that you are not measuring yourself against anyone else. You set the weights that you are able to cope with, but do make sure to push your limits though. There is no point to play around in the gym if you are looking for results.
I hope this answers your question. Let me know if you have any other MI40X related questions. Happy to help!