POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST

Chris Marzarella
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Strength training and hypertrophy for lifters who want results now and longevity later. Evidence-based programming, sports psychology, and real-world coaching for people training for life. Hosted by Chris Marzarella, a strength coach with over four decades under the bar, Powerbuilding 365 cuts through fitness noise with proven principles, applied science, and hard-earned experience. No influencer hype. No shortcuts. No recycled talking points. Each episode covers strength training, hypertrophy, recovery, deloading, mindset, and long-term sustainability for lifters, competitors, and everyday athletes who refuse to burn out or break down. This is where fundamentals matter, mental resilience is trained deliberately, and progress is measured in years, not weeks. Faith, discipline, and accountability show up here as structure, not slogans. “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17. If you’re tired of gimmicks and chasing the next new thing, this podcast isn’t here to entertain you. It’s here to make you better. Strength. Hypertrophy. Training for life.

  1. Six Hundred Forty Three Pages, Eleven Years, and the Book That Finally Exists

    May 28

    Six Hundred Forty Three Pages, Eleven Years, and the Book That Finally Exists

    After eleven years of writing and four decades of coaching, the Powerbuilding 365 system finally lives in book form. Six hundred and forty three pages broken into four parts. In this episode, Chris walks through what’s actually inside, the philosophy that holds it together, and why he wrote it the way he did.

    21 min
  2. The SAID Principle, Why Specialists Stall, and the Training Cycle Almost Nobody Schedules

    May 3

    The SAID Principle, Why Specialists Stall, and the Training Cycle Almost Nobody Schedules

    The body adapts to what you train and loses ground on what you don't. That's the SAID principle, and almost every serious lifter violates it without knowing it. In this episode, Chris breaks down a sixty seven year old training law, walks through the research on dryland work for swimmers, hypertrophy work for powerlifters, and strength work for bodybuilders, and shares a seven year client example that proves the point. A real conversation about how progress actually stacks across cycles instead of resetting every twelve weeks. STUDIES REFERENCED Henry, F.M. (1958). Specificity vs. generality in learning motor skill. Proceedings of the College Physical Education Association, 61, 126-128. Note: Original 1958 conference proceedings paper, not available online. Reprinted in Brown, R.C. & Kenyon, G.S. (Eds.) (1968), Classical Studies on Physical Activity, Prentice Hall. Maughan, R.J., Watson, J.S., & Weir, J. (1983). Strength and cross-sectional area of human skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology, 338, 37-49. Direct link: https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.1983.sp014658 Amaro, N.M., Marinho, D.A., Marques, M.C., Batalha, N., & Morouço, P.G. (2017). Effects of Dry-Land Strength and Conditioning Programs in Age Group Swimmers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(9), 2447-2454. Direct link: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/09000/effects_of_dry_land_strength_and_conditioning.13.aspx Schoenfeld, B.J., Grgic, J., Ogborn, D., & Krieger, J.W. (2017). Strength and Hypertrophy Adaptations Between Low- vs. High-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(12), 3508-3523. Direct link: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/12000/strength_and_hypertrophy_adaptations_between_low_.31.aspx Lopes, T.J., Neiva, H.P., Gonçalves, C.A., Nunes, C., & Marinho, D.A. (2021). The effects of dry-land strength training on competitive sprinter swimmers. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 19(1), 32-39. Direct link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1728869X19300565 Hermosilla, F., Sanders, R., González-Mohíno, F., Yustres, I., & González-Rave, J.M. (2021). Effects of Dry-Land Training Programs on Swimming Turn Performance: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9340. Direct link: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/17/9340 Moquin, P.A., Wetmore, A.B., Carroll, K.M., Fry, A.C., Hornsby, W.G., & Stone, M.H. (2021). Lean Body Mass and Muscle Cross-Sectional Area Adaptations Among College Age Males with Different Strength Levels Across 11 Weeks of Block Periodized Programmed Resistance Training. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4735. Direct link: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4735

    21 min
  3. Ozempic Part 2: The Nutrition System That Makes It Actually Work

    Apr 26

    Ozempic Part 2: The Nutrition System That Makes It Actually Work

    Chris Marzarella is back with part two of the Ozempic arc. This week it is the actual coaching framework, the numbers, the macros, and the real-life situations that derail people. Fair warning: there is math involved. Chris hates math too. That is why he built a free calculator at powerbuilding365.com so neither of you has to suffer through it alone. Real coaching. Real system. No meal plans, no forbidden foods, and no pharmaceutical fairy dust. Site for the tools: https://www.powerbuilding365.com/fitness-calculators-tools

    26 min
  4. Ozempic and the Fitness Industry: What Nobody Is Telling You About This Drug

    Apr 15

    Ozempic and the Fitness Industry: What Nobody Is Telling You About This Drug

    Ozempic is the most talked about drug on the planet right now. Strength coach Chris Marzarella has coached clients through it, knows the research, and has a take the fitness industry is not giving you. Not anti-drug. Not a cheerleader. Just forty years of coaching experience applied to the biggest pharmaceutical story of the decade. Real clients. Real results. Real talk on what this drug can and cannot do without a coach and a nutrition plan behind it.

    20 min
  5. Motivation vs Discipline: What Happens After the Week One Adrenaline Runs Out

    Mar 26

    Motivation vs Discipline: What Happens After the Week One Adrenaline Runs Out

    Committing is the easy part. Week one feels like dropping bombs on 500 targets. Week four is where most people quietly go back to what they were doing before. This episode is about what happens after the motivation disappears a

    7 min
  6. Stop Quitting Your Program: Why You've Been Negotiating With Your Own Excuses

    Mar 24

    Stop Quitting Your Program: Why You've Been Negotiating With Your Own Excuses

    Sunday we talked about FAFO on a geopolitical scale. Today we bring it into the gym. You have been making threats to yourself for years. Missed sessions. Blown diets. Programs you quit after three weeks. At some point the Trump part of you has to call the bluff.

    7 min

  7. Mar 22

    Training Consistency: The FAFO Lesson Iran Just Learned the Hard Way

    Iran spent 47 years threatening, posturing, and collecting cash from people too scared to respond. Trump said go ahead. Make my day. Now Iran is learning what FAFO actually means. And if you train, this episode is about you too.

    12 min
  8. Six Months of Training With No Results: Here's Why Part 1

    Mar 10

    Six Months of Training With No Results: Here's Why Part 1

    You have been training for six months and nothing is showing. Chris Marzarella breaks down the three real reasons progress stalls, nutrition blind spots, sleep debt, and consistency gaps, and why the answer is never a new program.

    10 min
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Strength training and hypertrophy for lifters who want results now and longevity later. Evidence-based programming, sports psychology, and real-world coaching for people training for life. Hosted by Chris Marzarella, a strength coach with over four decades under the bar, Powerbuilding 365 cuts through fitness noise with proven principles, applied science, and hard-earned experience. No influencer hype. No shortcuts. No recycled talking points. Each episode covers strength training, hypertrophy, recovery, deloading, mindset, and long-term sustainability for lifters, competitors, and everyday athletes who refuse to burn out or break down. This is where fundamentals matter, mental resilience is trained deliberately, and progress is measured in years, not weeks. Faith, discipline, and accountability show up here as structure, not slogans. “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17. If you’re tired of gimmicks and chasing the next new thing, this podcast isn’t here to entertain you. It’s here to make you better. Strength. Hypertrophy. Training for life.

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    Chris Marzarella
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