POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST
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Podcast Overview
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Faith, discipline, and accountability show up here as structure, not slogans.</p><p>“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17.</p><p>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.</p><p>Strength. Hypertrophy. Training for life.</p>
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1/5/2026
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Recent Episodes
May 28, 2026
Six Hundred Forty Three Pages, Eleven Years, and the Book That Finally Exists
<p>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.</p>
May 3, 2026
The SAID Principle, Why Specialists Stall, and the Training Cycle Almost Nobody Schedules
<p>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.</p><p><strong>STUDIES REFERENCED</strong></p><p><strong>Henry, F.M. (1958).</strong> 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.</p><p><strong>Maughan, R.J., Watson, J.S., & Weir, J. (1983).</strong> Strength and cross-sectional area of human skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology, 338, 37-49. Direct link: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.1983.sp014658">https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.1983.sp014658</a></p><p><strong>Amaro, N.M., Marinho, D.A., Marques, M.C., Batalha, N., & Morouço, P.G. (2017).</strong> Effects of Dry-Land Strength and Conditioning Programs in Age Group Swimmers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(9), 2447-2454. Direct link: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/09000/effects_of_dry_land_strength_and_conditioning.13.aspx">https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/09000/effects_of_dry_land_strength_and_conditioning.13.aspx</a></p><p><strong>Schoenfeld, B.J., Grgic, J., Ogborn, D., & Krieger, J.W. (2017).</strong> 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: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/12000/strength_and_hypertrophy_adaptations_between_low_.31.aspx">https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2017/12000/strength_and_hypertrophy_adaptations_between_low_.31.aspx</a></p><p><strong>Lopes, T.J., Neiva, H.P., Gonçalves, C.A., Nunes, C., & Marinho, D.A. (2021).</strong> The effects of dry-land strength training on competitive sprinter swimmers. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 19(1), 32-39. Direct link: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1728869X19300565">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1728869X19300565</a></p><p><strong>Hermosilla, F., Sanders, R., González-Mohíno, F., Yustres, I., & González-Rave, J.M. (2021).</strong> 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: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/17/9340">https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/17/9340</a></p><p><strong>Moquin, P.A., Wetmore, A.B., Carroll, K.M., Fry, A.C., Hornsby, W.G., & Stone, M.H. (2021).</strong> 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: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4735">https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4735</a></p>
April 26, 2026
Ozempic Part 2: The Nutrition System That Makes It Actually Work
<p>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 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://powerbuilding365.com">powerbuilding365.com</a> 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.</p><p>Site for the tools: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.powerbuilding365.com/fitness-calculators-tools">https://www.powerbuilding365.com/fitness-calculators-tools</a></p>
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- What is POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST?
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Faith, discipline, and accountability show up here as structure, not slogans.</p><p>“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17.</p><p>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.</p><p>Strength. Hypertrophy. Training for life.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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