POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST

About POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST

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.

Publisher

Chris Marzarella

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Jan 2026

Latest episode

10 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Aug 2026

   How I Run A Bodybuilding Show

   Season 2 of the POWERBUILDING 365 Podcast kicks off with the most honest episode yet. Strength coach, OCB judge, and show promoter Chris Marzarella pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to run a natural bodybuilding show from start to finish. From a year of logistics and vendor coordination to registration chaos at midnight, from his ADHD making the final two weeks a complete unraveling to his wife being the organizational master that keeps everything standing, this episode is a reality check for every competitor who has ever stood on a stage without a single thought about who built it. Chris also addresses coach behavior on show day, the judges feedback process, why he promotes natural shows after twenty years in a very different world, and what the roar of the crowd means to him after everything it takes to get there. The book Powerbuilding 365 is available now on Amazon. The app is coming soon.

2. 

   28 May 2026

   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.

3. 

   3 May 2026

   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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4735)

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