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POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST

POWERBUILDING 365 PODCAST

by Chris Marzarella

Self-Improvement Fitness

Season 1

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Why Athletes Get Banned While Everyone Else Gets TRT

The rules around performance enhancing drugs don't apply equally. Chris Marzarella breaks down why athletes get banned while everyone else gets a prescription and what that actually says about clean sport.

Adrenaline Control: Lessons From a Skydiving Jump

What happens when fear leaves your body at 12,000 feet? In this personal episode of The Powerbuilding 365 Podcast, Chris Marzarella tells the story of a skydiving jump in Hawaii that became one of the most powerful father-son moments of his life. Standing at the open door of the plane and stepping into freefall reveals something deeper about adrenaline, control, and the psychology of performance. The experience later connects to an ocean baptism that felt like emotional reset. Competition, faith, and high-pressure moments all share the same underlying skill: state control. Chris explains why elite performers regulate adrenaline instead of chasing intensity, and why emotional control matters more than rage when the pressure is real. From stepping onto a bodybuilding stage to walking to the bar at a powerlifting meet, the lesson is the same.

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