This episode is about the gap between real-world coaching and internet fitness culture. Chris Marzarella talks about earning credibility the slow way, why most advice stays surface-level, and why answering real questions matters more than chasing attention.

In this first episode of the Powerbuilding 365 Podcast, Chris Marzarella lays the foundation for what this show is about: training for strength, building muscle, and staying in the game for life.

Using real-world coaching experience, evidence-based principles, and sports psychology, this episode covers why most lifters burn out, how deloads and mindset actually work, and why consistency beats intensity over decades.

This isn’t motivation. It’s structure.

This isn’t a normal episode, and that’s intentional.

Between fitness, sports psychology, bodybuilding, powerlifting, strongman, and coaching, this podcast usually lives in systems, plans, and things you can measure.

This week didn’t cooperate.

In this short bonus episode, currently I'm going through a real-life interruption, what it’s like to sit with uncertainty, and why not everything fits neatly into a program.

Regular training content resumes next episode.