#259: Get Strong like a Powerlifter and Jacked like a Bodybuilder with StrongFirst CEO, Fabio Zonin
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
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🗓️ 14 September 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Fabio Zonin knows how to get jacked and strong. He is the CEO of StrongFirst, founded by legendary Russian Strength & Conditioning specialist, Pavel Tsatsouline. He’s also a Master Teacher for FIF (Italian Federation of Fitness) and a former vice president of the Italian Association of Natural Bodybuilding.
In this episode Fabio and I give you the keys to unlock your body’s potential. You’ll learn the difference between intensity and effort, why great form trumps everything else, how to gain muscle and feel great at the same time, and much more. Listen as we discuss:
- How did Fabio first get into lifting as a kid? [5:01]
- When did the transition happen from powerlifting to bodybuilding? [8:41]
- The TRUE definition of intensity vs. effort. [11:05]
- How his training progressed over time and the differences between big, free weight lifts and machines. [13:52]
- Is using proper technique more important than having a great training program? [19:01]
- High frequency training vs. low volume training – what’s the difference? [24:41]
- Always be ready for action; the benefits of splitting up your sets throughout the week. [30:06]
- Can you train to gain 10 lbs. of muscle AND feel mobile, flexible and athletic at all times? [32:16]
- How did his training change once he met Pavel Tsatsouline? [37:39]
- If It Flies Right, It Looks Right: Fabio’s journey to a bodybuilding competition. [42:35]
- What principles does he currently live by? [47:25]
- What are the StrongFirst principles of training and what programs do they offer? [50:03]
- Training for more endurance – are YOU making these mistakes? [51:43]
- What certification courses does StrongFirst offer? [1:14:42]
- Why it might be time for you to switch up your training program. [1:16:09]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Renegade Radio |
| 0:16.0 | podcast. I am Jay Ferrugia. My guest today is Fabio Zonen. He is the |
| 0:21.0 | CEO of Strong First, which is the company started by |
| 0:25.0 | strength-conditioning legend Pavel Tatsylene who's been a huge influence of |
| 0:29.0 | mine as well as many other fitness professionals. And I met Pavel a long time ago. |
| 0:35.4 | Pavel actually lives in my building, |
| 0:36.9 | but Fabio, the CEO, great dude who I met recently |
| 0:41.4 | through an introduction from Dr Mark Chang and Chad Waterbury and we hung |
| 0:46.1 | out, we hit it off, we spent Saturday morning together having coffee for about two hours and |
| 0:49.8 | just talk training and nutrition non-stop and it was great so I said man I got to get you |
| 0:54.2 | on the podcast to share all this stuff because we've shared so many similar |
| 0:58.8 | experiences and experimented with so many different training styles and everything he said |
| 1:06.2 | I said oh man I've done the same thing yeah I did that back in 96 and 99 2004 |
| 1:11.2 | I was introduced to that and he had the same responses to the stuff that I had tried from training to nutrition, all different types of stuff. It was really cool. And what's perfect about the timing of this is the way he trains now is very similar to the way I've trained in the last two years throughout 2017 and 2018. |
| 1:32.0 | And also it's a lot of it kind of goes back to the old school concepts |
| 1:36.2 | from the early 1900s and the early days of the iron game and physical culture and |
| 1:41.6 | it also is kind of a justification |
| 1:45.2 | for what a lot of the latest research is showing |
| 1:48.3 | when it comes to strength gains and hypertrophy |
| 1:50.4 | gains and everything about training across the board. |
| 1:53.6 | So really cool discussion. |
| 1:55.7 | I think you guys are going to be shocked by some of the stuff that he talks about |
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