Gerry DeFilippo

Muscles and Management

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Over the last near decade, Gerry DeFilippo has trained THOUSANDS of athletes from the youth to pro level across all major team-sports. Gerry started his gym and brand, Challenger Strength, as an ambitious 22 year old still finishing his college degree. In the time since, he has built his facility and following into a nationally recognized performance company training thousands of athletes both in-person and online. Gerry brings guests across all areas of sports and performance training, giving the listener inside access to his rolodex of collegiate, world renowned private and professional perf...

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Gerry DeFilippo

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Episode #202 Creatine Monohydrate, Dealing with Athletes and Different Coaches In-Season, More Pro Athlete Training Eye Wash and More! 21.07.2022 41:39

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In episode 202, Gerry starts out with some announcements regarding newsletters, free training programs and some upcoming products/Q&A offerings. From there, things turn to follower questions for the week and cover anything from creatine monohydrate vs. hydrochloride, managing athletes when they are away from you during the season, sep...

Episode #201 Where to Start with Your Speed Training, 5 Things You MUST Have in Your Speed Training and More! 14.07.2022 40:32

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Muscles and Management is at 201 episodes and today Gerry sits down with Mike to discuss relevant topics in strength and conditioning for pro and young athletes alike! Gerry covers topics including acceleration programming, speed training, injuries, CSCS, cleans, and much more. If you are a coach or athlete looking to learn how to optimiz...

Episode #200 The Five BEST Episodes of All Time, Should we "Ditch," Back Squats and Agility Training with NFL Running Back Travis Etienne 30.06.2022 41:20

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Muscles and Management has eclipsed 200 episodes, and Gerry is back solo to discuss big things in strength and conditioning! Gerry goes over his favorite episodes of the past, Travis Etienne, Back Squats (bad?!), Consistency in the gym, and much more! This is an episode FULL of great info that you don’t want to miss. All that and more on...

Episode #199 Rep Ranges for The Early Off-season, Judging Coaches by Social Media Following and Importance of Averages When Testing Athletes 23.06.2022 49:47

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! On episode 199 Gerry dives into trending topics in the strength and conditioning world, including how to work with worn down athletes, athletes with elite athletes for parents, use of timing systems in programming, and much more! As always, Gerry also discusses his best tweets of the week, as well as follower questions. You don’t want to...

Episode #198 Recovery Days, High Performance in Pro and College Sports and Thoughts on Christian McCaffrey's Training 02.06.2022 41:33

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In episode 198 of the podcast, Gerry and Mike once again discuss recent events in the S&C world and respond to followers! Gerry tackles Christian McCaffrey’s injuries, Tyreek Hill’s unique training, the Jets, CrossFit for athletes, the true cause of injuries, specializing in sports, and much more! This is a great episode you don’t wan...

Episode #197 Prioritizing Speed Training, Upper Body Training for Throwers and Improving Specific Aspects of Your Sprint 19.05.2022 50:25

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode, Gerry is back to answer your questions and discuss a litany of topics in strength and conditioning. To start, Gerry and Mike talk about the infamous Aaron Donald video and how a retort video about Patrick Mahomes has been blowing up on social media when it comes to quality strength and speed training. From there, the conv...

Episode #196 Implementing Systems as a Coach to Optimize Athletic Development with Kyle Boddy 12.05.2022 1:03:10

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Episode 196 is a big one! Gerry has special guest Kyle Boddy from Driveline Baseball in to discuss Driveline, his time at Cincinnati, his future goals, and much more! They cover tons of topics including the importance of culture, working for big orgs, Twitter talent getting jobs, working hard (and smart), and much more! This is an episode...

Episode #195 ACL Rehabilitation, Return to Sport and More with Edwin Porras 05.05.2022 58:02

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! This week on the podcast Gerry invites Edwin Porras onto the show to discuss ACL rehabilitation. Edwin is the Fantasy Points Medical Analysts and a DPT for the Minnesota Twins, and he brings a ton of knowledge on the evolution of ACL rehabilitation to the show. The two discuss all things ACL, including overuse/fatigue, working with streng...

Episode #194 Turning Athletes into Assistant Coaches, Real Core Training, Workouts around Pro Sports and More! 28.04.2022 47:57

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In Episode 194 of the podcast, Gerry and Mike continue to discuss recent events in the S&C world and respond to followers! Gerry covers ACLs, gym culture, working core and keeping parents happy, starting new programming, Nick Chubb, Derrick Henry, and much more! All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management! Support the...

Episode #193 Patrick Mahomes’ Training, Why The 60-Yard Dash Should be Extinct, Training Splits and More! 21.04.2022 48:13

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! On episode 193 of the podcast, Gerry dives into hot topics in the sports world, and gets real on controversial topics! Gerry covers a ton in this episode! Patrick Mahomes training, 60s in baseball (and why they suck), programming mistakes to avoid, dealing with bad days, and more are all covered. If you have a question for Gerry or want t...

Episode #192 Energy System Debates, Strength Training's Role in Jumping and Aaron Donald's Most Recent Training Videos 14.04.2022 57:41

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In episode 192, Gerry tackles hot topics on the strength and conditioning world, and dives into a ton of valuable content! The crew goes over why speed ladders don’t help Aaron Donald, training young athletes, the use of one rep maxes, box squats, and much more! All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management! Support the sho...

Episode #191 How Should You Order and Structure Your Training? 31.03.2022 34:28

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Episode #190 Everything You Need to Know About Load Management In-Season 24.03.2022 37:06

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode of Muscles and Management, Gerry gives a FULL breakdown of what it takes to handle the chaos that is "in-season," training. To start, the episode goes through the usual week in tweets. Gerry is FIRED up this week regarding topics such as asking coaches for free help, marketing your playing career to boast strengt...

Episode #189 Progressing to Power Based Training as Athletes Advance and What You Need to Know About Loading, Intention and Repetitions! 17.03.2022 34:25

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode of Muscles and Management, Gerry gives a full breakdown of power development for athletes. To start, Gerry recaps his week in tweets and also answers the usual follower question, this week pertaining to club sports and the unfortunate “year round,” wear and tear athletes face with the current sporting structure. From there...

Episode #188 All Things Speed Training and Development: Speed Q&A Answering YOUR Questions 09.03.2022 37:52

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* On episode 188 of the podcast, Gerry goes through his inboxes to give his insight on everything speed training and development related! This is a special podcast you don’t want to miss out on if you are someone looking to improve your speed or a coach looking to develop programs to improve your athlet...

Episode #187 Why Transferability to Sport in Strength and Speed Training is a Better Mindset Than “Specificity,” to Sport 02.03.2022 43:52

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry starts things off as usual with a recap of last week's episode on building a social media brand and discusses some of the key points from the episode. Then, he gets into his favorite tweets from the past week as well as answering one of YOUR questions. From there, the conve...

Episode #186 Using Social Media to Build a Brand as Both a Coach AND Athlete 23.02.2022 45:46

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this week’s episode of the Muscles and Management Podcast, Gerry goes over social media and how to implement it as both a coach AND a player. Gerry has had success building his brand and business via social media, and he has plenty of insight on what works and how to execute! The episode covers the...

Episode #185 Strength Training and Speed Development… When are You “Strong Enough?” 09.02.2022 41:56

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In episode 185 of the podcast, Gerry discusses the connection between Strength Training and Speed Development. A common question when it comes to speed is: “How strong is strong enough?” Gerry tackles this question head on and provides tons of information on how to use programing to improve speed via...

Episode #184 Everything You Need to Know About Building a Training Cycle: Scheduling. Programming and More! 02.02.2022 41:01

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode of the podcast, Gerry drops a knowledge bomb on building training cycles. If you are a coach or athlete looking to build an effective training cycle, this is the episode you can't miss. Gerry goes into detail on testing before building a program, segments of cycles, scheduling, an...

Episode #183 Loaded Sled Sprints: Moving Slower to Get Faster 26.01.2022 49:45

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry is here to give you a rundown on the art of sled sprinting and tips you can use to add it to your training. To start, Gerry touches on a review of his week of tweets. From progressive overload and building strength, programming templates for coaches and moving past thinking “th...

Episode #182 Your Guide to In-Season Training: Scheduling, Programming and More! 19.01.2022 48:16

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* It’s episode 182 of the Muscles and Management Podcast, and this week Gerry dives into in-season training. We cover scheduling, programming, and much more in this jam packed episode covering everything you need to know about training your athletes during the season! Gerry goes through in-season traini...

Episode #181 Easy to Understand and Applicable: The Basics of Velocity Based Training Explained 12.01.2022 47:59

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END In this episode of the Muscles and Management Podcast, Gerry dives into velocity-based training and how to implement it. As always, Gerry goes over his week in tweets, as well as his favorite tweet of the week, this time by Zane Hunt (@z_hunt2). Then, velocity-based training is discussed in great detai...

Episode #180 What You Should Look For When Training for Agility with Athletes 05.01.2022 46:25

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Season four of Muscles and Management debuts with a comprehensive break down of training ability for athletes. In this episode of the Muscles and Management Podcast, Gerry focuses on agility training. He covers the difference between change of direction and agility, programming based on need, why the environment is important in agility tr...

Episode #179 The Science Behind and How to Use Depth Jumps 29.12.2021 36:31

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In episode 179 of the podcast, Gerry goes solo on the topic of depth jumps. Gerry goes DEEP into why he uses them, variations and the progression in high-volume programs, testing, optimal results, and much more. If you are a coach looking to learn more or start using depth jumps this is a must listen! All that and more on this episode of...

Episode #178 Power Cleans and Exercise Selection and Building Quality Strength Coaches Beyond Certifications with Cody Hughes 15.12.2021 54:00

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! On episode 178 of the podcast, Gerry and special guest Cody Hughes talk about cleans and how they should be fit into an athletes program. They cover their history with the clean, their current philosophies, and situations cleans might make sense. They also discuss their thoughts on the CSCS, the importance (or lack of) of certifications,...