Muscles and Management

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Gerry is back for episode 177 to talk about splitting up speed days to maximize results in athletes programming. Gerry dives into the finer details of a tweet he posted earlier in the week, and explains when it might be a good fit to alter programming to get better results. Gerry goes over training age, creating blueprints, keeping things...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode of the podcast, Gerry and Mike dive into the culture of the six-pack and how detrimental it is to young athletes. Gerry believes there is too much attention on the aesthetics, and in the episode he goes into detail on what athletes SHOULD be focused on to increase performance. Gerry discusses basic variations of programmin...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode, Gerry adds Mike to the show and shares plans to ramp up the podcast. More focus will be added to the pod, including the addition to a video version that will be posted to Youtube weekly. A fter the intro, Gerry and Mike dive into a Q&A with questions supplied by Challenger Strength followers. Gerry covers getting crea...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode Gerry welcomes Julian back on the show to talk a variety of topics centered around nutrition. To start, the conversation steers towards social media advice and what athletes need to be weary of when it comes to who they listen to.  Then,  Julian and Gerry discuss meal timing and "eating enough," for young athlete...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode, Gerry welcomes Bill Miller back on the show to talk EVERYTHING you need to know about preparing your athlete and baseball player for the off-season. From metrics and testing protocol you can use, to how you can use those metrics to come up with a plan and program, this episode has it ALL if you want to have a killer off-s...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* Hitting coach Chad Longworth stops by to discuss a litany of topics related to athletic development and help for both athletes AND coaches. To start, Gerry and Chad talk about some of the issues athletes have with eating and how important food intake is for athletic development. From there, the conver...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Andrew Spruill has trained and developed athletes at XPE sports for the better part of the past decade. In that time, he has developed a keen sense of what athletes need to succeed in game situations.  For team-sport athletes there is a different demand and need for things like speed than what meets the eye. For example, while it is impor...

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Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode, Gerry welcomes Max Schmarzo back on the show to talk a myriad of topics in S&C. From basics of programming, sticking with the basics and what is working with youth athletes and much more, join Max and Gerry for an insightful conversation. All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management! Get A 7 Day FREE TR...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes Elon University Director of Sports Performance, Nick DiMarco. Nick and Gerry jump right into the current state of conditioning and conditioning tests in the professional sports world, particularly addressing some of the summer headlines created from the conditioning don...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode Gerry is BACK with part 2 of the epic Q&A answering YOUR questions. To start, Gerry touches on sending DMs to coaches and how to go about it respectfully and correctly and the best ways to get an answer. From there, he touches on the best advice for young athletes looking to get st...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *EPISODE TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode Gerry welcomes Joseph Potts back on the show to dive into the topic of heavy sled pushes for speed and power development. To start, Gerry and Joseph talk about their similarities as coaches, give an ode to Joe DeFranco and discuss a bit about what makes for a training facility that...

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Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! In this episode, Hamilton College Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Pat Basil joins us to talk EVERYTHING related to training athletes in large team settings. Pat oversees 600+ athletes often BY HIMSELF and has developed some fantastic protocol to best handle a quality strength training program consisting of that many athletes. To star...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! Terrence Kennell has spent time as a strength and sports performance coach with a variety of different collegiate and professional organizations. In that time, he has seen his fair share of poor conditioning practices and is here to give us his thoughts on what is wrong with the perception around energy systems training in sports and what...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! World renowned sprints coach Lester Spellman joins the show to talk his career, his coaching influences and the keys to acceleration. Get A 7 Day FREE TRIAL On Onlystrength! - https://www.onlystrength.training/podcastoffer Support the show

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes DJ Edwards back on the show for an unfiltered, unscripted and organic conversation geared towards everything strength and conditioning. From rotational power development, general tips for athletes and coaches looking to get the upper hand on sports performance developme...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry is joined by Rice's new pitching coach, Colter Bostick. This conversation takes a lot at everything related to pitching development when it comes to blending throwing schedules and strength training optimally. Colter touches on the importance of strength training for pitche...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes USF Football Director of Strength and Conditioning AJ Artis on the show. To start, AJ talks a bit about his previous role with University of Tennessee Football and his time with their program as well as his ascension through the field and his  recent transition to his n...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes strength and conditioning and power lifting coach Travis Mash on the show. Travis and Gerry set out to break every myth revolving around youth resistance training and give you all the information you need to support safe and progressively sound resistance training for y...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes strength and conditioning coach Bill Miller back on the show to discuss a multitude of topics in athlete development and preparation. Amongst other things, the conversation covers rotational power development for athletes and some of the strategies Bill and Gerry use to...

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Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes Air Force Special Ops. Head of Strength and Conditioning, Grant Darnell, to talk various areas surrounding strength and conditioning (programming and training) AND career aspects of the field. To start, Grant details his experience in the field over the past decade, inc...

Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode! *SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode, Gerry welcomes Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach, Hannah Huesman, on the show to talk everything pertaining to mental health and improving mental health performance for athletes. To start, Hannah discusses her journey into the field, education and the things she has learned bo...