Muscles and Management
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 performance and sports coaches.
If you are looking to improve your own performance OR knowledge of performance/sports training (and learn how to shape your career), Muscles and Management is for you!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 252
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode #12 A Rant From a Concerned Strength Coach Regarding Team-Sport Conditioning
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In this episode Gerry takes time to tackle one of the most misunderstood topics of sports performance training: conditioning.
To start the episod…
Episode #11 Why "Sport Specific Training," is The Most Overused, Oversold, & Misunderstood Phrase in Sports Performance Training
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In this episode, Gerry explains what is wrong with the infatuation with "sport specific," training when it comes to strength training/sports per…
Episode #10 Dr. Terry Phillips of Driveline Baseball
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In this episode Gerry gets a chance to talk to Dr. Terry Phillips of Driveline Baseball. As a Doctor of Physical Therapy Terry has extensive exp…
Episode #9 Recruiting, Travel/College Baseball, Using Data & Business with Hasani Whitfield
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In this episode, Gerry has a chance to sit down and talk to Hasani Whitfield, co-owner of Gamers Baseball Academy and Untamed Baseball in Northe…
Episode #8 Building an INSANE Vertical Jump!
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This episode is EVERYTHING related to the vertical jump and gives an easy to understand and simple to follow breakdown of what goes into an insa…
Episode #7 Q&A: Energy Systems, Rotational Movements, In-Season Lifting and Strength Assessments
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In this first "question and answer," episode of the Muscles and Management podcast, Gerry takes some time to answer a few questions related to v…
Episode #6 Interview With Rob Friedman "@Pitchingninja"
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In this episode Gerry talks to Rob Friedman, who runs one of the biggest baseball/pitching instruction accounts on Twitter, @pitchingninja.
This …
Episode #5 Why The 60-yard Dash is a Useless Test For Measuring "Baseball Speed."
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In this episode Gerry discusses all things related to the 60-yard dash, baseball's most common and most used test to measure speed.
Although univ…
Episode #4 How to Build an Effective Training Program
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In this episode Gerry touches on some of the basic principles you can adhere to in order to build a solid, goal-oriented and results based progr…
Episode #3 Five Things Your College Education WON'T Teach You About Business
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This episode marks the first of the Muscles and Management series to dive into the business side of the spectrum!
Gerry details five tips that yo…
Episode #2 Building The Fundamental Movement Patterns
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In this episode Gerry starts out with a rant! Why he is growing tired of the fact that youth training or training for beginners has become obses…
Episode #1 Introduction and Conjugate Programming
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In this episode, Gerry breaks down the premise of the new Muscles and Management Podcast, training and business. He gives brief insight on his b…