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 #192 Energy System Debates, Strength Training's Role in Jumping and Aaron Donald's Most Recent Training Videos
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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…
Episode #191 How Should You Order and Structure Your Training?
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Episode #190 Everything You Need to Know About Load Management In-Season
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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 st…
Episode #189 Progressing to Power Based Training as Athletes Advance and What You Need to Know About Loading, Intention and Repetitions!
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In this episode of Muscles and Management, Gerry gives a full breakdown of power development for athletes.
To start, Gerry recaps his week in twe…
Episode #188 All Things Speed Training and Development: Speed Q&A Answering YOUR Questions
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On episode 188 of the podcast, Gerry goes through his inboxes to give his insight on everything speed train…
Episode #187 Why Transferability to Sport in Strength and Speed Training is a Better Mindset Than “Specificity,” to Sport
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In this episode, Gerry starts things off as usual with a recap of last week's episode on building a social …
Episode #186 Using Social Media to Build a Brand as Both a Coach AND Athlete
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In this week’s episode of the Muscles and Management Podcast, Gerry goes over social media and how to imple…
Episode #185 Strength Training and Speed Development… When are You “Strong Enough?”
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In episode 185 of the podcast, Gerry discusses the connection between Strength Training and Speed Developme…
Episode #184 Everything You Need to Know About Building a Training Cycle: Scheduling. Programming and More!
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In this episode of the podcast, Gerry drops a knowledge bomb on building training cycles. If you are a coac…
Episode #183 Loaded Sled Sprints: Moving Slower to Get Faster
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In this episode, Gerry is here to give you a rundown on the art of sled sprinting and tips you can use to …
Episode #182 Your Guide to In-Season Training: Scheduling, Programming and More!
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It’s episode 182 of the Muscles and Management Podcast, and this week Gerry dives into in-season training. …
Episode #181 Easy to Understand and Applicable: The Basics of Velocity Based Training Explained
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In this episode of the Muscles and Management Podcast, Gerry dives into velocity-based training and how to im…
Episode #180 What You Should Look For When Training for Agility with Athletes
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Season four of Muscles and Management debuts with a comprehensive break down of training ability for athletes.
In this episode of the Muscles and…
Episode #179 The Science Behind and How to Use Depth Jumps
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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 progressio…
Episode #178 Power Cleans and Exercise Selection and Building Quality Strength Coaches Beyond Certifications with Cody Hughes
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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 c…
Episode #177- How You Can Divide Your Lower Body Training to Further Zone in on Speed as an Athlete Progresses
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Gerry is back for episode 177 to talk about splitting up speed days to maximize results in athletes programming. Gerry dives into the finer deta…
Episode #176 Core Training For Rotational Athletes and Why Visible Abs are Overrated for Athletes
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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…
Episode #175 Q&A (The Debate on Power Cleans, Creating Good Weight Room Culture and Strength Testing for Athletes)
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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 additio…
Episode #174 Keto Diets, Fast Food as a Last Resort and More Nutritional Topics with Julian Lo Casto
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In this episode Gerry welcomes Julian back on the show to talk a variety of topics centered around nutrition.
To start, the conversation steers t…
Episode #173 Owning The Off-Season with Bill Miller
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes Bill Miller back on the show to talk EVERYTHING you need to know about preparing your athlete and baseball playe…