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 #172 The Importance of Having Plan and Process When Developing Athletes with Chad Longworth
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Hitting coach Chad Longworth stops by to discuss a litany of topics related to athletic development and hel…
Episode #171 Things to Consider for Acceleration and Agility Training with Andrew Spruill
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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 se…
Episode #170 Talking Shop About Speed Development, Coaching and Acceleration vs. Top Speed with Ryan Banta
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Episode #169 Sounding off on Various Topics in Training and Performance with Max Schmarzo (Strong By Science)
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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 ba…
Episode #168 Nick DiMarco on The Current State of Conditioning Tests in Professional Sports and Using High Depth Jumps to Build a MASSIVE Vertical Jump!
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes Elon University Director of Sports Performance, Nick DiMarco.
Nick and Gerry…
Episode #167 HUGE Q&A Part 2: Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Conditioning, Advice to Build Speed, Intermittent Fasting for Athletes and MORE!
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In this episode Gerry is BACK with part 2 of the epic Q&A answering YOUR questions.
To start, Gerry touches …
Episode #166 Using Heavy Sled Pushes to Build Faster and More Explosive Athletes with Joseph Potts
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In this episode Gerry welcomes Joseph Potts back on the show to dive into the topic of heavy sled pushes…
Episode #165 Massive Q&A- Volume for Plyometrics, Programming Multiple Speed Days, Acceleration and More!
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Massive Q&A answering some of YOUR questions!
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Episode #164 Optimizing Programming and Training Environment in a Large Team Setting with Pat Basil
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In this episode, Hamilton College Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Pat Basil joins us to talk EVERYTHING related to training athletes in lar…
Episode #163 Optimizing Energy Systems for Team-Sport Athletes with Terrence Kennell
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Terrence Kennell has spent time as a strength and sports performance coach with a variety of different collegiate and professional organizations…
Episode #162 The Art of Acceleration with Lester Spellman
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World renowned sprints coach Lester Spellman joins the show to talk his career, his coaching influences and the keys to acceleration.
Episode #161 Building Better Athletes with DJ Edwards of Push Performance
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes DJ Edwards back on the show for an unfiltered, unscripted and organic conve…
Episode #160 Blending S&C into Pitching Development with Rice Pitching Coach Colter Bostick
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In this episode, Gerry is joined by Rice's new pitching coach, Colter Bostick.
This conversation takes a lot…
Episode #159 Determining Effectiveness and Performance of S&C Coaches with USF Director of Football Strength and Conditioning AJ Artis
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes USF Football Director of Strength and Conditioning AJ Artis on the show.
To …
Episode #158 Breaking the Myths of Youth Resistance Training with Travis Mash
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes strength and conditioning and power lifting coach Travis Mash on the show.
T…
Episode #157 Rotational Power Development with Bill Miller
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes strength and conditioning coach Bill Miller back on the show to discuss a m…
Episode #156 Speed Development, Making Cultural Changes to Team-Sport Conditioning and More with Rob Assise
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Episode #155 Team Settings for Strength and Conditioning, Assessments and Training Technology with Mark Hoover
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Episode 154 Grant Darnell: Air Force Special Ops. Head of Strength and Conditioning
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes Air Force Special Ops. Head of Strength and Conditioning, Grant Darnell, to…
Episode #153 Mental Health and Improving Athlete Performance with Philadelphia Phillies' Mental Skills Coach Hannah Huesman
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach, Hannah Huesman, on the show to t…