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 #112 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Proper Structure to Build Strength Movements, Lessons Learned to Help Young Strength Coaches and The Importance of Reasoning in Decision Making)
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Muscles and Management is back after a week off and Gerry is answering some of your questions from his DMs!
To start, Gerry discusses strength tr…
Episode #111 Navigating "In-Season," Training and How to Prioritize Strength and Speed with Kevin Cronin
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes on UMass Lowell Head Sports Performance Coach Kevin Cronin to discuss some key topics in sports performance and …
Episode #110 Decision Based Programming Based on Individual Needs and Pitching Development with Lennon Richards
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes on Baseball Development Group Director of Pitching, Lennon Richards.
Episode…
Episode #109 Meathead Monday: The Fundamentals of Good Acceleration Mechanics (ft. Fernando Tatis Jr.)
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In this episode of Muscles and Management Gerry is back with another installment of Meathead Monday with a comprehensive breakdown of Fernando T…
Episode #108 Connecting all Areas Involved with Athlete Performance and Preparing Athletes for Sport with Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head of S&C Anthony Piroli
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head of Strength and Conditioning Anthony Piroli. An…
Episode #107 Meathead Monday: The TRUE Meaning of Individualized Programming
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In this episode Gerry discusses a hot topic in strength and conditioning, individualized programming.
The idea of changing or altering aspects of…
Episode #106 Building Physical Tools to Help Hitters and EVERYTHING Hitting with Max Dutto
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on Philadelphia Phillies Consultant and Driveline Assistant Hitting Director…
Episode #105 Meathead Monday: 3 Things Strength Coaches Should NEVER Do and Mini Q&A
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In this episode Gerry begins with a discussion regarding scope of practice when it comes to strength coaches, athletic trainers and physical the…
Episode #104 Foundations of Speed Training with Graham Eaton (@grahamsprints)
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on track and field coach Graham Eaton.
Graham has an extensive background as …
Episode #103 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Programming Speed Days, Picking Exercises and Unstable Surface Training)
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In this episode, Gerry goes through his DMs to answer YOUR questions in all areas of sports performance, speed training, strength training and b…
Episode #102 Rugby Strength Coach: Enhancing On-Field Performance, Education, High Performance Model and More!
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes on world renowned strength and sports performance coach Keir Wenham-Flatt (…
Episode #101 Meathead Monday: Optimizing Sprinting and Speed Training for Team Sport Athletes
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In this episode Gerry addresses the topic of speed for team-sport athletes and what implications the environments of sport can have in how we se…
Episode #100 Speed, Skill and Agility Development for Athletes with Lee Taft
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on industry legend Lee Taft to talk about various topics in sports performan…
Episode #99 Meathead Monday: Optimizing Skill Development for Athletes and The Four Stages of Learning a Skill to Help Build Quality Movement
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In this episode Gerry dives into the realm of skill development for athletes and how an understanding of this four-step process can help athlete…
Episode #98 Building Nutritional Habits to Enhance High Performance with Challenger Strength Head of Nutrition Julian Lo Casto
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on Challenger Strength Head of Nutrition, Julian Lo Casto.
Julian is a Precis…
Episode #97 Meathead Monday: Everything You Need to Know About Bringing Training Closer to Sport and When You Should Aim to Do It
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In this episode Gerry brings an important topic to Meathead Monday: the pitfalls of trying to chase specific sport metrics with young athletes w…
Episode #96 All Elements (Mechanical AND Strength and Conditioning) of Building Hitters with Carlton Salters
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In this episode Gerry welcomes Carlton Salters back on for his second appearance on the podcast. Carlton is…
Episode #95 Meathead Monday: Importance of Sprinting for ALL Athletes, Improving Vertical Jumps and MORE
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Gerry is back with his weekly Meathead Monday Q&A answering YOUR questions.
This episode tackles various questions in many different areas, but p…
Episode #94 Everything Sports Performance with UMass Director of Sports Performance Matt Shadeed
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on University of Massachusetts Director of Sports Performance Matt Shadeed.
E…
Episode #93 Meathead Monday: How to Effectively Train Speed AND Strength Together
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In this episode of Muscles and Management, Gerry dives into a very important topic when it comes to training athletes, blending speed and streng…