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 #92 Agility, Speed Training and Building Well-Rounded Athletes with Sports Performance Coach Adam Menner
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on veteran strength and sports performance coach Adam Menner to talk all thi…
Episode #91 Meathead Monday: What to Look for When Trying to Find a GOOD Strength Coach
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In this episode Gerry rants on a critical topic... what to look for when trying to find a quality strength coach.
Episode #90 Building Explosive Lateral Movement and Fielding Tips with San Francisco Giants Bench Coach Kai Correa
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In this episode Gerry sits down with San Francisco Giants Bench Coach and former Cleveland Indians Infield …
Episode #89 A Look at My Programming Process and Ideal Methods for Program Individualization for Athletes
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In this episode Gerry gets the rare chance to be interviewed for the show instead of hosting!
Muscles and Ma…
Episode #88 Meathead Monday: Velocity Based Training- Let's Not Freak out Over a Bar Speed Sensor. Look Beyond the Surface
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In this episode Gerry rants about a comment made about velocity based training and it being a "gimmick."
To start, Gerry takes the listener throu…
Episode #87 Co-Founder of Cressey Sports Performance Pete Dupuis
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes on co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, Pete Dupuis.
Pete handles much of the business side of things for th…
Episode #86 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Significance of certain deadlift variations, Certification advice, S&C for youth athletes, conjugate programming adjustments & MORE!)
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In this episode Gerry answers more questions from social media followers on various topics in strength and conditioning and sports performance.
T…
Episode #85 Effective Collaboration Between Sport and Strength Coaches with Chad Martin and Drew Watts
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In this episode Gerry sits down with Chad Martin and Drew Watts of Pitching Performance Lab in Lexington Kentucky.
To start, Gerry has Chad and D…
Episode #84 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Ordering speed, strength and skill work in programming, force-velocity profiling, combining HIIT and resistance training and MORE!)
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In this episode, Meathead Monday is back after a week off and Gerry is back to answer even more of your questions!
To start, Gerry discusses the …
Episode #83 Jason Spray: Reducing Soft Tissue Injuries After Long Quarantine Layoffs, Programming Plyometrics and How Sport and Strength Coaches Can Work Together to Maximize Skill and Conditioning Work
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes Jason Spray back on the show. Jason is a veteran strength coach who has spent over a decade at the Division I le…
Episode #82 Tony Holler Talks all Things Speed, Sprinting Fast to Get Fast, Energy Systems for Team-Sport Athletes and More!
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on track and field coach Tony Holler to get into the important AND some cont…
Episode #81 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Resisted Sprints and How to Utilize Contrast Training, Energy System Training Based on Sport, Sprint Mechanics Basics and MORE!)
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In this episode Gerry answers more questions from his DMs on Twitter and Instagram.
To start, the conversation takes a look at resisted sprints a…
Episode #80 St. Louis Blues Head of Sports Performance Eric Renaghan
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on St. Louis Blues Head of Sports Performance Eric Renaghan.
Eric and Gerry d…
Episode #79 Meathead Monday: Q&A (When to program sprints, "footwork," upper body sprint mechanics, in-season programming advice & MORE!)
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In this episode Gerry tackles some more questions from followers regarding a variety of topics in strength and conditioning and sports performan…
Episode #78 New York Yankees Major League Catching Coach Tanner Swanson
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on New York Yankees Major League Catching Coach Tanner Swanson.
To start, Tan…
Episode #77 Meathead Monday: Q&A (Effective core training, programming for groups, improving change of direction ability, force-velocity assessment and more!)
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In this episode Gerry sifts through his DMs to answer questions on all areas of strength and conditioning, sports performance and business!
To st…
Episode #76 Navigating Remote Programming Effectively for Athletes and Coaches and Training Athletes from Home with Erica Suter
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In this episode Gerry welcomes Erica Suter back on the show.
Erica is a strength and sports performance coac…
Episode #75 Meathead Monday: The Surface Doesn’t Move in Sport and it Shouldn’t When You Train Either
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In this episode Gerry gives a full breakdown on unstable surface training and what makes it an ineffective gimmick.
Gerry gives principle driven …
Episode #74 Philadelphia Phillies Pitching Coordinator and Driveline Assistant Director of Pitching Bill Hezel
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In this episode Gerry welcomes in Philadelphia Phillies pitching consultant and Driveline Baseball assistan…
Episode #73 Meathead Monday: Will Improving My Squat Make Me Faster or a Better Athlete?
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In this episode Gerry gives a breakdown to a question he received from a coach on Twitter pertaining to improving squat numbers and the correlat…