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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!
Muscles and Management
Episode #65 Meathead Monday: When Do Returns From Strength Training "Diminish," How We Can Tell and Tests to Determine Athlete Needs
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In this episode, Gerry introduces the first installment of "Meathead Mondays," an additional weekly episode to the Muscles and Management podcast focusing on solo episodes to answer your questions as well as cover the hottest topics in strength and conditioning and sports performance!
Gerry talks about the ongoing battle between focusing on strength and speed, and what really should be the topic of conversation. He explains the context of speed movements and the relationship of strength and force production when it comes to dynamic movements.
From there, he gives a guide on how you can blend both effectively and how you can utilize testing to determine when an athlete should focus on strength or when they should shift priority to other means that will improve speed and general explosiveness.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!