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 #89 A Look at My Programming Process and Ideal Methods for Program Individualization for Athletes
Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode!
*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode Gerry gets the rare chance to be interviewed for the show instead of hosting!
Muscles and Management welcomes on Bryan Eisenberg as he conducts a conversation with Gerry regarding a walk through of his mindset and thought process when programming for athletes.
From the types of software and programming applications used, the testing process each athlete goes through when going through the door and how it all ties together, this conversation hits every area of program design from Gerry's perspective.
Additionally, the conversation tackles how to put together a schedule for a program, the different categories to outline, primary exercise selection and how to determine what focuses will be, and the week- by-week process of varying exercise selection for accessories.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Show Timestamps:
4:30 - Gerry’s Mindset on Programming
7:15 - Individualized Programming
12:30 - Tracking Data and How to Alter Training Based on Baselines
36:54 - the Problem with Speed & Agility Classes
42:30 - How to Improve Athletes When Dealing with Big Groups
49:00 - Basic Guide for Programming for the First Time
55:35 - Using What Is Available to You
58:00 - Challenges Gerry Faces Today
1:05:55 - What Tools are Building Now
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