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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 #92 Agility, Speed Training and Building Well-Rounded Athletes with Sports Performance Coach Adam Menner
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*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode Gerry welcomes on veteran strength and sports performance coach Adam Menner to talk all things athletes and improving athletic performance.
Adam is a New York based coach who has worked with over 50 college athletes over the last several years, with a specialty in basketball.
The conversation looks at linear speed and how we develop speed. Adam and Gerry discuss the importance of sprinting in coordination with a good strength training program and some things to look for mechanically.
Additionally, the two discuss agility. How we must get athletes more adept at “problem solving,” to be better prepared for the field of play and how to bridge the gap between activity in a structured setting versus activity that is random and chaotic.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
7:05 - Adam’s Influences and Mindset as a Coach
11:26 - Learning by Doing
14:50 - Adam’s Specialties
16:45 - Adam’s Experiences as a Player
22:30 - How to Convince Older Coaches to Work Their Athletes Less
28:30 - False/Negative Step
41:05 - We Revert to Memory in Game
47:55 - What Is Strong Enough?
51:30 - Resistance Sprinting
1:02:12 - Issue with Training on Moving Surfaces
1:11:50 - Adam Menner Final Thoughts
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