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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 #168 Nick DiMarco on The Current State of Conditioning Tests in Professional Sports and Using High Depth Jumps to Build a MASSIVE Vertical Jump!
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*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode, Gerry welcomes Elon University Director of Sports Performance, Nick DiMarco.
Nick and Gerry jump right into the current state of conditioning and conditioning tests in the professional sports world, particularly addressing some of the summer headlines created from the conditioning done by the New York Giants.
The conversation talks about ways to improve knowledge of the needs and demands of a sport and finding better conditioning protocol and how coaches can improve the effectiveness of the tests they use with their athletes.
From there, the conversation turns to plyometrics, specifically high depth jumps for maximal strength benefit. Nick discusses the benefits he has seen in using these with his athletes and why you SHOULD not be afraid of "dangers," of high drops off heights.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
4:00 - Conditioning in Football & Injuries
9:20 - Nick’s Thoughts on 110 Sprints
14:20 - Conditioning in Baseball
16:15 - Lack of Understanding of Correct Conditioning in the Industry
23:00 - Getting Athletes to Realize the Correct Way to Do Things
31:00 - Benchmarks and Indicators You Can Use to Analyze Successes as a Strength Coach
35:40 - Plyometrics and Depth Jumps
40:50 - Tracking and Making Conclusions Based on Jumps
47:20 - Nick’s Final Thoughts
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