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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 #53 Assessing The Current State of Strength and Conditioning with Kurt Hester of Louisiana Tech Football PLUS Bonus Q&A
Send us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode!
*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
Season 2 and 2020 of Muscles and Management starts with a bang as Louisiana Tech Football Strength Coach Kurt Hester stops by fresh off an Independence Bowl win over University of Miami AND a mini rant by Gerry on the combination of technology and the basics of strength and conditioning.
To start, Gerry reads off a tweet of Kurt's regarding professionalism, and how the lack thereof can be problematic for the field as a whole. Kurt discusses the importance of bringing energy and enthusiasm to the field, but also maintains the position that there is a fine line between energy and maintaining professionalism, or losing it. The two discuss how theatrical coaches can negatively impact the perception of strength coaches, and how the ultimate goal of a coach should be developing athletes, not seeking attention.
From there, the conversation shifts to a full discussion of the "high performance model," an organizational structure that is starting to make its way to college and professional sports. Kurt gives a breakdown of what it is, and how having a position that directly oversees hiring and firing performance staff can make for an environment of continuity, collaboration and ultimate performance.
To finish, Gerry does a brief Q&A on volume guidelines for sprinting and gives a breakdown on the differences between his assessments of individual athletes vs. large teams (and what goes into both).
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Timestamps:
00:43 - Please Keep Jeff Leach (@CoachJeffLeach) in Your Thoughts and Prayers
04:48 - Year in Review
11:30 - Tweet Rant of The Week (Mastering The Basics AND Utilizing Technology)
19:14 - Episode 53 Outline
22:40 - Chris Doyle
27:20 - The Landscape of Strength Coaches & Motivations
30:35 - Balancing High Energy and Professionalism
34:35 - High-Performance Model
39:40 - Old Dog, New Tricks
47:16 - The Problem with Being Stuck in Your Ways
48:56 - Kurt Hester’s Influences in His Career
52:52 - How Many Sprints is too Many?
58:38 - How to Assess Different Clients
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