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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 #124 Speed Training and Sprinting for Team-Sport Athletes with Dan Pfaff
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In this episode, Gerry welcomes on world-renowned sprint coach Dan Pfaff to talk about a variety of areas concerning speed development with team-sport athletes as well as overall career development.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
3:39 - Working with High School Athletes First
15:00 - Dan’s Early Years as a Coach
20:30 - Do What People Seek You out For
23:15 - Sports & Covid
26:50 - Multi-sport Athletes
32:00 - Wellness and Injuries
39:00 - Gerry & Dan’s First Interaction: Scope of Practice
43:35 - Strength Coaches Adjusting to What an Athlete Has Been Doing Elsewhere
47:55 - High-performance Model
52:30 - What Is a Complete Athlete?
58:05 - Overdoing Small Mechanical Changes in Athletes
1:06:00 - the Science of Coaching
1:14:15 - Dan’s Final Thoughts
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