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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 #126 Creating Quality Relationships with Athletes and Sport Coaches to Enhance Strength and Conditioning with Matt Aldred
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*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode, Gerry welcomes on Furman University Strength and Conditioning Coach, Matt Aldred.
To begin, Matt and Gerry discuss fundamental and principle driven ways to bridge the gap between sport and the weight room and how you can still hit the basics while doing so.
Then, the two discuss building solid relationships between strength and sport coaches and how that inevitably will help the athlete. Then, the conversation finishes up with a discussion about weight room culture and building a solid community with your athletes.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps:
7:00 - Performance Model & Working with Coaches Concerns
11:20 - How to Communicate with Sports Coaches
19:30 - Coaches: Mental Toughness
23:00 - Strength Coaches: Wins, Losses, and Injuries
26:00 - Control What You Can Control
29:30 - Prioritizing Exercises in a Time Crunch
41:30 - Building Trust with Athletes
50:00 - Teaching for When You Aren’t Around
57:00 - Having Players Become Accountable of Each Other
1:01:50 - Matt’s Final Thoughts
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