Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/3937322

In this episode, Gerry welcomes Jason Spray back on the show. Jason is a veteran strength coach who has spent over a decade at the Division I level and has trained multiple NFL pro bowlers such as Tennessee Titan's All-Pros Kevin Byard and Derrick Henry.

To start, Jason dives into the topic of soft tissue injuries during return to play after long lay-offs and how coaches will have to navigate this as athletes return to gameplay after a long lay-off from COVID-19.

From there, Gerry and Jason discuss gimmicks in training, how to program plyometrics (extensive vs. intensive), how to effectively train energy systems and conditioning for sports and why it might not be a good idea for strength coaches to try and directly bring sports into the weight room.

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/3832892

In this episode Gerry welcomes on track and field coach Tony Holler to get into the important AND some controversial topics regarding speed development and sports performance for team-sport athletes.

To begin, Tony discusses his core philosophies, and influences when it comes to how he trains his athletes and what has shaped his "feed the cats," mindset regarding speed and the importance of keeping athletes moving at maximum speed to get maximum results. As Tony says best, when trying to get faster, the fatigue so many often seek to show hard work is the enemy of success!

From there, Gerry and Tony go through the importance of sprinting at maximum speed in order to get maximum results and how recovery can have a role in athletes ability to get the most out of their speed work.

To finish up, the conversation turns energy systems for team-sports and breaking down the misconceptions regarding long distance running and how that is NOT ideal for team-sport athletes. As Tony describes, team-sport athletes can have success via stacking aerobic bouts on top of one another to have success in conditioning that has carry over to games. Finally, Gerry asks Tony his opinion on a common sports performance myth: quick feet and misapplication of "agility drills."

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
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Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/3735551

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In this episode Gerry welcomes on St. Louis Blues Head of Sports Performance Eric Renaghan.

Eric and Gerry discuss a variety of topics in strength and conditioning and sports performance in a conversation geared towards helping all athletes, coaches and sport coaches get a grasp of important concepts.

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Show Timestamps:

4:00 - Eric’s Sports Background Growing Up
6:00 - Introduction to Hockey & Training Athletes in Sports You Haven’t Played
14:00 - Eric’s Training & It’s Effect on His Current Outlook
17:00 - Sprinting in Baseball in the Past
21:10 - Eric’s College Experience
30:42 - Eric’s Role with the Blues
38:35 - Eric’s Stance on Sprints
48:00 - Getting Athletes to “buy In”
53:30 - How to Determine Which Athletes Would Benefit from Added Loads in Sprints
56:10 - How Specific Do We Need to Be?
1:03:00 - Targeting Certain Muscles

Link: www.buzzsprout.com/238054/3644518

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In this episode Gerry welcomes on New York Yankees Major League Catching Coach Tanner Swanson.

To start, Tanner gives some insight on his playing career and his rise through the ranks of coaching. He also explains his unique experience of not being a catcher during his playing days but becoming a catching coach during his coaching career.

From there, Tanner breakdown the attributes of a catcher and explains the hierarchy of importance of qualities such as throwing out base runners, framing pitches and blocking. In today's day and age, framing is the most important and formerly underrated quality and the best way a catcher can have an impact on the game and pitching staff.

To finish up, Tanner sheds some light on his work with Mitch Garver of the Minnesota Twins and his current work with Yankees' backstop Gary Sanchez. This covers the "one knee," set-up Tanner is known for and how he introduces it to catchers.

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Show Timestamps:

4:40 -Tanner’s baseball career and history

12:20 - How Tanner started with catchers

17:10 - Challenging the Norm

26:15 - How to Create Unconscious Competence

28:50 - Willingness of Athletes

33:20 - The Physical Abilities of Catchers

39:00 - Intricacies of Framing Pitches and Other Progression of Skills

47:15 - Sharing Knowledge and Learning From Others

50:35 - Dynamic Moving as a Catcher

55:40 - One-Knee Style

1:10:00 - Tanner’s Final Thoughts

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In this episode Gerry welcomes Erica Suter back on the show.

Erica is a strength and sports performance coach who works primarily with soccer athletes and has made a career of expanding the horizons of sports performance in the soccer community, especially with female players and athletes.

The conversation starts out with how trainers and athletes can navigate the world of remote programming due to the current situations we are all facing in quarantine. Erica discusses effective strategies for accountability, successful programming and performance from a remote perspective.

Additionally, Erica gets into some business specifics of being an online coaching personality as well as what we may be looking at when we slowly return to normalcy following quarantine.

Training, remote programming and business, all that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Timestamps

5:15 - Developing a Following That Cares What You Are Putting Out
10:00 - Building Trust with Your Community
13:45 - Difference Between Free Content and Providing a Professional Service
15:00 - When Is It Time to Charge for Your Services?
17:45 - Providing Online Services
20:30 - Email Lists
25:00 - Diversify Your Platform
29:50 - the Great Feeling of Your Platform Growing
35:00 - the Other Side of This Pandemic
42:45 - the Need for Structure, Even in Home Workouts
46:35 - Changing the Way We Share Info with Athletes
52:30 - Best Ways to Monitor Progress of Remote Clients