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Muscles and Management takes an in depth look at all things training and business.

Gerry DeFilippo is a gym owner from northern New Jersey with a business degree in management from Rutgers University. He started his gym/sports performance business during his last semester of business school and almost three years later he runs the day-to-day business aspects of Challenger Strength as well as heading the strength training.

This podcast will take on any and all topics in both strength training, personal fitness and business and welcome the perspective of some of the best coaches and business minds in the industry. Whether you are an aspiring gym owner, athlete or coach you will enjoy all aspects of this podcast as we dive into the "ins and outs," of the sports performance industry as well as what it takes to excel in business.
 
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Episode #121 Building Rapport Amongst All Areas of Athletic Performance and Various Intricacies of Speed Development with Brendan Thompson

10/14/2020

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*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*

Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT, is a former All-American sprinter at the University of Iowa and current physical therapist and speed/sprint coach. 

Brendan joins the show to talk about his college career and training experience with his own sprint work, the road to becoming a physical therapist and everything you can imagine when it comes to speed training and handling athletes.

From the importance of all sectors of athletic development building rapport to build athletes, the importance of staying in our scope of practice depending on our area of expertise and valuable technical/timing and data aspects of sprint training... this conversation covers many topics.

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

Episode Timestamps:

2:20 - Julian’s Nutrition Tip
5:10 - Brendan’s Background
12:40 – Hamstring Injuries
16:45 - Brendan’s Educational Experience in Becoming a Physical Therapist
23:17 – Staying in Your Scope of Practice
32:25 – Improving Speed
39:15 – Helping Athletes be Patient
44:00 – Keeping Data Accurate
51:50 – Lack of Sub-Max Training in Sprinting
59:00 – More Effort Does Not Guarantee Higher Performance
1:08:00 – How to Promote Gains in a Responsible Way as a Coach
1:11:40 - Brendan’s Last Thoughts

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Facility
    • Meet Gerry DeFilippo
    • Meet our Team
  • In-Person Training
  • Train with Challenger Online
  • Muscles & Management Podcast
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Challenger Strength Training and Nutritional Programs
    • OnlyStrength (and Speed Too) Membership
    • "Conjugate Programming for Coaches and Athletes," E-Book
    • Warm-up Menu
    • "How to Construct Your Macros," E-Book
    • "Fuel Your Strength Performance Kit," E-Book
    • "Supplement Guide for Better Performance," E-Book