Episode #63 Epic Q&A: Gaining "Good," Weight, Keys to Building Speed, Core Training, "Sport Specific," Training, Conditioning and More!

Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/2974336

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*

In this episode, Gerry holds and epic Q&A geared towards answering some of your most asked questions regarding important topics in the world of strength and conditioning.

To start, he touches on an extremely important topic in athletic development: fat loss and whether or not "six pack," abs are necessary to perform at a high level. He also goes over how much fat you may have to gain to put on needed muscle, and how you can tell whether or not you are gaining "good," fat.

From there, the Q&A touches a wide variety of topics across sports performance such as where to turn when trying to get faster and already fairly strong, energy systems and conditioning specific to baseball and how often you may want to program speed days.

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

Show Timestamps:

7:30 - Intro & New Format
10:25 - Gaining Weight Without Looking Fat
17:00 - Why a Six-Pack isn’t Ideal in Sports Most of the Time
22:45 - Adding Sprints to Training Regiment
25:35 - Difference In Time Between A Lift and A Sprint
29:00 - Resistance Sprinting
32:05 - “You Wouldn’t Take A Machine Gun Out to Kill a Mosquito” - Joe DeFranco
39:25 - Basic Way to Implement Sprints into Program
43:15 - Sport Specific Training - Adding Heavy Lifts (Baseball)
50:15 - Training Pyramid
56:21 - Treat Core Like Everything Else!
1:01:10 - Tempo & Load Can be Adjusted in Core Workouts 
1:04:40 - Running Poles/Long Distance in Baseball
1:11:10 - Misunderstanding of Lactic Acid & Gerry’s Alternative to Traditional Poles
1:17:35 - Big Announcement!