92: Gerry DeFilippo - Challenger Strength (NJ)

Meet Gerry DeFilippo - https://www.challengerstrength.com/meet-gerry-defilippo.html

 

Bio

• Head trainer and owns and operates Challenger Strength 
• Serves as the strength coach for the Jersey Hitmen. 
  • He orchestrates the programming and training for eight different Hitmen teams, which range all the way up to the Elite and Premier Junior's Level Programs. 
• Since founding Challenger Strength in 2016, Gerry has worked with over 100 college, college bound and professional athletes across multiple sports.  
• Numerous articles published on EliteFTS, Muscles and Strength and Elite Baseball Performance. 
• Gerry is certified by industry legends Joe DeFranco and James Smith. 
• As a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist he specializes in athletic performance, pre-movement preparation, strength, power, speed, core training, program design, and mental toughness, all built on the seven pillars of athletic performance. 
• Aside from being a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist and working with athletes, he is also an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, with a background in personal training and general fitness.
• Great follow on Twitter, shares great content! 

Notes

• We can’t just focus on the output, we need to decelerate as well
• Athletes need to get better at deceleration, start AND stop
• If we can’t get better at them in a controlled setting, then we will really be behind in a chaotic, game like setting
• Athletes are having to start up, after they have just stopped
• What do you see “prominent” in your sport?
• Look at it from a simple perspective and expand from there
• You will always have a baseline and a progression and regression
• Progress or regress depending on athlete and where the athlete is. Their “neutral”
• Deceleration isn’t needed if you are not fast enough
• “Earning progression”
• Start and stop sprints
  • Yell
  • Partner reacts
  • Drop foam roller
  • Avoid people
• Older athlete separated with sprint work and decel work
• Younger athlete needs more consistent sprint and decel work to get a foundation of movements
• Do they have a year or two of training under the belt to get them in the right group/plan
• In season versus out of season just depending on what you are getting a lot or have not gotten enough
• Are we looking at the movements we need in the game and base programming off that
• If you are not getting better in your rotational output then we have to go heavier
• Why am going to continue doing light rotation work when it is not working?
• Overrated in getting in balance (throwing med right and left handed, not needed)
• You are not going to undo movement with the few med ball throwing
• In season maintenance and focus on what we are not getting in our sport
• Hinge is different with the field and in the weightroom
• ***At a certain point you need to evaluate what your goal is and go all in
• If it is what the kid wants and they go after 
• Causation vs correlation - was it the athlete and 3 sports or the genetics
• Jump mat and vertical power
• Learn the reasoning behind the test first, and then get the equipment
• Velocity based training 
  • Technical proficiency in movements
  • If what they are doing is not working
• Instagram @ChallengerStrength
• Twitter @Challenger_ST
• Website - www.challeger
• Podcast - muscle and management - spotify
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