Muscles and Management
Gerry DeFilippo
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Episode #52 The Evolving Landscape of Baseball, Training, Pitching and Social Media with Pitching Ninja and Dallas Braden
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12/23/19 • 76 min
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on former big league pitcher Dallas Braden and pitching social media sensation "Pitching Ninja," Rob Friedman, to talk all things baseball, training in baseball, pitching and the overall evolution of America's Pastime.
To start, Gerry has Rob and Dallas go through their feelings on how social media has impacted and changed the game over the past few years, and how they feel things have changed overall in the past decade. Dallas gives insight on what has changed from the payer side of things as a former MLB pitcher, while Rob talks a bit about his ascension on Twitter and how much easier social media has made it to access information about training, players and much more.
From there, the conversation turns to strength training in baseball and how it has evolved, especially in the last five to ten years. While there are still some stalemates regarding things such as lifting heavier and getting stronger vs. some old school practices as running long distances, a great deal of progress has been made developmentally in baseball.
Lastly, the three discuss how important strength training really is for baseball players and athletes in general, the importance of failure and avoiding instant gratification and lastly, the direction the game of baseball is going in with the emergence of high velocity and extremely gifted athletes.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Timestamps:
8:15- How Social Media Changed Baseball Culture
12:44- Science Matters
14:42- Trickle-Up Effect of Tech in Baseball Training
17:00- Trevor Bauer and His Impact on The Way We Look at Training
22:45- Being Open Minded When Discussing
26:10- Dallas Braden’s Training Through His Playing Years
32:07- Did Social Media CAUSE The Change of Mindset in Training?
36:34- Dallas’ High School Experience
42:10- Own Your Career, and Tips for Parents Guiding Their Kids
52:05- Letting Kids Fail
59:50- How The Game is Evolving, and Where Will it Go From Here?
1:05:05- Studying Swing Paths as a Pitcher and a Deep Dive into The Mindset of Pitching
1:11:55- Final Thoughts
Episode #50 Keeping it Simple to Build Strong, Fast and Powerful Athletes with Zach Even-Esh
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12/11/19 • 65 min
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on veteran strength coach Zach Even-Esh to discuss keeping it simple and sticking with what works to get athletes stronger, faster and more powerful.
With the prevalence of social media in strength training, there is a tendency for athletes to see flashy training that lacks substance. In some ways, this has led some trainers, coaches and athletes to abandon what is simple (sprinting, squatting, lifting heavier to get stronger etc.) in favor of what is "sexier," and appeals more to complication.
To start, Zach and Gerry discuss the difference between doing an exercise the RIGHT way and simply doing it. Additionally, they go over the importance of establishing proper movement BEFORE adding load and piling on top of dysfunctional movement.
From there, the two talk about mastering the basics and building quality movement patterns and earning the right to move heavier weight with more complex movements. Lastly, the conversation turns to the importance of strength training and striving for gains and improvements year-round, ESPECIALLY for young athletes who are developing.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Show Timestamps:
1:17- The Importance of Doing an Exercise The Right Way
5:45- Information is Easy to Come By, But Hard to Implement Correctly
10:15- Listening to The Wrong Voices in The Industry
13:25- How Easy it is to Open a Gym, and Why That Can Be a Problem
20:10- Dealing with Weakness From Injuries
23:20- Sports Specificity
27:15- You are Dealing with PEOPLE and Adaptation
32:45- Training Year-Round
37:10- Intensity Based on Season
40:05- Seek out The Type of Athlete You Want to Train
43:55- Invest in Yourself
56:46- Mini Q&A Question 1
57:39- Sprinting Fast to Get Faster
1:01:18- Mini Q&A Question 2
1:03:14- Importance of Timing with Static Stretching
Episode #48 Building Speed with New York Yankees Base-Running Coordinator Matt Talarico
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11/27/19 • 92 min
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on New York Yankee’s Base-running Coordinator Matt Talarico!
To start, Matt and Gerry talk about Matt’s playing career and background and how that sparked his interest in speed, base running and more. A lot has changed in the course of 10-15 years regarding speed and strength training, and Matt takes us through what he did personally to get faster and how his wheels began to turn in terms of moving away from the older school (conditioning, longer sprints etc.) and into the newer school of thought (strength, power, shorter sprints etc.).
From there the two discuss the prominence of acceleration in baseball and how your first ten to fifteen yards in your sprint can make or break you. From stride length, stride angle, body positioning and all things mechanical, Matt and Gerry break down what goes in to true “baseball speed.”
To finish, the discussion turns to the drop step and WHY it is the most effective way to sprint in baseball and how it’s ok to know what the great athletes felt, but also important to know what they actually did. Matt then takes time to explain the premise behind his coaching business “steal bases,” the philosophies and what goes in to making yourself a good base runner regardless of your level of speed.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Timestamps:
6:13- Matt’s Playing Background
9:18- Training Athletes Who Don’t Have Exceptional “Natural Talent”
13:55- Matt’s Lifting Program/Experience as a Player
16:45- Correlation of Leg Strength and Speed
20:30- Mindset During Sprints (Getting 100% From Sprints)
27:40- Acceleration in Baseball and Styles of Sprints During Programing
33:30- Importance of Differentiating Between Acceleration vs. Top End Speed
39:36- Is The 60 Outdated?
51:20- Stride Length is Key
57:45- Using Sleds For Sprints
1:02:30- Drop Step
1:14:35- StealBases.com
1:22:25- Benefits of Having Base Stealers on Your Team
1:25:20- Do You Steal on a Pitcher, or a Catcher?
1:29:30- Matt’s Ending Thoughts
Episode #46 The Power of the Mind in Building the Body, Managing Training Volume, and Recruiting Motor Units to Make Explosive Athletes With Conor Harris
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11/13/19 • 91 min
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In this episode Gerry welcomes on strength coach Conor Harris. Conor has a background with both elite athletes (has trained draft picks in all three major sports) and has worked extensively with general population clientele as well. Gerry and Conor go through some of Conor's most recent tweets covering a myriad of important topics deep within the framework of strength training and general physical development.
To begin the conversation, the two discuss the importance of the mind and how powerful it can be in connection with the body. Conor goes over some strategies he uses to get athletes and clients alike to make full use of a positive mental state, and how doing so can help yield benefits in training.
From there, Gerry poses two of Conor's tweets to him (progressing volume properly when it comes to training and the pitfalls of "overloading," with a program and the importance of heavy lifting and recruiting muscle fibers for sprinting. The two discuss recruiting motor units for athletes and some of the most effective ways to do so, all while processing them accordingly so they can handle training.
To finish, the discussion turns to understanding worth as a trainer and the importance of clients understanding that good, quality training comes with an appropriate price tag. Finally, Conor goes over his thoughts on breathing and the two cover all areas that can be affected by the efficiency or inefficiency of your breathing pattern.
All that and more on this episode!
Timestamps
9:23 - Power of the Mind in Relation to the Body
11:05 - Positive Mindset and Effectiveness of Meditation
13:15 - Getting Athletes to Believe in What They Are Doing
16:05 - Explaining Training Principles To Clients In Simple Terms
19:10 - Avoiding Training Overloading with Athletes. How to Progress (Stress Bucket)
22:00 - Sensory Changes and Other Alternative Variability Changes
29:05 - Linear Progress - Keep it Simple. Stick With What Works
31:04 - Different Programs/Exercises Can Result in the Same Adaptation (Grey Area)
33:53 - Don’t Change Programming “Just Because.”
37:08 - Strength in Training vs. Strength in Sport. Eric Bledsoe Couldn't Do 5 Pull-ups
41:15 - Sport Performance Doesn’t Always Correlate to Weight Room Abilities
46:50 - Revisiting Overload and Stress Bucket Issue
51:08 - Raw Force Production and Recruiting Motor Units and the Importance for Building Speed
1:00:38 - Trainers: Know Your Worth and Clients: Understand You Get What You Pay For
1:08:12 - Taking on Too Many Clients and Spreading Yourself Too Thin
1:12:10 - Breathing and PRI (Postural Restoration)
1:16:48 - Chest Breathing and The Issues That Follow
1:20:04 - Lifting Belts and a Quick Breathing Walkthrough
1:26:21 - Breathing Correct Is Almost Addictive
1:27:30 - Conor Harris Ending Thoughts
Episode #44 Achieving Desired Training Adaptations and Simple Ways to Transfer Training to Sport with Arkansas Baseball Strength Coach Blaine Kinsley
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10/30/19 • 70 min
In this episode Gerry welcomes on Arkansas Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach Blaine Kinsley. Gerry looks through Blaine's Twitter to find some his most impactful tweets on various key topics in the realm of strength and speed training.
To start, the conversation heads towards a very argued point in strength and conditioning... power cleans. Blaine explains why he likes cleans, but why he may not use the for every player he trains and how he makes that decision. The two then discuss the importance of not getting too caught up in variations (exercises) and more on what works to achieve the adaptation (effect) that you are looking for.
From there, Gerry opens the discussion on some of Blaine's tweets related to motor recruitment for athletes, the importance of it and what exercises push an athlete to recruit more motor units. Additionally, they go over how this can help determine how transferable training is to sport (Verkhoshansky's Principle of Dynamic Correspondence) and how it should guide your programming.
To finish up, the discussion explores areas such as the joint-by-joint model and stable vs. mobile joints, how you can assess or help athletes in these areas and keeping it simple when it comes to building strength, speed, power and endurance.
All that and more on this episode!
Episode #42 Studies vs. Coaching Experience, VBT, Hypertrophy and Key Training Principles for Athletes with Alan Bishop
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10/16/19 • 96 min
In this episode Gerry welcomes on Alan Bishop, Director of Sports Performance for Houston University's Men's Basketball Team.
To begin, Alan and Gerry discuss the topic of minimum effective dose, and what it means for programming and training athletes. Alan voices his concern that too many view this as a way to do less in training, even when that may not be the right choice or necessary for the circumstances. The two talk about the importance of finding what is effective for programming (what works), what is efficient (the best/least taxing way to achieve effect) and how they come together to make training optimal. THAT, is the minimal effective dose.
From there, Gerry leads Alan to a discussion on Velocity Based Training (VBT) and Alan discusses how he uses modalities to train for power as a coach who (as he describes) isn't ideal to talk to in terms of speaking on bar speed, measurements etc. This makes for a very refreshing perspective from a coach who utilizes such training but isn't as technical with the measurements/data of it. Alan explains how he uses it and why it has been so effective with the incredible results his athletes have achieved.
To finish, the episode covers a wide array of important topics from Charles Poliquin and the Poliquin Principles, balancing research/studies and anecdotal experience/discoveries and then hits on some important points of education and career when it comes to being a strength coach.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode #40 Building Harmony Between Strength and Speed and Everything Strength and Conditioning with Kevin Poppe
Muscles and Management
10/02/19 • 92 min
In this episode Gerry talks to strength coach Kevin Poppe of Dynamic Sports Training. Kevin has been in the industry since 2011 and has trained various athletes including professional athletes from the MLB and NFL.
To start, Kevin and Gerry discuss the ever-so-popular topic of being "strong enough," and Kevin explains what it means to him to reach the peak of possible returns when it comes to increasing your overall number on the barbell when lifting. The conversation then turns to the idea of bar speed and moving loads faster, and how it will never be "enough," when it comes to showing force in faster ways. The two then talk about how velocity based training can come into play when looking to improve these characteristics.
From there, both talk all things related to speed. Building force, building the rate in which you can produce it and using plyometrics to build speed. Additionally, Kevin talks about the drop/false step and why it is far more effective than a traditional crossover step when it comes to baseball players running from a traditional baseball start.
To finish up, Gerry comes to the realization that they share similar backgrounds (not attending college to become a strength coach) and the two touch on what they went through/experienced in their journey into the industry and how you can become a coach without a formal education. Lastly, Kevin walks us through some important factors when it comes to in-season training, arm care and team sport conditioning.
All this and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode #38 Building Training Programs and Athletes Through a Principles Based Approach with Daniel Flahie and Cody Hughes
Muscles and Management
09/18/19 • 80 min
In this episode Gerry welcomes on two great young strength coaches in Daniel Flahie and Cody Hughes. Daniel and Cody have experience working with more advanced and novice athletes alike, as well as some general population clients that gives them a refreshing and unbiased approach to all areas of programming and training.
The episode starts as the three discuss the importance of looking beyond barbell numbers when it comes to helping an athlete achieve their goals in their respective sport. As coaches who place a great deal of importance on being strong and getting athletes stronger, Gerry guides Daniel and Cody through the things they look for in terms of the transfer of strength training to sport to ensure athletes aren't simply padding one rep max numbers. Is a metric or tested number yielding important results?
From there, the conversation shifts to principle and philosophy based programming and the importance of not grounding your programming in an approach that is married to particular exercises or modalities. There is a time and a place for different types of programming, exercises and strategies and if we understand the main principles guiding programming we can have a better grasp on why they are being used.
To finish, the three talk about sports specific programming and how sport is only activity actually done in games, practice or the field of play. They discuss the methods they use to bridge training transferability to sport and why that is a better approach to training athletes versus trying to bring sports themselves into strength training.
All that and more on this Episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode #36 Keys to Developing Strong & Powerful Athletes with DJ Edwards and Bill Miller
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09/04/19 • 80 min
In this episode Gerry talks to Bill Miller and DJ Edwards, two strength coaches who are at the top of the field in building stronger and more explosive athletes!
To start the conversation, Gerry brings DJ and Bill through their respective backgrounds in the field: education, athletic careers and how they both had completely different starts to get into the industry. Both of which give the listener a good idea of how coaches can get involved and started in the strength and conditioning field.
From there, the three discuss velocity-based training and how it involves far more than moving light loads fast, in addition to talking about different ways you can utilize velocity based training that goes beyond barbell lifting. Lastly, they discuss the importance of measuring loads!
To finish things up, DJ, Bill and Gerry discuss how they use sleds for pressing power and how they apply VBT to these methods, misconceptions regarding arm care and baseball players and the importance of strength to building speed and how you can improve acceleration ability. They also talk the 60-yard dash and why it is a pretty useless and ineffective test for baseball players.
All that and more on this episode!
Episode #56 The Evolution of Strength Training and the Importance of Testing and Tracking Progress for Development with Xan Barksdale
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01/22/20 • 80 min
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In this episode Gerry welcomes former Ole Miss Catcher and current Eastern Tennessee and USA Baseball Development Coach Xan Barksdale.
To start, Xan provides some insight on his background and personal playing career, shedding some light on the college recruiting process and how Junior College can be a good avenue for those who are late to develop or need some time to seek further opportunities.
From there, Gerry has Xan walk through his strength training experiences from his early career, all the way up to his time at Ole Miss with a veteran and respected strength coach. Things have changed greatly when it comes to the landscape, readily accessible information and application of programming in strength training and Xan's experiences show just that.
To finish up, Gerry reads some of Xan's tweets regarding topics such as testing for strength and conditioning and the importance in determining athlete readiness, the need for tracking progress in strength training, sports and nutrition and why it is important to not think you always have all the answers. The two expand into deeper conversation on the tweets, giving some practical insight to help athletes and coaches.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Show Timestamps:
9:00- Tweet of The Week
12:52- Xan’s High School Training Experience
16:15- Transition to College Training
20:50- Xan’s Early Training Influences
26:10- Xan’s Hitting Training
34:27- Not Playing Division I is OK
41:18- Xan’s College Training
45:13- 1RM Testing?
51:00- Xan’s Take on the Shift in Training Today
52:30- Using Your BS Filter
57:25- Xan’s Philosophies
1:01:00- Discussing Xan’s Tweets
1:09:35- Behavior Change & Throwing Journal
1:15:30- Question Askers & Answer Givers
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How many episodes does Muscles and Management have?
Muscles and Management currently has 217 episodes available.
What topics does Muscles and Management cover?
The podcast is about Training, Athlete, Management, Career, Baseball, Strength Training, Podcasts, Sports, Business, Coaching and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on Muscles and Management?
The episode title 'Episode #54 Importance of Strength and Conditioning in Athletic Development with Tampa Bay Rays Catcher Erik Ostberg' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Muscles and Management?
The average episode length on Muscles and Management is 56 minutes.
How often are episodes of Muscles and Management released?
Episodes of Muscles and Management are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Muscles and Management?
The first episode of Muscles and Management was released on Dec 20, 2018.
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