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Muscles and Management
Over the last near decade, Gerry DeFilippo has trained THOUSANDS of athletes from the youth to pro level across all major team-sports.
Gerry started his gym and brand, Challenger Strength, as an ambitious 22 year old still finishing his college degree.
In the time since, he has built his facility and following into a nationally recognized performance company training thousands of athletes both in-person and online.
Gerry brings guests across all areas of sports and performance training, giving the listener inside access to his rolodex of collegiate, world renowned private and professional performance and sports coaches.
If you are looking to improve your own performance OR knowledge of performance/sports training (and learn how to shape your career), Muscles and Management is for you!
Muscles and Management
Episode #152 The Process and Journey from 88 to 95 mph with ETSU Pitcher Hunter Townsend
*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode, Gerry welcomes on former remote trainee and Eastern Tennessee State Right Handed Pitcher Hunter Townsend on the show to discuss his entire journey as a pitcher and the process involved in taking him from full UCL reconstruction surgery and a "mid 80's," arm to 95 mph.
Hunter and Gerry talk about how they first met and connected and their work together for the better part of two years. The two discuss the thought process behind Hunter's training and the plyometric and sprint variations that were pivotal to improving Hunter's athleticism and power output.
From there, Hunter details the research and proactive mindset that lead to his learning/development of his own routine when it comes to throwing and the ideas and theories that lead him to constructing his own plan. He then talks about how this worked in conjunction with his strength programming.
Lastly, the conversation turns to the idea of the mentality you need to have when you may not be a genetically gifted athlete and the process of going "all in," and doing whatever it takes (and maybe trying some interesting things) to get the results you NEED to get to the next level.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
4:30 - Hunter’s History and Path to College Baseball
9:50 - Hunter’s Early Mindset and Decision to Branch Out
15:45 - Ucl Construction
21:00 - Hunter & Gerry Meet
30:25 - Bench Press
32:10 - Hunter and Sprinting
37:00 - Gerry’s Take on Dynamic Movement
50:00 - Getting on a Good Schedule as a Pitcher
1:10:00 - Recovery
1:05:45 - Hunter’s Last Piece of Advice
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