Gerry DeFilippo

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Gerry DeFilippo serves as head trainer and owns and operates Challenger Strength in Wayne, NJ, while also serving as the strength coach for multiple teams and organizations across New Jersey such as the Jersey Hitmen, Caldwell University and New Jersey City University Baseball teams. In addition to these teams, Gerry also oversees and trains 150+ private clients and athletes at Challenger Strength. After completing a business degree at Rutgers University, Gerry founded Challenger Strength in 2016. He has since worked with over 100 college bound, college and professional athletes across multiple sports. In addition, he has had numerous articles published on EliteFTS and Muscles and Strength. He has also served as an advisor to New York Yankees' Player Development. He specializes in getting athletes bigger, stronger and faster with a blend of strength and speed training.

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Using Vitruve to Aid Heavy Resistance Training

If you are reading this, I always make the assumption that you are either an avid lifter, athlete or performance coach. With that in mind, I want to talk to you about a subject that is very near and dear to my heart and might be to you as well! There could be a number …

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A Beginner’s Guide to Using YOUR Vitruve System!

Hey guys! Back with you this week to bring more knowledge on velocity based training (VBT) and how YOU can utilize it in YOUR training! The last couple of times I have written for you, I discussed the application of VBT in training, breaking down what it means and how you can start to …

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Utilizing Partial Range of Motion Strength Training with Vitruve

A major theme that I seem to hit on with all of my blogs seems to circle around what you do “next,” once you build up adequate base levels of strength as an athlete. Again, remember that I always speak from the lens of a performance coach. The barbell, power rack and weights are all …