As the old adage goes, from little acorns grow mighty oaks.

DeFranco’s Training Systems began life in a 500 square foot storage closet, and has grown into one of the most successful and highly regarded brands in the fitness and sports performance industry.

Spear-headed by Joe DeFranco, a world-renowned personal trainer and educator with more than a quarter of a century’s experience in the fitness and sports performance arena, with a client list a who’s who of household names, including players from all 32NFL teams, WWE wrestlers and UFC fighters.

In our full and frank conversation with Unfiltered’s contributing editor Dr Jonny Rees, PhD, DeFranco, a refreshingly straight-talking New Jersey native, explains how what seemed like a disaster at the time - his own career-ending injury - helped make him the world-renowned coach he is  ...