Exercise Scientist Critiques Conor McGregor's Training + INSANE Transformation

0:00 Mike vs Conor
3:35 Key to success
5:14 Conor's training
7:25 Conor Post Injury
10:54 Circuit Training
16:57 Dr Mike's Rating

[Grumbo]

That McGregor impersonation was waay more scottish than irish 😂

[olkid]

As an English person, your McGregor impression sounds like someone who was born in Scotland to Scottish parents, but who moved to the West Midlands when they were 11, and has lived there ever since. Incredible 😂

[benl]

Of the many things I love about this channel, the inconsistent bleeping vs not bleeping of f-bombs has to be my favorite.

[eddiehauser]

Conor is a PERFECT example of what Mike was saying at 3:40. He's naturally athletic, and genetically gifted, but you can see the difference in his career when his "structure" started to break down. When everything in his life was built around his fighting, he was winning titles. When all the other aspects started to creep in, he was still able to compete at a high level because of the abilities he had developed throughout the years, but he wasn't able to perform at the level he once did

[paullascarat]

I would love to see Dr. Mike do a critique of some of the popular rock climbers out there. Would be fascinating to see exercise science of this caliber applied to that.

[srleplay]

When I stopped competitive fighting I gained more muscle in a year than I did the first year of lifting, multiple daily workouts and having to make the weight all the time cuts into muscle building like you wouldn't believe it

[arturobasulto]

A full video on MMA and BJJ training would be amazing! Thank you for always doing great videos.

[wezlowe]

How have I only just got onto these critique videos… they are fecking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣!!!

[lindsaytoussaint]

the transitions to ad are unparalleled. honestly. well done.

[ParkerBourassa]

Just wanted to voice some appreciation because my arms were always a weaker point of mine until I followed your thor program for a while. Finally have 16” arms for the first time in my life 👏

[MrTheMrLol]

i love how every athlete on this planet claims they dont have the genes but work harder or smarter than everyone else.

[BWater-yqjx]

10:54.
Really good 3 minute breakdown of combat sport training requirements there, in conjunction with strength training.

[juz]

Had a legit spit take with that "Potatoes" reaction 😂

[boxcar]

Love the way you approach and explain the hard work and rewards of different excercises!

[garrettwebb]

Last month I finished my capstone project for my MS on MMA athlete development. It feels really nice to hear an expert in the field come to a similar conclusion as I did: Circuit training is common in the MMA community but is likely a suboptimal training style for the athletes. Strength, SAQ, etc. should be trained separately to maximize physical attributes brought into competition. Love it.

[iprfitness]

Outstanding breakdown & explanation of the key variables, as usual Doc.  
Nice work!!

[nardohoward]

Dude I'm just now stumbling upon you. I think what you're doing is GOLDEN! Your knowledge, personality, humor, video editing approach, etc is simply entertaining!

[PhilipBarkley]

I am SO glad to finally get Dr. Mike's input on circuit training! I had been wondering for a while. He may have mentioned it in a previous video but this is the first time I have heard his wisdom on the topic. Thank YOU!

[naamakala]

2 minutes in and half of it has been Dr. Mike trying to do irish impression. Is this the quality that i subscribed for free to?

[MikeKingJSM]

That iykyk under the fields was fantastic.