Weight management specialist working with McGregor
Iain Kidd sat down with leading weight management specialist, George Lockhart to discuss his work with UFC champion, Conor McGregor.
“Man, I just love working with Conor McGregor. Every time I brought him food he’d look at me like, ‘I can eat this?’ He was always so happy.”
sat down with George Lockhart of FitnessVT, which provides nutritional advice and weight cutting services to UFC champions Holly Holm, Conor McGregor, Rafael dos Anjos, Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier.
While Lockhart works directly with McGregor, Dos Anjos and Holm, Daniel Leith works with Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier. The company as a whole, though, works with scores of UFC fighters up and down the roster, covering around a dozen fighters from the UFC 194 fight week. FitnessVT even provided services to opponents Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes, which speaks volumes about the amount of trust fighters have in the company.
Below, George delves into details about working with the top fighters and camps in the UFC, including this weekend’s defending Lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos, and the new, undisputed Featherweight champion, Conor McGregor.
Working with 50% of the UFC’s champions
It’s crazy. Obviously Saturday night was a huge night for us. We picked up two new champions in Conor McGregor, which is huge, and Luke Rockhold, who was working directly with my partner Daniel Leith, as does Daniel Cormier.