McGregor vs Mayweather: How the boxer and MMA champion gets his impressive physique

Both have been putting in gruelling training sessions – but how exactly does Conor McGregor, 29, achieve his fight-ready body, and how can you do the same?

The achieve the same impressive results as McGregor, head trainer at F45 Joe Spraggan suggested a mix of training.

He said: “To achieve a physique like Connor you should be focussing on using high intensity whole body movements.

“HIIT training can help you to raise your heart rate threshold and increase fitness levels while building muscle and burning fat. Do 12-20 reps of each exercise, performing four to five sets in total.

“Keep your rest time to a minimum to help keep the heart rate as high as possible.

“Include functional circuits and explosive power movements such as box jumps and lunge jumps.

“Battle ropes are also a great way to increase intensity in any workout, so try alternating between fast small movements and large slams using your body’s full range.”

The MMA and boxing pro has spoken out in the past about how he trains, and unsurprisingly it is not a routine for the faint-hearted.

Speaking about his training, he told Men’s Health: “People are so caught in a routine, doing the same things over and over. I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.”

However, he admits over-working the body is a mistake, and it has cost him dear in the past.

He continued: “My greatest strength is my work ethic. And my greatest weakness is my work ethic. Leading up to Diaz, I was f***** from overtraining. I didn’t lose [to Diaz] on skill; I lost on stamina.”

In the gym, McGregor is not keen on complicating things by using fancy equipment, and said: “Machines don’t use machines. And I am a machine.”

Diet is also important when you are training at the top level of a sporting profession, and McGregor is no different.

But he does not do anything out of reach of the average man, and told Men’s Journal: “I just try to eat clean. I’ll eat good quality meats, good-quality greens, good-quality carbohydrates like sweet potatoes and butternut squash, and that’s it.”

McGregor’s nickname is “The Notorious”, and he is expected to earn £60million ($ 75million) from the fight.

This adds to Conor McGregor’s net worth of an estimated £36.5million ($ 34million), according to Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s highest paid athletes.