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<\/figure>\n– Bill Sweetenham, an Australian swimming coach renowned for coaching multiple Olympic gold medalists. Similar to Ido Portal, he appears to have a profound understanding of coaching athletes to move effectively and consistently. In early 2014, I co – presented with him at a “Higher, Stronger, Faster” roadshow in Northern Australia. During one of his lectures, he stated, “An athlete in training does not heed your words.”
\n– Frans Bosch, an Olympic jumps and sprint coach for the Netherlands, a professor of motor learning, running coach for the Wales Rugby Union, consultant coach to the English Institute of Sport, and a globally recognized lecturer in running biomechanics, expressed a similar sentiment: “An athlete’s body will literally ignore what you say.”
\n– Gray Cook, a well – known strength coach and physical therapist, put it in a comparable manner: “Do not coach change; cue change.”<\/p>\n
So, how can we begin to move better? Fortunately, the path to improvement starts with ensuring a healthier set of peripheral inputs. This is something that every amateur athlete, coach, and clinician can enhance through the use of foam rollers, massage sticks, trigger – point devices, stretching, or professional therapy.<\/p>\n
Enhancing mobility through these means improves the ability to detect both subtle and obvious movements. Once athletes regain this mobility, cues aimed at improving skills become more effective due to increased sensory input.<\/p>\n
How Ido Portal Assists Conor McGregor<\/h2>\n
Both Ido Portal and Conor McGregor exhibit remarkable mobility in key areas such as the ankles, hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders. This indicates that they can reap the benefits of training in free movement and natural environments.<\/p>\n Following this sequence leads to an enhanced preparedness to exhibit fine and gross motor patterns. Conor McGregor exemplifies the importance of prioritizing mobility first, followed by the implicit cues provided by natural free – form movement. This sequence ultimately improves the readiness to display the motor patterns required to land or dodge a punch at the opportune moment.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading<\/strong>: Photo Credit<\/strong>: Courtesy of Andrius Petrucenia on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop) [CC BY – SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently we saw a flood of Facebook re-posts of UFC fighter Conor McGregor training with Ido Portal. These posts have drawn attention to free movement as training. The post linked above contains an important line for those who \u201cdon\u2019t have the base level of joint health then don\u2019t just run out and start doing all this.\u201dThis point is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-encyclopedia"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/daysfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/060ec53138980b789cbf2208bfdd02f3.jpeg\")
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\n– Stability Versus Mobility: The Bigger Picture is Movement
\n– Move Your Body, Move Your Brain: Training for Neuroplasticity
\n– Motor Control and Movement Patterns: A Must Read for Athletes
\n– New on Breaking Muscle AU<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/daysfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8ddab045a7d6fa03f37f120edd4d03d9.jpeg\")
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