Mike Dolce || Upbringing + Wrestling + Rise of MMA + Training & Diet + Passion, Loyalty, & Happiness

TIMESTAMPS (Jax):
0:00 Introduction
0:16 What this channel is about
Success in all areas
2:48 Psychology of fighters
Long term effects of being a fighter
Wrestling and food
Weight cutting
Binge eating in fighting and bodybuilding
10:02 Weight cutting has not changed for decades
Dehydrating to lose weight
The lack of science in fighter weight cuts
14:44 Mike’s background
Mike growing up in poverty
Horse trainers
Muscle magazine
Cleaning boats at 8 years old
18:10 Mike and wrestling
Mike and powerlifting
Horse track shut down for doping
21:36 Mike finding his passion
How did Mike get into coaching
Age is just a number
27:54 How MMA came to be
How MMA evolved
Mike was hired by Randy Couture
MMA is still evolving
George Saint Pierre
Con men in martial arts
Development of BJJ/ Gracie Jiu Jitsu
Is grappling harder when you are larger?
36:12 Mike powerlifting
Variation of training to avoid injury
Grappling at higher weights
Flexibility in MMA
41:25 Mike and tax assessing
Walking away from his job for MMA
How certain was Mike that he would be successful
Tenure for tax assessment
45:38 Blackbelts will beat you while teaching you
Team Quest
47:19 Loyalty in Mike’s relationship
Mike was always level headed
Penitentiary gym
Passion over money
Good news and bad news
Hardships
55:02 Mike working his way up
56:05 1992 Buick Regal
Living for passion
Science and powerlifting
58:40 Louie Simmons
Mike’s hybrid system
Wrestling rooms
Louie Simmons continued
Dan Duchaine and bodybuilding
Beginning of the movement vs end of the movement
Having healthy muscle systems
1:06:29 Reclaiming athletic expression
Neural programming
Basics stick with you
Total expertise
Goals in training
Decreasing fight length to increase longevity
1:15:26 Bodybuilders tearing muscles
GH and connective tissue
Chael Sonnen defying the laws of physics
1:17:54 Full athletic expression
Determining full athletic expression
Sleep and full athletic expression
Some people are harder to knock out
Neck size and choking someone out
1:22:57 How Nick got into nutrition
Nutrition business
Doing what is right vs chasing your ego
Honoring his wife
1:29:57 How Mike changed weight cutting
Fighter’s futures
1:31:28 Serving the self vs serving the community
Leo on service
Nick on happiness
Speaking with others with great minds

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