NEW YORK --
Tiger Woods has talked about tailoring practice sessions around being a father. That also means finding time for workouts that can last up to three hours as many as six days a week, which he describes in the August issue of Men's Fitness magazine.
For the first time, Woods and trainer Keith Kleven offer detail and insight into a fitness regimen that has enabled the world's No. 1 player to add nearly 30 pounds of muscle since he left Stanford in 1996 after his sophomore year.
"Pound for pound, I put him with any athlete in the world," Kleven told the magazine.
The routine is built around stretching up to 40 minutes before each session, core exercises, endurance runs of 7 miles and speed runs of 3 miles, along with weight training. But while Woods is competitive on the golf course, he said he doesn't have an ego in the weight room.
Tiger is just so dedicated at being the best and his physical appearance is testimony to the fact that he is the best current player gong around. With his build it is hard to imagine any sport that he could not excell in.
I don't see how it helps in golf to keep getting bigger and bigger. At some point it is counterproductive. Don't you lose some range of motion? Flexibility? All I ever hear is that more strength makes it easier to hit out of the rough, but I don't buy that.
Never mentioned Tiger in my post...Just my opinion about weightlifting and golfing.
That is what I gathered when I read your original response. Interestingly, though, there was once a similar distrust or fear of lifting weights with respect to the baseball swing. That is to say many coaches felt excessive "bulking up" would restrict the turn and the lack of flexibility would hinder a free flowing swing more than the additional power might help.
IASIDE - this is real old school thinking, predating steroid usage by decades, so no need for this thread to digress toward an ancillary topic)
Anyway, I think there was once a similar bias about too much weight lifting and the golf swing. But when you look at the results achieved by the likes of Tiger, and when you consider even a noted slouch like Duval or Mr. Man Boobs (Mickelson) adopted a weight training regime - boy, it's hard to argue with those kind of successful results.
i think weight training is good for golf but i do agree that there may be a point where it gets over the top. it's important to maintain flexibility when you build muscle mass. this is probably why tiger focuses so much on stretching before his workout.
i have golfed with guys who could probably lift 2 to 3 times as i can in the gym but can't hit a drive further than i can. i attribute it to their bulk limiting the amount of flexibility they have.
You don't think that post was suggesting that tiger is being counterproductive? T
Well if it did that's not what I meant. It's more about all the tour players now saying they are trying to get stronger, hitting the gym, etc. I just don't get how it helps to hit the ball further. It's all about technique and clubhead speed.
Since we keep going back to Tiger, is he a better ball striker now than he was in 2000? He was about half as big back then, and I don't think he hits the ball any better, or maybe not as good. Not a knock on him, he's still lapping the field.
Well if it did that's not what I meant. It's more about all the tour players now saying they are trying to get stronger, hitting the gym, etc. I just don't get how it helps to hit the ball further. It's all about technique and clubhead speed.
Since we keep going back to Tiger, is he a better ball striker now than he was in 2000? He was about half as big back then, and I don't think he hits the ball any better, or maybe not as good. Not a knock on him, he's still lapping the field.
A person with good technique will surely hit the ball better than a stronger person with bad technique. I think the benefits of getting stronger by lifting weights comes in when you have good technique and get even stronger. I think it would be obvious that this would allow you to swing the ball further.
I'm not sure how Tiger in 2000 compares to Tiger now. He is doing great now but I think his driving accuracy and sometimes putting is where he seems to have lapses these days. I don't think it's his ball striking.
June 28th, 2007, 10:13 PM
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