Did Tiger slim down?

[cardoustie]

there are back lordosis and neck lordosis products out there, I use both

 

I still think with his size he could do Gronk's job .. he's no LB anymore .. but still

[buckeyefl]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

You said CrossFit!

[cardoustie]

one other comment, dropping all the pain meds, sleeping meds etc that he was on when he got his DUI will make a huge difference in dropping size thru water retention etc

[Marco]

there are back lordosis and neck lordosis products out there, I use both

 

I still think with his size he could do Gronk's job .. he's no LB anymore .. but still

 

I don't know what products you're talking about but i guarantee they don't change anything on your posture.

[DFS PFD]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

That applies to any high intensity exercise when implemented without proper foundation and coaching. And "crossfit" has been very effective in special forces and operations pipeline for making better physically prepared operators. Might not work as well for the keyboard warrior with zero endurance background, but for people who implement the methodologies correctly it has been very successful. So everything has it's place, even the "players distance irons".

[MK7Golf21]

I took Tiger's words to mean that he wants to put on the bulk because the tour season and the 20 miles of hiking each week (often in extreme heat) acts as a war of attrition on the body.

 

It's actually pretty amazing that some of those guys can be on the heavier side considering the miles they log on their feet week and week out.

 

basketball players are running up and down the court and sweating almost every day during season. They don't try to bulk up in the offseason to offset that, rather they keep their conditioning up, cardio/strength in prep for the season

 

 

Lots of NBA players train to add mass in the off-season. Especially bigs fresh out of college. Michael Jordan was one of the first to really get heavily into strength training and he set a precedent in the game, just like Tiger did for golf.

 

Maybe some that need it for their position, I agree. Majority are not trying to put on much mass though, Michael Jordan never looked like a guy that was into bulking and putting on size. If you watch his workouts from back int he day, he is never benching all that much weight. He is just keeping himself strong and athletic. I know a guy in the nba and they do lift and keep strong buy nothing like guys trying to put on much size and they do a ton of conditioning work.

 

When creating a plan, you have to look at the state of Tigers body and medical condition, the sport he is playing and to a lesser degree the condition he was in when he played his best.

[Dr. Block]

I took Tiger's words to mean that he wants to put on the bulk because the tour season and the 20 miles of hiking each week (often in extreme heat) acts as a war of attrition on the body.

 

It's actually pretty amazing that some of those guys can be on the heavier side considering the miles they log on their feet week and week out.

 

basketball players are running up and down the court and sweating almost every day during season. They don't try to bulk up in the offseason to offset that, rather they keep their conditioning up, cardio/strength in prep for the season

 

 

Lots of NBA players train to add mass in the off-season. Especially bigs fresh out of college. Michael Jordan was one of the first to really get heavily into strength training and he set a precedent in the game, just like Tiger did for golf.

 

Maybe some that need it for their position, I agree. Majority are not trying to put on much mass though, Michael Jordan never looked like a guy that was into bulking and putting on size. If you watch his workouts from back int he day, he is never benching all that much weight. He is just keeping himself strong and athletic. I know a guy in the nba and they do lift and keep strong buy nothing like guys trying to put on much size and they do a ton of conditioning work.

 

When creating a plan, you have to look at the state of Tigers body and medical condition, the sport he is playing and to a lesser degree the condition he was in when he played his best.

 

 

Michael easily packed on 15 pounds of muscle from his rookie year to the end of his career. Bulking a little doesn't have to mean all out body building. As you pointed out, and in this instance, I believe Tiger is trying to get his conditioning level back to when he was playing his best golf. The way I interpreted his interview's is that he believes adding some strength back will help him with the endurance and conditioning he needs down the critical stretch in a tour season. Similarly, I think Michael put on muscle mass to stay at the top of his game physically as he aged, and especially when he started playing more in the high post offensively.

[MK7Golf21]

I took Tiger's words to mean that he wants to put on the bulk because the tour season and the 20 miles of hiking each week (often in extreme heat) acts as a war of attrition on the body.

 

It's actually pretty amazing that some of those guys can be on the heavier side considering the miles they log on their feet week and week out.

 

basketball players are running up and down the court and sweating almost every day during season. They don't try to bulk up in the offseason to offset that, rather they keep their conditioning up, cardio/strength in prep for the season

 

 

Lots of NBA players train to add mass in the off-season. Especially bigs fresh out of college. Michael Jordan was one of the first to really get heavily into strength training and he set a precedent in the game, just like Tiger did for golf.

 

Maybe some that need it for their position, I agree. Majority are not trying to put on much mass though, Michael Jordan never looked like a guy that was into bulking and putting on size. If you watch his workouts from back int he day, he is never benching all that much weight. He is just keeping himself strong and athletic. I know a guy in the nba and they do lift and keep strong buy nothing like guys trying to put on much size and they do a ton of conditioning work.

 

When creating a plan, you have to look at the state of Tigers body and medical condition, the sport he is playing and to a lesser degree the condition he was in when he played his best.

 

 

Michael easily packed on 15 pounds of muscle from his rookie year to the end of his career. Bulking a little doesn't have to mean all out body building. As you pointed out, and in this instance, I believe Tiger is trying to get his conditioning level back to when he was playing his best golf. The way I interpreted his interview's is that he believes adding some strength back will help him with the endurance and conditioning he needs down the critical stretch in a tour season. Similarly, I think Michael put on muscle mass to stay at the top of his game physically as he aged, and especially when he started playing more in the high post offensively.

 

yea,and put up a picture of Tiger his rookie season on pga tour when he was 150 pounds vs 2000 Tiger at 185 and playing his best golf. He looks skinnier in 2000 vs now, it's not like he's 150 pounds currently.

[Dr. Block]

Well, he went from basically being entirely physically in-active and often bed ridden to playing a full time PGA Tour schedule in a short period of time. I can understand and agree with his assessment of needing to put some time in at the gym. Maybe I should have put adding strength instead of bulking up. Even when he was his biggest, he was never approaching what anyone would consider bulky.

[Mikey5e]

I like the new Tiger, even his personality seems to be trimmed down in a more eloquent direction. He makes a pretty good color commentator in my opinion, and interviews quite well. I can't say I have always been a Tiger fan, but I like him these days than I used to.

[GolfChannel]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

That applies to any high intensity exercise when implemented without proper foundation and coaching. And "crossfit" has been very effective in special forces and operations pipeline for making better physically prepared operators. Might not work as well for the keyboard warrior with zero endurance background, but for people who implement the methodologies correctly it has been very successful. So everything has it's place, even the "players distance irons".

 

Any f*** idiotically trying to survive BUDs with CrossFIT training deserves the washout that’s inevitably coming.

 

I would also appreciate you stop propping up some bullxxxx cult by whoring out service personnel for marketing purposes it’s a bad look, especially when it’s horribly wrong.

[DFS PFD]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

That applies to any high intensity exercise when implemented without proper foundation and coaching. And "crossfit" has been very effective in special forces and operations pipeline for making better physically prepared operators. Might not work as well for the keyboard warrior with zero endurance background, but for people who implement the methodologies correctly it has been very successful. So everything has it's place, even the "players distance irons".

 

Any f*** idiotically trying to survive BUDs with CrossFIT training deserves the washout that’s inevitably coming.

 

I would also appreciate you stop propping up some bullxxxx cult by whoring out service personnel for marketing purposes it’s a bad look, especially when it’s horribly wrong.

You know where it started, right? Anyways I seem to have struck an emotional nerve here based on your choice of language. I guess Mark Twight and Gym Jones should never have been contracted to provide training for SOF using the methodologies CrossFit adopted.

 

Edit: Can't wait for your Reddit or Google educated response.

[Kaysquare]

I think he looks a bit slimmer, not quite so beefed up & he's wearing it well. He's swinging much more smoothly now, not coming out of his shoes almost.

[GolfChannel]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

That applies to any high intensity exercise when implemented without proper foundation and coaching. And "crossfit" has been very effective in special forces and operations pipeline for making better physically prepared operators. Might not work as well for the keyboard warrior with zero endurance background, but for people who implement the methodologies correctly it has been very successful. So everything has it's place, even the "players distance irons".

 

Any f*** idiotically trying to survive BUDs with CrossFIT training deserves the washout that’s inevitably coming.

 

I would also appreciate you stop propping up some bullxxxx cult by whoring out service personnel for marketing purposes it’s a bad look, especially when it’s horribly wrong.

You know where it started, right? Anyways I seem to have struck an emotional nerve here based on your choice of language. I guess Mark Twight and Gym Jones should never have been contracted to provide training for SOF using the methodologies CrossFit adopted.

 

Edit: Can't wait for your Reddit or Google educated response.

 

 

He was contracted for his mountaineering training, but sure continue to spout off you rudimentary Google search’s. Please post your stolen valor BS because you went to one CrossFIT session somewhere else...

[DFS PFD]

 

 

 

He was contracted for his mountaineering training, but sure continue to spout off you rudimentary Google search’s. Please post your stolen valor BS because you went to one CrossFIT session somewhere else...

Lol have a good day.

[gatorpedsMD]

anyone know his diet? he doing low carb extra beaver....

[PowderedToastMan]

He’s playing amazing golf, but he’s looked exhausted out there for about a month. Bulking up probably isn’t the answer, but certainly getting his strength and conditioning up would be an excellent idea.

[pinhigh27]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

 

I agree and that study was done only among crossfitters not an athlete vs crossfitter so it's more relevant.

 

Tiger will be fine, he knows what he's doing. I just don't think he needs to bulk up anymore and I don't think he will. Just rest and stay strong in the gym is what I think he will end up doing

 

i would say thats heavily confounded by the fact that the people with more muscle are probably competing in crossfit stuff and thus are going all out for time and etc, way more likely to injure yourself.

 

Not sure avg in shape dude is significantly more likely to get hurt than out of shape person. someone deadlifting 700? sure

 

there are back lordosis and neck lordosis products out there, I use both

 

I still think with his size he could do Gronk's job .. he's no LB anymore .. but still

 

gronk is 6'6 265. how in the world do you think that tiger would be good in that role?

[bscinstnct]

I see anybody with a injury/walking boot

 

I be like,

 

Hey, Crossfit!

 

They get so mad

 

But they cant chase me cause they foot busted ; )

[rybo]

As part of Tiger's probation he was not allowed to drink alcohol and was subjected to random testing. Not drinking will cause dramatic weight loss. Add in the fact he has played more events this year then he did before his injury/surgeries. Pretty easy to see why he has slimmed down.

 

Plus he has always had some skinny legs! Every day was upper body day!

[golfing_penguin]

there have been studies in crossfit that show athletes with higher body mass were more likely to experience injuries. This is probably a result of having heavier load to put on the mass

 

Crossfit is an injury waiting to happen. Anyone stupid enough to do it in the first place should probably buy some "players distance irons"...

 

I agree and that study was done only among crossfitters not an athlete vs crossfitter so it's more relevant.

 

Tiger will be fine, he knows what he's doing. I just don't think he needs to bulk up anymore and I don't think he will. Just rest and stay strong in the gym is what I think he will end up doing

 

i would say thats heavily confounded by the fact that the people with more muscle are probably competing in crossfit stuff and thus are going all out for time and etc, way more likely to injure yourself.

 

Not sure avg in shape dude is significantly more likely to get hurt than out of shape person. someone deadlifting 700? sure

 

there are back lordosis and neck lordosis products out there, I use both

 

I still think with his size he could do Gronk's job .. he's no LB anymore .. but still

 

gronk is 6'6 265. how in the world do you think that tiger would be good in that role?

 

You don't need to be that tall to pull the wrong lever, do you?

[sos7]

Didn’t realize but looks pretty skinny and old today in the red shirt .

[Kaysquare]

I think he might be sweating off some pounds this week. And, yes, today's shirt isn't his best red shirt.

[RobertBaron]

As part of Tiger's probation he was not allowed to drink alcohol and was subjected to random testing. Not drinking will cause dramatic weight loss. Add in the fact he has played more events this year then he did before his injury/surgeries. Pretty easy to see why he has slimmed down.

 

Plus he has always had some skinny legs! Every day was upper body day!

 

He was never much of a drinker

[Marco]

I know most don't speak french here, but i saw that yesterday, an interview with one of Tiger's therapists from Quebec.

 

Ok all his talk and theory is bullxxxx but basically he says that he was trying to convince Tiger to reduce muscle mass in the last couple years and Tiger finally listened in November 2017 and started also doing hot yoga.

 

He says he wanted Tiger to do that to help reduce the stress on the spine from the high muscle mass (lol) and reinforce his core at the same time to make it more solid.

 

So there you have it, he slimmed down by doing more endurance/core training than hypertrophy/strength i guess.

 

https://919sports.ca/on-parle-de-sport/article/un-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-travaille-avec-tiger-woods-entrevue-avec-marc-cormier

[buckeyefl]

As part of Tiger's probation he was not allowed to drink alcohol and was subjected to random testing. Not drinking will cause dramatic weight loss. Add in the fact he has played more events this year then he did before his injury/surgeries. Pretty easy to see why he has slimmed down.

 

Plus he has always had some skinny legs! Every day was upper body day!

 

He was never much of a drinker

 

Exactly.

 

Also in response to the skinny legs comment, genetics. If anyone thinks that these guys don't do legwork they are crazy. You don't have to squatting 3 times your body weight to be working on your legs. Tigers core workout would wear most people out. Many players copied it or had trainers create one for them after Tiger was in the scene a few years.

[MK7Golf21]

I know most don't speak french here, but i saw that yesterday, an interview with one of Tiger's therapists from Quebec.

 

Ok all his talk and theory is bullxxxx but basically he says that he was trying to convince Tiger to reduce muscle mass in the last couple years and Tiger finally listened in November 2017 and started also doing hot yoga.

 

He says he wanted Tiger to do that to help reduce the stress on the spine from the high muscle mass (lol) and reinforce his core at the same time to make it more solid.

 

So there you have it, he slimmed down by doing more endurance/core training than hypertrophy/strength i guess.

 

https://919sports.ca...ec-marc-cormier

 

I don't think he had much of a choice, that was right when he got the fusion done. I'm sure his doctors made him change the way he trains, Tiger has even said it himself.

[radiman]

As part of Tiger's probation he was not allowed to drink alcohol and was subjected to random testing. Not drinking will cause dramatic weight loss. Add in the fact he has played more events this year then he did before his injury/surgeries. Pretty easy to see why he has slimmed down.

 

Plus he has always had some skinny legs! Every day was upper body day!

 

He was never much of a drinker

 

Exactly.

 

Also in response to the skinny legs comment, genetics. If anyone thinks that these guys don't do legwork they are crazy. You don't have to squatting 3 times your body weight to be working on your legs. Tigers core workout would wear most people out. Many players copied it or had trainers create one for them after Tiger was in the scene a few years.

 

I can attest to this. My legs are thin. More specifically, my calves are thin. It's always been the case. My brother, who is a lot less active than I am has huge calves and he hasn't lifted a weight in the past 20 years. Can only do so much without dedicating very large amounts of time to a muscle group that isn't really needed in my daily use. I don't need my calves to get bigger, though it would be nice not to have chicken legs. The most athletic thing I do besides a bit of lifting is golf, so I don't feel the need to dedicate the time to make my calves bigger. At this point in my life, I have just accepted it as it is.