Tiger Woods workout

Don't tell anyone - it's a secret!

Tiger Woods keeps his fitness program quite secret, but I have gathered a few pointers about the Tiger Woods Workout from a few different sources.

Gain flexibility and strength - not muscle mass

Tiger doesn't try to bulk up and acheive big muscle size. Although his arms are strong they are no means busting out of his shirt. This would indicate that he is more interested in maintaining flexibilty coupled with strength.



Indeed when Nick Faldo began bulking muscle in the 1990's he quickly stopped due to his loss of feeling when he was putting and in his overall short game. To stop bulking, Tiger would probably do reps in the 15 to 20 range at a fair pace and around 4 sets.

So how should golfers incorporate weight training.

One of the most important muscles would be the triceps, which is directly behind the bicep at the top of the arm. Click here to see how you can train them.

Another imporant part is the forearms. Click here to see how you can train them.

The lower back and twisiting motion is important and here are some other exercises.

Flexibility of the lower back etc

This is very important so that you can acheive the coiling and springing effect. The chance of injury will also be reduced.

The lower bank and trunk flexibility is crucial and can be acheived by doing the following exercises.

Hamstring flexibility is essential for an athletic posteur throughout the swing.

Caution or your golf may be worse

Don't just do all these exercises and stretching before your big game though. Make sure you have had time to practice as your body may be flexing in ways it's never experienced.

You may find that the ball goes everywhere. I would suggest doing training and some practicing just to see how you feel before unleashing your Tiger Woods like body on your unsuspecting clubmates.

Should you weight train the night before

Your muscles take around 48 hours to recover after weight training, so you will have some reduced strength after training. Personally, when I have trained my legs hard and then played at night my golf has been terrible. But when I trained my top half of my body I played OK. Coincidence or truth, I don't know. Try it yourself and let me know. Flexibility training would be good at anytime.

Tiger golf workout information part II