Tiger's Workout Revealed

I picked up the latest issue of Men's Fitness magazine because it had a feature on Tiger Woods' workout.  The article wasn't super-detailed about Woods' routines, but it did provide some information.

First, Tiger works out very frequently.  Tiger's trainer, Keith Kleven (who actually lives here in Las Vegas), believes more frequent worouts produce better athletes, and has Tiger working out up to six days a week.

Second, Tiger does a lot of high-rep weight training, often perfroming sets with 25 to 50 reps.  He says this has prevented him from sustaining any lifting injuries.  "I've never, ever hurt myself lifting.  I don't even know what that feels like."

Third, Tiger does a lot of running.  He performs endurance runs up to seven miles, and also three-mile speed runs.  Woods is also big on stretching, going through a 35 to 40 minute stretching and manipulation routine.

What I found most interesting in the article is that Tiger had trouble putting on muscle during his younger years.  He lifted during college and his early 20s, but still only weighed around 158 lbs.  It was only during his mid-twenties that he was able to put on mass and slowly built his weight up to his current 185 lbs.

To me, this suggests that genes may control the ultimate timing of muscle growth.  Perhaps people have genes that aren't "switched on" for muscle growth until a certain age.  It's an interesting theory at least, and I may dig deeper into the subject.