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Originally Posted by Gander
Theres a lot of factors that come into play, but to answer your question, yes I could gain 25 pounds if I started focusing solely on lifting weights, taking in a lot of the "good calories", and pretty much dropping my cardio routine. I would never undertake such a ridiculous thing, but if my sole purpose was to bulk up 25 pounds of muscle in that time frame (10 years), I could easily do that.
Golf is not a physically demanding sport and a guy like Tiger can probably get away with doing very little to no cardio, which is very important if the end goal is muscle mass. A guy liek Roger Federer in tennis probably doesnt run 6 miles a day, but he could never not do cardio and just focus on weights (like Tiger). My guess is Tiger concentrates solely on weights and stretching and its very conceivable for a guy with his frame and athletic prowess, to put on 25 pounds of muscle. I read he did a lot of weightlifting while at Stanford (towards the end of his years there) and he had back then very uncanny strength for a scrawny golfer.
My advice to you is not to hire this trainer who says the best he can do with you is 3-4 pounds. I'd be happy to refer you to someone who knows what they are talking about if you are interested.
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At this point, I'm not interested in gaining weight any more. I'm not as young as I used to be. I'm 44 years old now. Right now I'm happy if I can get to the gym once or twice a week and just maintain my weight. I'm at 140 pounds right now and that's a pretty good weight for me.