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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
This trainer definitely knew what he was talking about. He trained professional athletes.
I guess when it comes to how much weight you can gain from lifting weights, it probably depends on alot of factors including your body type and whether you have worked out before. If you have a really skinny guy with zero muscle, he could probably gain more weight than a lean guy with muscle that has already been working out for years.
When I went to this trainer, I had already been working out a couple times a week for 15 years or so. I'm not a big guy. My weight doesn't fluctuate much. For as long as I can remember, I've been 5'9, 135 pounds. Anyway, I asked the trainer how much weight I would put on if I started working out really hard 4-5 days a week instead of twice a week. He told me that he would not expect me to gain more than 3 pounds or so. He was probably basing that on a number of factors including my body type. I don't have a big frame. A guy with a bigger frame could probably gain alot more than 3 pounds.
Tiger was pretty skinny when he was 20 years old. I don't know if he was working out with weights at that time. If he had never worked out with weights before, I think he could have gained much more than 3 pounds. He could have probably gained a good 10 pounds of muscle or so. But I don't know if he could have gained 25 pounds of muscle. That seems like alot to me.
Do you guys really think that if you started going to the gym every day and working out with weights that you would gain 25 pounds? There is no way.
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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.