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AS HE ATTEMPTS to become just the sixth player to ever complete the career Grand Slam, Rory McIlroy has turned himself into one of the fittest golfers in the world.
He recently graced the cover of “Men’s Health” and discussed his workout routines, and did a promotional video for Nike documenting his workouts.
According to Brian Wacker of PGATour.com, McIlroy has dropped his body fat percentage to 10% from 24% in 2010, when he couldn’t do a plank longer than 30 seconds. Charles Siebert of the New York Times reports that he has added 20 pounds of muscle during that period.
Siebert reports, “Since 2010, McIlroy has been working out five times a week, 90 minutes a day, under the close supervision of his British trainer, Dr. Stephen McGregor, a fitness consultant for the Manchester City soccer club and formerly for the New York Knicks.”
In an interview with PGATour.com, McGregor described the way McIlroy’s physical conditioning has affected his golf swing:
“Over time the arm speed has quieted down but his clubhead speed has increased and his body efficiency has improved. He can practice more, hit balls more and he has been more consistent.”
“His misses were wide. We needed to tighten that up. As he was going into impact he was going to spray it. As he has gotten more stable so has his swing, and he has been able to add more power and more distance.”
Here’s a picture of McIlroy in 2010, when he won his first PGA tournament:
Look at him now:
He’s a fitness buff:
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It’s a far cry from this guy:
Good luck to Padraig Harrington in Augusta.
I’m related to him!
Proper golfers should have massive guts and arses, not bulging biceps and washboard abs
God bless John Daly
Derek did you ever think maybe in the picture he is on the way back up from a squat.
Possibly, but I can only judge by what I can see, and that’s not a parallel squat.
I read previously where Darren Clarke Stayed in Tigers house, he woke at 5am to the metallic steel sounds coming from the basement… Tiger was training away doing weights…. He was always obsessed by not being taken seriously as an athlete, especially from other world stars such as NBAs Shaq O’Neill. Now he’s got the body of a retired rugby pro . Over training for a sport that requires some but not obsessive training regimes. That said look how DC has transformed his physique of late.
Not the first golfer on the cover of Men’s Health. Adam Scott was on it a few years back.
He does have lovely arms though.
In case I offend the others, they all have lovely arms.
boom there it is
Was a big part of Tiger’s deterioration (apart from obvious) in his thirties not been due to his body breaking down after the constant workouts and physical demands (apart from obvious) he put on himself in the gym over the years? Hope it doesn’t happen with Rory.
he was bollixed from shagging.
“Constant workouts”–quite the euphemism.
All in his massive smug head
Made some nice gains, but he’s still half-squatting in that photo; an unforgivable sin.
He’s parallel to the ground…
His hips are clearly above his knees in the first photo