Archive for July, 2009
Coffee Moment: 19th July Mondercange Archery Tournament
Jul 20th
Sat under the veranda of the club house at Mondercange during the practice 45 minutes watching the rain hammer down, typical Luxembourgish summer weather ;o).
I’ve shot one end and decided to skip the next in favor of the dry porch and a particularly bad cup of stewed coffee.
I sometimes wonder why I do this.
Started me thinking about being fit gives you a sense of invincibility at times. When i look along the shooting line and see a lot of very unhealthy guys struggling with the conditions, i know that i have one up on all these guys even before we start scoring.
Good feeling.
I watch lots of sport, and participate in a fair bit too, those that are better prepared physically and mentally always come out on top PERIOD.
Talent kinda helps too, watching the two guys on my target, rarely scaring the middle of the target, i know that their talents lay in some other part of their life.
Physical preparation can come easy and is something anyone can do even with limited time and resources. Try the following simple exercises to be a better archer, sportsman, and maybe have less body fat too.
Leg Matrix Lite
Complete each exercise one after the other with little or no rest. Time yourself to complete the circuit. Rest for the same time it takes you to complete the circuit, then repeat. Do a maximum of 3 circuits
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 Bodyweight Forward Lunge1. Start by standing with your feet shoulder width apart. 2. Step foward with one foot and bend your knees into a lunged position. Your back knee should come close to touching the ground and your front leg should be bent to about 90 degrees at the knee. 3. Maintain your upright posture throughout the movement. 4. Return to the starting position and repeat. Once repetitions are completed then repeat with the other leg. Trainer’s comments: |
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 Bodyweight Squats1. Start by placing feet shoulder width apart and holding your arms out in front of you. 2. Proceed to squat down like you are going to sit in a chair. Your upper body will lean forward slightly and your hips will shift backwards while going down. 3. Remember to keep your knees from going out in front of your toes while squatting. 4. Repeat according to your required repetitions. If you want to make the exercise more challenging hold your arms at your sides or behind your head. Trainer’s comments: |
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 Lateral Lunge on BoxStart position: Stand with feet hip width apart. Place hands on waist or out to sides for stability. Step laterally 2-3 feet and place foot onto a box 12-24” high. Bend knee into a lunge. Pushing off foot, return to start position. Continue with same leg or alternate as prescribed. Remember to keep head and back upright in a neutral position. Shoulders and hips should remain squared at all times. Trainer’s comments: |
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 Lateral Leg Raise/Hip Abduction1. Lay on your right side, resting your upper body weight on your elbow. Using your hand for balance, lift your left leg upward as high as is comfortably possible. 2. Hold for 5 seconds and slowly lower to starting position. 3. Repeat for the recommended repetitions and repeat with the other leg. Trainer’s comments: |
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25 Random Facts About Tim Goodwin
Jul 18th
This is a post borrowed from another site and I thought it would fit in really great here so you can get to know me a bit better….
Read through mine and then post up yours at the Tim Goodwin Community Site… you can tell as much or as little as you like about yourself.
1. Born 29th September 1975, Timothy David Goodwin… and I had to ask my mother this morning how old I was, I believe it is the most insignificant number.
2. I grew up in Worcestershire, and it is where my parents still live.
3. I went to University in Edinburgh, for a computer science degree, but got dumped off the course for failing a maths exam 4 times… finished with a fairly insignificant science degree. Swore I would never touch a PC again in my life.
4. Sporting wise i have been a runner, hockey player, table tennis, cyclist, and archer. Archery has been part of my life for 23 years and have been relatively average at every level of the sport, right up to being average on a world level ranking 26th in the world 3 years ago.
5. I love cars, I vary between boring and sensible to outrageously unpractical… Now in a sensible stage having owned an outright rally car for 18 months(great fun whilst it was not in a garage)
6. I have worked as a tomato picker, driven a 60ft dutch barge, barman, computer tester, business analyst, project manager, and used car sales man.
7. I met my wife Sam at university when she was dating my flatmate, we got married in vegas by the same person as Dennis Rodman’s really short marriage.. No Elvis…
8. I don’t do kids, the same with Sam, we love the freedoms it allows us, we’d much prefer to be surrounded by dogs and cats.
9. I taught my wife to shoot (bow and arrow) to be british number 1 for 4 years and to a world championship bronze medal… so not as average as me 
)
10. When I quit my “real” job in the corporate world 4 years ago, I wanted to kill my boss, and vowed never to touch a PC again in my whole life (that’s twice!)
11. I hate gyms…
12. I love being outdoors…
13. My father runs his own business, and couldn’t believe I quit my “real” job to start my own business just like him… I was always going to become an entreprenuer, it was just a matter of when.
14. I’ll always work, I couldn’t sit on my laurels once I “make it”… I’d be bored in 2 days!
15. I have l lived in Edinburgh, and now in Luxembourg… moving away from the “island” was a very liberating thing to do, and I think everyone from the UK should do so at least for 6 months, to really see how the rest of the world works! )
16. My office is always a mess, and I have more books I haven’t read on my shelf than ones I have read… but I read a book a week minimum.
17. I want to walk in to a car dealership and buy a hundred thousand euro car in cash, whilst in jeans and a ripped t-shirt.
18. I have never got so drunk I couldn’t remember.
19. I have never smoked a single cigarette.
20. I have never touched any illegal drugs.
21. I used to have long hair down to my shoulders, but have shaved my head for the last 10 years (go bald gracefully please)
22. OF all the famous people I have met, they have all been relatively ordinary folk like you and me. Met Chris Rea once and got driven in a ferrari by him… very ordinary and humble chap… I think that says a lot about becoming famous )
23. Public speaking petrifies me, but get a real buzz whilst doing it.
24. I hate jogging, and have no desire to run a marathon… or any further than 5km to be honest!
25. I sold my lifetime favourite car to buy my wife an old mini cooper for her 30th birthday… I drove the damn thing from Berlin to Luxembourg, taking 10 hours and couldn’t walk properly for a week!
Now your turn…
Either reply as a comment here, or on the Tim Goodwin Community Site