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So much for doing ForestFit regardless of the weather…

Sadly this morning we had no choice but to cancel the workout because of the thunder and lightening. Certainly the right decision despite the fact it cleared about 15 minutes later, and it was actually quite pleasant!

So like any “crazy” individual I set out into the Forest by myself to catch a quick intervals session.

Splashing through the deep pools of water, mud splattering up the back of my legs, dodging the heavy, low and very wet branches, leaping from one side of the trail to the other to avoid the slippery roots and rocks. Charging up the hill using every ounce of energy to get to the top, refusing to be defeated by gravity and that awkward, uneven slope. As I walked back down the hill I started thinking about those poor souls stuck in the gym…

Pounding away at their treadmill, in their pristine white training shoes and colour coordinated workout attire. The only thing to dodge is the choice of music and the mindless crap on the tv screens. The pre-programmed, laser sharp accuracy of the angle of slope on the treadmill, knowing to the meter the distance you have traveled, the exact number of calories burnt and how much longer you have to stay on that thing to really start burning fat!

Who was enjoying the act of losing body fat more?

I wonder ;o)

Tim Goodwin
www.getfit.lu
www.forestfit.com

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Joining forestfit is now really a no-brainer.

We are in the last week of ForestFit May, and all but two participants have re-joined plus we have almost filled the 07:00 group, when I last checked we had only two places available.

The 09:30 group still has a number of places available, but we are hopeful of filling this group too!

Just think, by 10:30 every Tuesday and Thursday you’ll have had your healthy breakfast, got the kids to school AND finished a fun and rewarding, fat burning workout. On Saturday’s we’ll start a little earlier giving you the rest of the weekend to do all the things your weekends are filled with.

Get over to www.forestfit.com to register today.

Tim Goodwin

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A quick post to tell you all that Jess and I will run a 2nd ForestFit group for the month of June.

As well as the Early Morning group starting at 7 in the morning, we are also offering a 09:30 start time to accommodate those who have family priorities early in the morning.

So pack you kids off to school and join us for some energising workouts in the woods, and you’ll done before 10:30.

Go to the ForestFit website to register today for your place.

Tim

P.S. Places are limited, once they are all gone we cannot accept any more!

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Does you scheduler resemble open warfare? There is so much on there it is impossible to see gaps. Fitting in a workout would just not be possible, you’d have to cancel it anyway because meetings always over run, or someone else wants another “quick” meeting!

Whether you are a top executive, middle management or team player, the working day is full of distractions, seemingly “important” appointments and meetings.

Many of us confuse work and “busy work”. Busy work is the answering of phone calls, reading and answering emails, impromptu meetings with your boss or co-workers, that consume so much of your day. As such your days get longer, lunch hours get shorter (or completely consumed), and late night work to finish a project becomes the norm.

The unstructured day drains your energy and is frankly a waste of time. Your training gets missed too frequently, and then dropped altogether. Not only does your sporting ability suffer but your entire “out of work” life too, there is no balance.

Because your sports and fitness training is vital to you, you need to do something about this otherwise weeks and months will pass you by with no structured workouts done.

Solutions to this big problem are everywhere, all sorts of technology solutions are available to better manage your time, but often these tools become even more time consuming to use and ultimately become “busy work” too.

Having tried numerous electronic organisers from Outlook, online calendars, PDAs, phones, etc etc. I have found coming back to a basic paper scheduler to be the most powerful tool.

As a trainer it is impossible for me to see every single client when it suits them, I force them to work their schedule around me, when they realise that this is for THEIR benefit as much as mine, they discover a freedom and opportunity that they had not recognised before!

The following tips for scheduling and planning your work and workouts have been used successfully by some of my busiest clients with great success:

• Plan to check email only twice a day, just before lunch and just before you go home in the evening. Keep it turned off at all others times.
• Arrange and accept meetings only in the morning, maximum of 30 minutes
• Afternoon is for real work, do 50 minute blocks of work, then break for 10.
• Put all this in your scheduler, blocking out portions of the day for this.
• Put in all your workouts for the week 5 or 6 sessions of 20-40 minutes are enough, the morning, lunch and evenings are obvious times. Sacrifices will need to be made though to make this fit.
• Fix your sports specific training in as well, keep the training focussed and goal orientated

As obvious and as simplistic as these suggestions seem, they are extremely effective if you stick to the rules without deviation for 5 weeks. By this point, not only will you become more effective with your planning, your work colleagues will be better “educated” with how you view your precious time and respect the rules you put in place.

Give these rules a try starting immediately, go to your scheduler and be brutal with the marker pen to block out sections of your day for specific actions. Stop the rot of busy work and turn off the phone and email notifier!

Claim back control of your training schedule and make these appointments as big a priority as your work appointments. It is not easy to start with and I wish you luck.

Claim your free “Warm Up” video at http://www.corporateathletehandbook.com/. Tim Goodwin is a fitness professional from Luxembourg, training the busiest individuals to achieve amateur sporting success and a healthier body.

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I like cars, actually anything related to cars, it is not just a practical thing for me, it is a passion…

In the car tuning world, there are two main factions…

1. Show cars: their owners spend countless hours perfecting the bodywork, brightwork, polishing, cleaning, ironing out the dents, creases and scratches. The car is an object of beauty.

2. Fast Cars: The “Go” faction don’t really focus much on how it looks, but on how fast it is, how agile it is, the quickest from point A to point B

For people we are also split between these two schools of thought…

Those working on their looks, perfecting their shape, regular tanning sessions to top up the bronze, all in the pursuit of a beautiful looking body!

Then there is the sporty folk, who work hard to develop a body that is lean, fast and agile, fuelling themselves with the best products to get the best performance.

Which category are you in?

Maybe neither at the moment?

Are you the rusty, decaying heap in the corner, unable to move efficiently, your body has been neglected, your engine doesn’t run so well on the poor fuel you feed it, constantly breaking down with regular illness.

Whilst I don’t believe you should become a Show or GO, not to the extremes of the fanatical individuals anyway, but I do think that most of us can look after our body’s better, and become the reliable “family run-about” instead.

If you are in  Luxembourg, come and meet us for a consultation

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