And i thought Ewan was obsessive.....

lilRedSmurf

Hi
For those of you wondering I'm not dead I'm in India...but to the point:

I met the indian National archery team the other day at a press conference (As you do...obviously :rolleyes: ) as in the guys who took silver in the world championships and the girls who came fourth. And of cource i was chatting to them over tea (really... the womens compound team mainly but, being me, said hi to the lot and DolaBannerji- olympic and everything else medalist a bunch of times...) There is a point here somewhere and I'm gettin to it.

They're typical day begins at 5am and at 6am they start with two hours physical training and then breakfast.
They start shooting at 9am and continue till 12 an hour for lunch then they shoot straight until 6pm.
In bed by 9 and they're up in the morning to do it all over again. This is six days a week with a half day sunday ALL YEAR with the exception of two weeks holidays, and when they're at competitions.

The same regime goes for juniors, sub juniors (they have two hours less shooting time but the have classes until late in the evening)
and seniors and they all train at different camps(think FCA but with bows) at archery academy's across the country.

Does anyone else think this is a damn scary thought....

Kevin_rc_ie

this is how everyone who want's to be the best in the world trains.

Renegade_Archer

Man, I *wish* I could train like this


Now that I have me my degree, Ive been spending the summer training, been averaging 5-6 hours a day and Im *knackered*

lilRedSmurf

I'm managing three hours but i only just started back shooting a week ago, I was doing charity work all last month out here. And you know i think my bow is happier in the heat, its not jumping around quite so much with the reverbs after the shot and the draw feels smoother. Does this make sense to anyone?

People are insane over here,
there are eight and ten year olds on the same routine as the adults and they've just got two new Korean coaches so some of them are complaining that their scores have dropped cos they're trying to get used to the new stuff .

The scores they're complaining about all happen to be well OVER 1200 !!!
TEN YEAR OLDS....!!!!

And the country decided to have a compound teams this year and they only took up compounds less than five months ago (one of them just over 2 months ago) and they're all shooting comfortably over 1300.

My only concellation is that I seem like a damn giant compared to the girlies on the compound team... they're all miniscule

Panserborn

Any chance any of them have Irish grandparents or want to marry an Irish person or in any way want to qualify to shoot for Ireland?

baggins

oooh, scary indian archers.

I broke my elbow, so i cant shoot at all (not that i ever could really)

MuchSavage

i haven't shot since galway, i'm getting a bit worried how many other people haven't really gotten the chance to train over the summer.......??

mr potato head

trianing daily me! Its handy working as a coach!
But i'm in work for training at 7.30am moday - Friday so sleep is on about the 6-7 hr mark

toxof

Hey MuchSavage, why dont you go down to Dublin Archers, its not that far from you.

Or since you live near conolly station come out to leixlip.
Its beside the station and Keith Colton and myself will be there tomorrow from 6.

MuchSavage

me need limbs and arrows!!! remember i aimed at the wall and ruined my arrows!!!

toxof

oh i forgot.

Are the limbs you have at the moment to light???

Get some cheap xx75s on ebay.

trig

If I remember correctly, you had my limbs. You didn't wreck them did you?

MuchSavage

no i didn't, to be honest i was planning on gettin lighter limbs, untill i get around that stupid habit i have of not lettin my hand down, thought it might help!!!

ur limbs are in the flat safe and sound...... i promise!

trig

I'm glad to hear it.

U may as well go back to using DIT equipment if you're dropping your poundage. It'll save you a few squid if nothing else!

MuchSavage

ah i don'y mind gettin lighter limbs, going to trade in the 40lbs one's i have, hopefully swap them.... live in hope!!!! i have the bow, so not much point in going back to beginner bows, just light limbs and arrows is all i need....

sonner can get them the better......

Can i ask, would swimming be very good excerise for archery??

Blind man

depends nnow ta be honest on the motivation behind your interest. you interested in pickin off a few rooskies or yopu just wonderin on ther aul back muscle thing. well on the back muscle thing swinnin is great for the aul fitness and if nothing else will help your stamina although i'm sure certain strokes involve a bit of pullin (with back muscles) so thats grand. on the rooskie frontr well i dunno. give my man tom clancy a bell he's the authority on that. so long san diego and stay classy

MuchSavage

thinkin of takin it up..... i've had a fear for god knows how long!!! though it might be good for the aul muscles, n shoulders.....

Blind man

fear of what. swimmin? sure its not like your gonna find a canary hatin shark in your porridge (sorry should be custard whoops now is it.

(means swimmins garand great excersise)

no we actually got a pool here an even just messin around in it is great excersise. you'd be suprised at the workout you'd be gettin without knowin it.

btw you have a lot a freet ime at that job a youers. could ya not devote the time ta comin uop with developing regimes for our soon to be nuby's

MuchSavage

maybe i will...... but it all a club effort!!! you not gettin away that lightly!!! we better start sorting stuff out for Clubs n Soc's day...., have everything prepared,
make sure we have proper training times, followed by bodkins...... ah thems were the days!!!

Seriously though..... it time we started gettin things sorted

When you home Muffin Man?? Quigo already be home, Woody be around the odd time, Ridgeway, Daniel.......??? maybe might try get in contact with them at some stage....

toxof

Hey, your the chairman its your responsibility to get everything organised.


(At least get everyone togeather so the we can organise things, Maybe some night in a pub!!!)

MuchSavage

Yea in know..... everyone so busy, muffin in america, myself woody, baggins n quigo have repeats... as far as i know, that leaves urself, keith, john, and ciaran. Maybe daniel and carl..... might be pushing it..... well would ye be free for a meeting n discuss things in time???

toxof

Ah, we will get something organised.

MuchSavage

Suppose we better..... any sugguestions where n when from anybody will be helpful, times when we all free....
i'm in dublin during the week
Andrew is up at the weekends
Quigo lives here, as does carl....(depends when their not washing their hair)

the rest of ye shower.......i'm not so sure.....

We must do it though, if not for the club, then a little get together!!

toxof

How about friday night in dublin archers..
Me, John and Keith will be there..

MuchSavage

greenwood won't be up, quigo still in donegal...... any word from baggins? i'll text carl, see what stori is with him....

baggins

Just fyi, i am still alive, although anything shooting- or generally movement-related is kinda bad at the mo. arm's kinda buggered, but enough about me, what's this meetin??? i cant get on here much, home phone's busted, and internet with it, so i'm kinda incommunicado. text or ring me with any info or abuse.

MuchSavage

righ ok..... stori! this meeting we tryin to have how about sat evening/day sept 10th?? bodkins.... wool shed.... or where ever??

MuchSavage

Seen that the time table is apparently up next week, maybe we should have a little get together.... (for pitchers and pringles), we need to sort out something...... i'll try get in contact with everyone, and see if we can organise a time. Any body have an plans that they won't be around or workin.......??