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Frode:
Hi all,
I hope this isn't in the wrong place, though it does involve building a bow, of a sort. A poster on another list (not me :D) was trying to find a cheap, strong (75-100#) long bow to use for strength training. They felt a bow would give better results than an exercise machine, or lifting milk jugs, or what have you. They were also lamenting the difficulty of finding reliable information about the thousands of bows available at online auction sites.
So, the question is this; wouldn't it be possible to build a heavy weight bow that was maybe a terrible shooter, slow, heavy, loads of hand shock, made out of spit and baling wire and who knows what else, never meant to be fired, but by its form would allow for strength training while helping the shooter to work on form and stance?
Or has this already been done?
Just curious.
Frode
dwardo:
I have seen bow with wheels on the end and just assumed they were "exercise" bows.. ::)
I use the rubber exercise bands and if held properly can ROUGHLY imitate a bow being drawn.
Frode:
--- Quote from: dwardo on July 13, 2010, 02:24:40 pm ---I have seen bow with wheels on the end and just assumed they were "exercise" bows.. ::)
I use the rubber exercise bands and if held properly can ROUGHLY imitate a bow being drawn.
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So then, that would mean that all those wheelie guys are... Iron Men?! :D
Sounds like the exercise bands would be the way to go to me too. Thanks dwardo!
Frode
JW_Halverson:
I made an excercise bow with the bandsaw and an inch and a half wide stick of hickory that was 6' long. I just kept reducing the thickness until I could get it strung. It pulls about 65# and is less than a half inch thick the whole length and only the simplest narrowing at the tips.
Made pulling and holding a 50# hunting bow much easier.
Frode:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on July 15, 2010, 01:17:33 am ---I made an excercise bow with the bandsaw and an inch and a half wide stick of hickory that was 6' long. I just kept reducing the thickness until I could get it strung. It pulls about 65# and is less than a half inch thick the whole length and only the simplest narrowing at the tips.
Made pulling and holding a 50# hunting bow much easier.
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That sounds like what I was originally thinking of (though I hadn't worked it out to that level). Thanks!
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