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Training for heavy bow shooting
Asiertxu:
--- Quote ---Hey My asier you are here good.marlon
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Thank you so much...nice to hear that from you Marlon... ;) :)...
Cheers mate!!..
Asier.
stevesjem:
--- Quote from: J. D. Duff on May 04, 2007, 07:03:17 pm ---Welcome Outcast--we're still missing a lot of people. If someone could get ahold of Nick, perhaps he would be willing to let people know we're here?
If my memory serves correctly, Steve Stratton didn't like the mechanical bow?
J. D. Duff
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Hi JD
it wasn't a case of not liking it, i couldn't bloody lift it let alone draw it, it was just to physically heavy :o
Steve
duffontap:
Hey Steve,
I remember that. You were saying that it lacked similarity to drawing a bow in that it was so heavy. I'm going to try to make one--I'll try for 'liftable.'
J. D. Duff
Yeomanbowman:
Mark Stretton came up with the design that this bow trainer was based on. I saw an image of his one in 'The Glade' and he said he found it very helpful in regards to upping ones draw weight, as I have done too.
If you don't get on with it I understand bungees can do a good job, or just raise your bow weight in increments (old school). I believe the ancient Chinese had strength bows that were made for the purpose of developing strength rather than to be shot. The idea of a specific non-bow trainer dates back to Victorian times at least, as far as I am aware. However, the Victorian design I saw involved a sprung telescopic tube design. Mark's type of trainer seems vaguely reminiscent of Howard Hill's pull/push bow to me but I wouldn't care to put an arrow through mine, however. Not very primitive and at zero bracing height it may smart a bit!
Jeremy
sagitarius boemoru:
Jeremy, you seem to forget all that hard labour these people were to do BESIDES the shooting. Oh yes, bischop Latimere writes about his bow growing with him etc. etc....
What I m telling is that they were conditioned enviromentaly to draw heavy bows, we are (mostly) not.
If you do excersise and drop it for 3 months, will you be still able to shoot your bow as of today?
Marlon - thats funny :)))
Jaro
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