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adb:
I agree... somewhat. General strength is good. However, specificity is vital in any sport. If you want to shoot heavy bows, you need to train by shooting heavy bows. Don't get me wrong, I agree about balanced strength and preventing injuries. But, when it comes down to it... if you want to shoot heavy bows, practice by shooting heavy bows. Also, move up in draw weight in small steps... like 5-10# over 3-4 months.

fisher2:
i may just do the personal trainer route as i am looking to get 100#+ as my average bow weights

Slackbunny:

--- Quote from: adb on May 29, 2013, 01:04:00 am ---I agree... somewhat. General strength is good. However, specificity is vital in any sport. If you want to shoot heavy bows, you need to train by shooting heavy bows. Don't get me wrong, I agree about balanced strength and preventing injuries. But, when it comes down to it... if you want to shoot heavy bows, practice by shooting heavy bows. Also, move up in draw weight in small steps... like 5-10# over 3-4 months.

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You are right. I didn't mean to say that you shouldn't practice with bows because that would be a key part of your training. Just that you shouldn't practice only with bows.

Drawing a hundred plus pounds in that position is a serious strain on your upper body, and your whole upper body needs to be up to the task, not just your bow muscles.

bumppo:
You need to keep in mind that you not only need to develop muscle strength, which can be done fairly quickly, but you also need to remodel the associated tendons and ligaments. These connective tissues take much longer to repair and remodel than muscle due to their relatively poor blood supply, and don't forget, to some extent, your bones must also reshape along the new lines of stress you are imposing on them. Bottom line, it takes time and dedication. Build overall upper body strength but focus on pulling a bow like adb said. You need to work up to your target weight slowly in small increments, otherwise I can guarantee you will inevitably injure yourself. I started just like you, barely being able to pull #80@32", now I regularly shoot up to 65+ arrows at a time with my #120@32" bow, however, it took me three full years to get to that level.

fisher2:
my normal target bows have been 80#@28" for the last year so going up to 100# isnt too overly hard i was just looking for new ways to go about it

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