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Jacob1:
Ok the best muscle groups to work on is shoulder and back right ?

Strelets:
Yes, you can shoot 11/32"  pine out of 70 or 80 lb bows if you choose the stiffest spine. But, that pine arrow will very probably break if it hits anything other than a target boss or soft ground. I shoot bows of around 70 lb on field courses. When I used 11/32" or 23/64" pine, spruce or cedar I used to break about one arrow a week, often from glancing off a 3D target or overhanging branch. With 3/8" poplar, I used to break one every couple of months or so. With 3/8" ash, I  break one a year at most, usually when it hits a reinforcing bar in a  3D target. If you want maximum speed, go for spruce. If you want maximum durability, go for  hardwoods such as ash or birch in 3/8" or 10 mm. For a really strong heavy arrow go for maple.

bownarra:

--- Quote from: Jacob1 on December 10, 2021, 07:10:57 am ---Ok the best muscle groups to work on is shoulder and back right ?

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Wrong the body is a whole. Thinking about parts of it in isolation is a bad idea. We don't work like that. It is also easy to just work on the big surface muscles....they only get their ability to pull by being connected to ever smaller structures. Look into the term - bio-tensegrity. To get a better understanding what i'm talking about! More and more trainers are coming around to the idea of bio-tensegrity.
Basically no movement happens in isolation - train your body as a whole. Forget weights for now and focus on callisthenics, form and flexibility.

meanewood:
It should come as no surprise that the method used 'back in the day' would be the best method for being able to manage heavy bows.
That is, to start with a lower poundage bow (one that you can manage to fully draw, using the correct technique) and build up your capacity gradually.
That is the only way to condition all the muscles, tendons and ligaments required for that action.
Think of it as a chain that is only as strong as its weakest link.
The idea is to not have a weak link because that's where the inevitable injury will occur.
This process did cause long term deformities and heavy wear and tear but that is inevitable when we start to build our capacity beyond what our bodies are 'normally' capable of.
I found that the twisting that comes from the action of drawing the bow was causing me problems so I started to shoot both left and right handed in equal amounts, in order to condition my body equally.
My problem was I started way too late (50's) to be able to get much beyond 110lbs.

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