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Originally Posted by gino  Hi,
I'm currently shooting a 35lb longbow but I'd like to work my way up to a higher poundage. The option that seems most likely is to just keep shooting at this poundage and when I find it too easy just buying a higher poundage bow. Is there any way of improving on this without shooting increasing weights of recurves?
G. |
Cruise the junk shops and find yourself a Bullworker - just made for building up those shooting muscles, hold it like a bow and haul on those straps. Or, failing that, I knew someone who wanted to train up to shoot a big warbow and he went off to B&Q, bought several strands of their bungee cable, threaded it thru a bit of short pipe [for a handle] and pulled on that for months on end, when it got easy, he added more bungee. Didn't do him any harm and he can pull up his socks without bending over now, always a bonus. And the last time I saw him he was shooting 120lb.
But then saying that, MIND YOUR BACK AND JOINTS - do not overdo it, I have, in the past suffered greatly in the pursuit of .... well I don't know, I suppose it's the 'If I can draw 120lb, my willy must be bigger than yours' syndrome. I shoot 70lb now and it's enough for me. [Damn, does this mean I'm 'little'
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