Theraband vs. a real bow

[recurve boy]

I use theraband all the time. For form and to build up strength - if you have a long piece you can fold it in half and get a considerable draw weight.

However, I always have trouble translating what I can achieve on theraband to a real bow. And what I am pulling with the theraband is certainly heavier. I can get the proper muscles working quite well with just the band, but once i pick up my bow, it becomes a real struggle to get the correct muscles working.

Any ideas?

[Marcus]

DVA's women recurvers wrap the theraband around the bow and string and then shoot like that. We have them up at over 50lb shooting indoor this way with their normal setups. Then they just slip them off and everything is the same.
I don't think pulling a theraband back on it's own does a thing for your form except strength.

[Aarleks]

Marcus, could you post a picture of how this is done?

[Marcus]

OK, but my camera batteries are flat, so will take a while.

[clever_guy]

Like Marcus said you aren't going to get much out of a theraband except some (strength) conditioning. It provided more specfic training than say lifting weights, but it still isn't the same as shooting a bow. Using therabands for "overload" training on a bow is effective, so is having a heavier set of limbs to do reversals with or shoot.

-CG

[Kuru]

DVA's women recurvers wrap the theraband around the bow and string and then shoot like that. We have them up at over 50lb shooting indoor this way with their normal setups. Then they just slip them off and everything is the same.
I don't think pulling a theraband back on it's own does a thing for your form except strength.


Quite right Marcus. My physio has me doing the exact same thing, I'm on the grey one for round the bow and the blue one for other arm and shoulder exercises. I have an awful habbit of locking my release aid shoulder in and pulling back using my side muscles, he nearly died when he watched me :o

[recurve boy]

I don't think pulling a theraband back on it's own does a thing for your form except strength.

I disagree. It is much easier to get the correct muscles working using theraband. That surgical rubber tubing they use down at the AIS is even better. Nice a round.

If anything, theraband would work for form training and NOT stength.

[Marcus]

Hang on, why did you even start this topic if that's the case. You started this because you were finding you couldn't get your theraband and recurve form to match. It does not use the same muscles, that's why it doesn't work.

[Flehrad]

I would suspect the differences between the feel of the bowstring on your tab vs theraband on tab, and the way a riser reacts in your bow hand compared to a theraband is what causes the difficulties in translating from each other.

In theory, a theraband should work for form and strength, because you can actually get the right muscles working, but it might not translate just simply because the theraband is not the same dynamic nor weight of a real bow.

[Killjoy]

The method that Marcus describe is great. I.E using the band around the riser and string to increase resistance to build up strength.

But instead of the Theraband..try using a Theratube.. much better. the tube can be place between the fingers like an arrow nock.

http://www.pugetsoundtherapyservices.com/progressive_(steel_blue)019019.jpg

[Aarleks]

Somebody post a picture please! :D :lol:

[Clare Barnes]

Somebody post a picture please! :D :lol:
Don't encourage it - Flame posts quite enough already........ :roll:

[Eberbachl]

Somebody post a picture please! :D :lol:

Hi Aarleks,

I know my drawing is very very lame! But I hope you can make sense of it :D

Basically they wrap the theraband around the bow as shown and shoot with it, thereby increasing the poundage.

Anyway, I've never done it - I shoot compound, but that's what they look like :D

http://www.comcen.com.au/~eberbachl/pics/theraband.jpg

:bday:

[Marcus]

LOL Yep that's it!

[CMB50]

:o what the hell is that! :rofl:

[Eberbachl]

:o what the hell is that! :rofl:

:P

Hey man!

That is ART!

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[Flame]

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[Flame]

Hey Luke and Ms Barnes

This is art

http://www.users.on.net/wwwsys/Images/Forum/mona.jpg

[Eberbachl]

:D

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http://www.comcen.com.au/~eberbachl/pics/monatongue.jpg

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[recurve boy]

The method that Marcus describe is great. I.E using the band around the riser and string to increase resistance to build up strength.

But instead of the Theraband..try using a Theratube.. much better. the tube can be place between the fingers like an arrow nock.

http://www.pugetsoundtherapyservices.com/progressive_(steel_blue)019019.jpg

That's the stuff I was looking for! Where do I get it? Can I go up to a physio and ask for it?

[Flame]

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[Aarleks]

Thanks Luke! :D Archibald Prize next eh? Give us a portrait of our fearless leader in the same style. :lol:

I'd often thought about doing this with my therabands but was worried that it would hurt the libs. Obviously it doesn't. :oops: :)