Strength

[legend_of_sherwood]

So, what do you do for strength and muscles to shoot better?
Do you just shoot or do you have any exercises for this?

[Harald]

Me, just shooten but then I drank a lot of beer some years ago..... :D

[Marcus]

I shoot 5 days a week. No time for weight training.

[Flehrad]

I wish I could do that Marcus..... :-?

[Eberbachl]

I'd shoot on average three days a week - sometimes four.

I don't do any specific weight training to target archery muscles - but I do quite a bit of mountain bike riding and kayaking (amongst other things). I'm convinced participation in other sports like this is somewhat beneficial to my archery from both a cardio-fitness point of view, and from an improvement in muscular development in some areas.

[Jules]

Kayaking would have to be great for shoulder and back strength.
Certainly more exciting than weights.
I've taken to holding my bow at max poundage draw length for a few seconds whenever I walk past it and think of it.

[Eberbachl]

Yes, the mountain biking is great for cardio fitness - and the kayaking is a great for the upper body.

The great thing is I love doing them both, regardless of how good or otherwise they are for me, so it's win-win :D

........that is good for me until I bail off the bike flying down some crazy single track in the middle of the bush or capsize the kayak a couple of kays out in Port Phillip Bay :rofl:

[Marcus]

capsize the kayak a couple of kays out in Port Phillip Bay
I'm going pale just thinking of that.

[Eberbachl]

:rofl:

It' not fun I tells ya - I've done it before, and boy - It's cold! :lol:

I learnt the hard way when I capsized the kayak with a 100cm Barracouta on the end of my line :o The bastard swam away with my favourite rod and reel! About $400 worth of gear is on the bottom of the bay :cry:

Now everything is attched to a lanyard! No fish is ever getting my gear again! :x

Anyway, I can get back into the kayak - it's just a pain in the arse - actually it's a pain everywhere :lol: