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Not at all. I used this exercise to help increase my bow strength after a hurt shoulder. I used to work out with 65#. My hunting bow was 60#. While using this exercise with those weights, I was able to build up to 73# and 80# longbows.

Since that time I injured my shoulder several more times and now I am using 44# to build my strength back up. I just want to get up to 50# for hunting.

Using the Rigid Formaster to practice your release is also great.

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GilV said:
Not at all. I used this exercise to help increase my bow strength after a hurt shoulder. I used to work out with 65#. My hunting bow was 60#. While using this exercise with those weights, I was able to build up to 73# and 80# longbows.

Since that time I injured my shoulder several more times and now I am using 44# to build my strength back up. I just want to get up to 50# for hunting.

Using the Rigid Formaster to practice your release is also great.

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One thing I took away from this years ago was a statement that was on the Texas web site and didn’t notice it in the archived piece. I think it was attributed to the British coach. I think it went like this.

“Energy and stamina can be gained and maintained, but it can’t be stored”

That tells me that like any other sport we need to maintain a good exercise routine and plan. I believe doing so will make shooting more enjoyable, improve accuracy and help prevent injuries.
 
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I did that. I waited two and a half years. They have healed but need exercise low and slow to get back. It is my bow arm shoulder I injured. This exercise also eliminated tennis elbow in my drawing elbow. I always thought I used my shoulder and back muscles, until I tried the Formaster. I was drawing with my hand wrist, forearm and bicep. Once I exercised with the formaster it forced me to use shoulder and back muscles, which in turn enables you to keep a relaxed hand, forearm and bicep. Using your shoulder and back muscle in and of itself enabled me to draw heavier weight.

I actually used a crossbow for a year. Now that I can shoot and hold my bow up I am now building back my strength again. This exercise is great also to maintain and gain strength. The original info and pictures were for Olympic archers for exercise.

In every sport participants not only practice but exercise for strength and stamina.

I can’t think of a reason to prevent me from getting more bow strong for shooting. I have a moderate goal of reaching 50#. I now am shooting 44# comfortably.

shooting practice should just be practice not exercise, in my opinion.
 
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#10 ·
to prevent injuries and let your muscles rebuild themself well, it's important to take some rest.
your muscles rebuild them self during rest time.
if you use a intensive work out for the same muscles each day, it can hurt you instead of heal you.
you have to rest one day or two between strong work out.
that's the only thing i can reprroach to this foremaster method, may be an old méthod.
muscle and tendon need rest to rebuild the micro hurts coming from the excercices.
they rebuild themself stronger.
 
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#21 ·
The Easton guide PDF is the 2nd edition but its 25 years old now. last page says revision 4 from 4/99.
I hope the info is still considered a valid way to go about tuning a bow.
I know the paper tuning information can be very misleading as the tear in the paper represent a photograph of what the shot arrow is doing just at the range the paper frame is sitting at. A few more meters down range the wiggles and waggles are quit different to the paper showed. I'm not sure paper tuning is even recommended these days.
 
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I will take paper tuning over anything else and the Easton Guide IMO is the single best source for tuning available. I give a copy to everyone who is getting serious about their tuning and working on their own bow. You just do it at 2-3 distances within 10 yards. Far more accurate than trying to read a bare shaft shot into a target. Once I get a good tear in paper I then put my broadheads on and shoot one into the target at my maximum effective range followed by 2-3 field point tipped arrows and make adjustments to nock height and center shot to get the two to group together and then check it again with shots through paper. In 35 years of doing this I have never had a bad tear with the follow up through paper doing it this way.
 
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