WTB: compound bow 27", 40#

[Bill S]

I'm thinking that anyone that works with horses can handle this.

[Europhyllia]

I'm thinking that anyone that works with horses can handle this.

great! I can stack hay bales. lol

[FireWater]

You'll be fine Karin. The break might be adjustable too. You're not pulling the whole 40lbs all the time only the first quarter to half of the draw.

[allan]

Karin, get a 25-30 lbs dumbell, put your knee on a bench, left hand on the bench body length up from your knee. Keeping your back straight and natural, lower the weight, and bring it back up to your chest where the pectoral transitions into your deltoid, and hold it for a three count, keeping your elbow in close to the body to begin with. Three sets of 8 every other day. Once this becomes easy enough to perform, begin the same exercise with your elbow out as if in pulling a bowstring. Three sets of 8 every other day. In three weeks max you'll be able to pull a 40 lbs drawstring easy.

You've got the 40 lbs capability now, trust me. It's all those secondary muscle groups that you are not accustomed to using that will make it seem impossible or give you that really shaky feeling as you attempt to draw.

And what ever you do, don't draw a bow unless you've got an arrow nocked and ready to fire. You can destroy a good bow by dry firing it.

[Europhyllia]

Thanks Allan for the exercise plan. I am working on it!
And Thanks so much Bill for the awesome goodies!

[Milly]

Jason lets practice on is 20yr old youth bow. Let me tell you technology has come a loooong way. I had go work up to the 40# too, Jason would set the weight back on the bow weekly. I started off at 15 and worked up to 40. But like my dad said, never dry fire. Jason would let me pull back on the bow and slowly put it back into the normal position, that way I could get used to string placement near my face.