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Scott
Sure you will get a lot of advice here–and there are lots of exercises you can do to improve muscle tone for bow shooting some good ones in Fred A’s book. But in my humble opinion you need to shoot every day to improve. As we have endured the same harsh winter you need to devise some type of indoor range–in my garage I can shoot at 7 yards–perfect for shooting the string and working form–every day.:D
We will see how much this 5 week lay off affects me when I return tomorrow and then I have to worry about the invites from Wojo and Brennan both are crack shooters and never fail to point out the old mans short falls.:evil:
Semper Fi
Mike
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Paleo,
Just doing what you are doing puts you way ahead of nothing! I think push-ups are the gold standard of the basic body weight exercise. I bought a bowfit a few years ago and it was the best $25 spent. Easy to use, easy to adjust and comes with an illustrated card of exercises. I recently made a chin up bar with a piece of old shovel handle to add into the mix too. I like to workout at home. Fold a few socks, do a set, fold a few tee shirts…. Have fun. Dwc
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Paleo,
I am with Mike. Shooting everyday is the key. Working out is great and we all should keep at it. But for accuracy and good form shooting daily is the best medicine. I shoot as much as possible in my basement and garage. I find that using one bow also makes a big difference.
Mike don’t worry I will pull a couple shoots on our next outting:D!!! I am looking forward to our next get together!!
Brennan
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I am with Mike and Brennan.
Shooting everyday! I have a 5 yard indoor, and I I open door to garage, I can get 10. I also walk as much as possible, push-ups, core and regular yoga routine.
Mike, Brennan and I shot lights out today! Brennan landed a direct heart shot on a boar at 60 yards!
There is a nice 3d next week. Get up here and shoot!
Enough of the boat shopping already!8)
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Its true that there’s no substitute for shooting, but I have also seen noticeable improvements by having honed the muscle groups that I use to shoot in the first place.
I have a whole routine I do at least 3-4 times a week with resistance bands. I addition to using them for standard things like ‘curls’ you can also use them isolate certain muscle groups like rhomboids, delts, etc. There was a good article in TBM last year about using specific exercises w/ bands to help prevent shoulder injuries. If you can dig that up, it’s a good place to start. You can also find a ton of info about different ways to use bands with a Google search and/or on YouTube, which is what I did when I first starting using them, in order to put together a routine that works for you.
The other things I really like about using bands regularly is that they are cheap, and you can travel with them anywhere. I use these – for a number of different exercises, the handles on them are very useful:
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At the end of the deer season, I convinced my Dr. that I still had trouble with my neck, and right shoulder, thus getting some kind of shots in the shoulder, and physical therapy. Since the physical therapy people thought archery was really neat they developed special exercises for me. If I was really good about that sort of stuff I would have bulging shoulder muscles. As It is I am working hard at catching up. If it would just warm up, I think we could use the driveway to shoot, since the snow is still up over our sneakers. Is a dumpster a good backdrop?
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