How to Exercise for Archery

Video Transcript

"Exercise is important for any physical sport that you do. Hi, I'm Joe and I'm going to talk to you about exercises you may do to be able to shoot archery better. The first thing that you would want to do is you would want to take in this case a gallon container of liquid, this is a more of a basic thing that you would have around your house and you would be on a chair and you would do basically what is called a bent over row. You have to keep your back straight, your arms straight and your knees straight and you would essentially lift up the jug the same way that you would draw back a bow. You can increase the weight with dumbbells up to the same drawing weight you may be drawing with your bow. This is a really good exercise on your back and your shoulder muscles and it will give you the strength you need to be able to draw the bow consistently and smoothly. The next exercise is holding the bow out. Typically you would try to match the weight of the bow with a liquid, a gallon container works good about half full. That's going to be about the weight of most bows. And you would simply stand erect just as you would shooting and hold that jug of liquid out. Hold it for about 8 to 10 seconds and then set it down and then repeat that again. That would be how long you would need to hold the shot for a well executed shot during that shot process. I hope this has been helpful. If you have any other questions, visit your local pro shop and they can assist you."