RE: Compound or recurve?
I read an articl on Sentman the other day. He said he was a lanky fellow all his life, never real muscular - and never met a bow he couldn't full draw. I think 170 or 180 pounds was the heaviest he ever drew, his common, everyday bows are 90 pound longbows. His theory is that some people have more tendons and ligaments - or they're just different - and that muscles really don't aid that much in drawing a bow back.
I found it an interesting article because I'm a small guy, I'm weak upper body, yet somehow I manage to get things done, like shooting a bow, that stronger men find unable to do.