ORIGINAL: IADeerHunter16
Anyone have any tips on different excersises to do to strengthen other muscles? I've been shooting for 5 years and I want to for a lot longer. I can't even think of not being able to bow hunt so any advice would be great.
For the shoulders:
Shoulder shrugs, pull ups, front and side raises.
For the chest:
push ups, dumbbell flies, dumbbell presses, bench press (flat, incline, decline)
For the back:
rows, pull downs, pull-ups
for the triceps:
push downs, 1-arm triceps overhead extensions, push downs, & kick backs
Overall upper body:
dips, push ups and pull-ups
That's just a short list and when i state pull down or pull up for each body part the exercise is diffrent for each.
Tfox,
I agree with your points on why people get injured. If you do not work a muscle group and then all of sudden try to do something with weight that your body is not ready for you are going to get hurt. I still don't agree though that just shooting is the reason people have injuries that they blame on the weight. It falls back on total body maintenance. And that's up to each individual to take care of themselves. I myself get lazy and don't work out for months at a time. So, I can't preach that I'm perfect when it comes to that. However, when I started shooting again i also started working out again.