Thirty pound isn't much weight, it's all tecnique. Once you get the hang of it you'll be suprised how easy it is. They're just different muscles from what you use normally. A buddy of mine who lifts weights wanted to try archery and he couldn't pull my bow set at 60#. It was actually pretty funny, here's this guy with huge arms and he was struggling so hard to pull it back. Stick with it and congrats on the new bow.