Arthur P

I' ll second using both feet on the stringer. Keep your knees bent a good bit (not so much to make you look like a weight lifter doing a squat though) and place your feet as far apart as the stringer will let you, while keeping the arm you' re holding the riser with straight. Then straighten you knees and use your legs to bend the limbs instead of trying to pull it up with your arm and back.

Hope you understand what I' m trying to say. Like a lot of this archery stuff, it' s a lot easier to show someone how to do it than try to explain it.[:' (]