start doing some pushups to get your trisepts working

I shoot in reps! I usually shoot groups of 3, 7 or 8 times per session! Most days I do it 3 times, so about 60 a day, but if I start to feel it too much I'll take a day off!

Yea bench doesnt have a WHOLE lot to do with it,, im 155 pounds, and use to push 245 on the bench.. not braggin but i think thats pretty good at 16 years old and 155 pounds.. i let a friend shoot my bow, hes about 200 pounds and Pushed 295...and hehad a really hard time with drawing it at 60 pounds.. when i first got mine 60 pounds was a lil heavy so i turned it down about 2 - 3 pounds, was a lil hard but not as bad.. shot that for 2 - 3 weeks then turned it back up to 60... pulling it with ease and feel like i could pull 65 with ease...Dont get too caught up in the weight tho, turn it to whereu feel comfortable and have at it, shoot a little everyday, sooner than u think u can turn it right back 70..

I get tired at around 40 arrows. Start working your triceps, back, and rear deltoids. Your rear delts are probably the weakest link. BTW, I have worked out for 7 yrs, and get tired at 40 arrows @65 lbs. I weigh 240 @ 13% bodyfat, and I have a couple friends who weigh 40 lbs less who pull more weight and can shoot more arrows regularly. So don't base you reasoning on larger muscles or bench strength.

I can shoot about 60 before I start to really feel it at 65#. The first time I did it I was sore for a few days. You will get used to it after awhile. Just don't over do it right from the start.

Prior to being laid up 2 rounds of 60 weren't out of the question and usually throw in some extras for fine tuning.

I'd say 135 arrows..without being noticably tired.

Bench would have little to do with shhoting a bow, it would be more lats and delts.

As many as you can untill you start feeling muscle fatigue. At that point stop because it can be counter productive. Easy to develop bad habbits and lose focus when you get fatigued. The number of arrows could vary from day to day actually depending on what you do and how tired your body is to begin with.

You say "you're just getting started so I'd drop the lbs a bit and work up to that if that's what you want to eventually pull. Get the correct muscles built up (bicep,shoulders,lats and back) and you'll be good to go. I don't really recognize the fatigue setting in with my muscles tightening up but more with my shooting performance. I can tell I've had enough when the groups start to go Ka-bluey. Good luck

Its the first one that counts....I used to shoot a bunch, now I go out and shoot about a dozen, it helps to concentrate on form not how many you can shoot...

Remember when you lifted weights to gain strength?? You didn't work the same muscles every day, I did the same groups of muscles every 3rd day...

Good point, nc... Believe it or not, as I approach my elk trip, I'm shooting LESS than I was all summer. I've went from shooting hundreds and hundreds of arrows a week to now just walking out with a handful of arrows and taking several minutes between each. My form is ingrained after so much shooting this year, so what I'm doing these last couple days is just concentrating on shooting one arrow at a time.

Last night, I only took one broadhead-tipped arrow outside with me. I was shooting from 50, so I'd have to shoot, walk all the way to the target, walk all the way back, and shoot again. To me, this does a couple things: (Besides walking 100 yards at a time with each shot and getting that much more excersice... ) It forces me to slow down and concentrate on each shot, and 2) or more importantly -- I don't want to have to walk 100 yards for a crappily released arrow so I really make sure my sight picture is perfect before firing the arrow.

I believe it was either Randy Ulmer or Bill Winke who wrote a column a few years ago about keeping just one arrow propped up beside their back door. Once a day, they would grab it and step out onto the back porch and shoot at the target in the back yard.