When he picked up the metal workout thing, I thought that was some weird future bow and he was gonna be like "250 lbs, this one can shoot through concrete" then demolish his neighbor's house.
According to Guinness world records the record for the heaviest bow drawn at full length is 200 pounds. Maybe you are able to beat the world record? anyway really impressive!
i loved the todds workshop videos. so here now subscribed. when i was a wee boy i remember "learning" that we (as a nation) could no longer use 200lb longbows because we no longer did the years of training. good to see that is now just not true
This was the best thing I’ve seen this year.. and was told by Bickerstaffe that it was impossible to make a flat bow 100 pounds when I asked them if could make me one, but you have one in 150! Ever put that through a chronograph? Would you sell a bow potentially or just for personal use? Awesome video mate truely.
About a year ago I saw a vid of you saying that you had to start as a kid to draw heavy warbows. I got a 55# pound recurve around the same time. My 140# warbow should be getting here in a week. I wanted to thank you for the inspiration that interview provided. I dont think I would have made this much progress without it. I doubt I will ever get much past this weight, but at least I can say I can shoot a warbow, after some training with it of course. Again thank you and I hope all is well.
How long did it take for you to get to 140# from 55#? Right now, I am pulling around 50# too, and while I am not as crazily strong as Joe, I am aspiring to shoot a 80-100# bow.
@@clee5653 it took three solid years. I got the bow and could barely pull it lol. But I can draw and shoot it now. Its not easy, but it can be done. I think its 50/50 strength and technique. Do the power band exercises you see Joe do, and shoot every day. The minute tat 55# bow starts to get comfy go up to a 70-80# bow, its a bigger jump than it seems.
@@kborak Thanks for your valuable advice. But I still have a few questions. How many arrows do you shoot per day, and how do you define getting comfortable with the bow? Just trying to figure out how much intensity to get strong without injuries
@@clee5653 Comfortable is something you will define. You will understand what I mean when it happens. The Bow will become "comfortable". I have never counted how many arrows I shoot. I tend to pull my bow out when I go outside for a cigarette. I would make a guess over over 100 at the minimum. I have slowed up some since Im not building up any more. But when I was going hard I would guess at least 100.
Amazing strength - was already apparent from your earlier videos but interesting to see your training. Do you also train pulling with your left arm? Do you also use conventional exercises like chin-ups, rows, presses etc.? Any specific work for rotator cuffs?
I only train right handed. Yeah I do chin ups. But that's about it for bow training the best way really is just to shoot. . I always warm up rotator cuff. 😁
HI Joe. I shit my pants when you did draw 200 lbs and made a wink ;D wtf is happening. We should go to UK next year again so hope we will meet again at Dorset or somewhere else. Simon
What an amazing skill you built up. Kudos. What kind of training would you suggest to someone who wants to shoot a 70/75 pound longbow? I am planning a living history display of a late medieval bowhunter. Also I regularly shoot with a 45 pound longbow at the moment.
Thanks for the quick response. Isn’t a direct jump from 45 to 75 a bit too much? Never done this. I am a bit afraid of wrecking up my technique, if it is too heavy.
Hi Joe, I noticed you using EliteFTS training bands previously. Which one do you use specifically?, and where did you purchase it? I can't find anyone in the UK who stocks the short bands -even Elite.
I use a 75lb 55lb and a 40lb. The increments are insane between them. I worry I'm gonna end up lopsided. I shoot left handed though I am right handed because my right eye is useless. Do you ever train left handed to kind of even out that muscle use? I try to but it feels well weird.
I call BS on the average archer during the mid evil days being able to drawl 100, 150, 175 pound bows. They were an average 5.6” tall and probably weighed around 150 pounds. Most people ,unless they were nobility, were always a bit malnourished because super markets were not a thing. You’re an impressive bow bending beast but I doubt your abilities are an example of what archers were capable of back then. We like to romanticize the past. On one of Fred Bears hunting trips in Africa he documented not one man/warrior in an entire village could pull back his 65 pound recurve. Anyway, impressive skills you yourself have!
theres a big difference between 100 lb bows and 150 lb bows my friend not to mention the other 25 you slapped on there willy nilly esp when you consider firing consistently.
Probably this is the only video of him you watched, mate. Try watching this one if you have the time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DBxdTkddHaE.html
You've obviously not seen the video of him hitting a target with all 6 arrows at 25 meters in 30 seconds with a 140# bow...and getting 1 bullseye in the group. Don't hate just because you can't pull a 25# bow, mate.
