How to Warm Up for Archery
Get the blood flowing., Loosen your lower back., Loosen your shoulders., Do the helicopter., Do the double helicopter., Loosen your neck., Loosen your wrists and fingers.,Wiggle your fingers for another minute.,Jump around a bit and shake everything...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Get the blood flowing.
Jump a bit, run around the block, just make sure the blood is flowing. , Do this by rotating your torso side to side, without moving your hips.
Do this for one to two minutes., Place your hands on your shoulders and make big circles in the air with your elbows.
Do this for one to two minutes., Hold your arm stretched out upwards, and swing it forwards 360°.
Then swing it over your head, your arm bent at the elbow.
Do this 15-25 times with each arm., Stretch your arms so your body has a T-shape.
Rotate your arms at the elbow, like the rotor of a helicopter.
Your elbows should remain still in the air., Don't roll it around, that's very bad for the vertebrae in your neck.
Instead, look up and down for one minute or so, then look side to side, then from shoulder to shoulder., Grasp your hands, and make sure your elbows touch each other.
Then rotate your hands at the wrists in every direction for about one minute.,, -
Step 2: Loosen your lower back.
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Step 3: Loosen your shoulders.
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Step 4: Do the helicopter.
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Step 5: Do the double helicopter.
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Step 6: Loosen your neck.
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Step 7: Loosen your wrists and fingers.
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Step 8: Wiggle your fingers for another minute.
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Step 9: Jump around a bit and shake everything loose one more time before starting.
Detailed Guide
Jump a bit, run around the block, just make sure the blood is flowing. , Do this by rotating your torso side to side, without moving your hips.
Do this for one to two minutes., Place your hands on your shoulders and make big circles in the air with your elbows.
Do this for one to two minutes., Hold your arm stretched out upwards, and swing it forwards 360°.
Then swing it over your head, your arm bent at the elbow.
Do this 15-25 times with each arm., Stretch your arms so your body has a T-shape.
Rotate your arms at the elbow, like the rotor of a helicopter.
Your elbows should remain still in the air., Don't roll it around, that's very bad for the vertebrae in your neck.
Instead, look up and down for one minute or so, then look side to side, then from shoulder to shoulder., Grasp your hands, and make sure your elbows touch each other.
Then rotate your hands at the wrists in every direction for about one minute.,,
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