https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/strength-programme-increases-archer-strength Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/strength-programme-increases-archer-strengthOn this point the studies of archers all point the same way, but they are small: after six to twelve weeks of work away from the range measured strength goes up, while in control groups who only shoot it stays put. Five comparisons are the cleanest. In 20 young Turkish archers eight weeks of strength work raise grip by about two kilos per hand and the controls do not move; in 14 university recurve archers twelve weeks built around the lower trapezius take that muscle's strength from 8 to 9 kgf and the horizontal shoulder abductors from 81 to 93% of body weight; in 20 elite Paralympic archers grip in the string hand goes from 37.4 to 45.5 kg, while with their usual training it does not rise; and in two randomised studies, of 30 university archers using a medicine ball and of 24 traditional archers using elastic bands, the trained groups improve in push-ups, sit-ups, grip and back and leg strength while the controls show no significant change. The picture has clear edges, though. The samples are small and almost all in regional journals, the two randomised studies do not report a clean direct comparison between groups, the earliest studies sit in journals with questionable editorial standards, and some reports have figures that are hard to take at face value, such as a one-repetition maximum that rose by exactly 2.80 on both the bow arm and the string arm. Nobody has measured how much of the gain survives a few months without that work, and extra strength does not by itself mean a higher score: that is the next link in the chain, and there the evidence is much weaker.claim:allenamento-forza-aumenta-forza:revision:2026-09-23:3Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/strength-programme-increases-archer-strength#storiaThirty Indian archers of national level, allocated by the toss of a coin, add six weeks of dumbbell work for the shoulder and mental training, and according to the authors shoulder muscle strength rises only in the trained group. The values reported have no unit, though, and look more like test statistics than strength measurements, the weight training is mixed with the mental work and the journal has questionable editorial standards: like the two studies either side of it, it is not enough to decide a status, and the question is still without evidence that counts.claim:allenamento-forza-aumenta-forza:history_entry:2026-08-03:2016Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/strength-programme-increases-archer-strengthclaim:allenamento-forza-aumenta-forza:new_claim:2026-05-18:riportatoMon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT