I used to compete at college level in barebow archery.
The draw weight of the bows Lars tends to use is around 15-20 pounds tops, really low draw weight, low power, for extremely fast stunt/trick shooting.
The draw on the bows I'd use to compete with were 30-35 pounds usually - at 18 meters with no sights and whatever low profile stabiliser/weight you could get away with, anything heavier is a waste of time.
Olympic style recurve shooters usually go around the same in draw weight, there's a tradeoff between better flight characteristics of heavier draw/heavier arrows and the amount of time you can sustain holding back that amount if weight/force.
As an aside, there is a fun niche market for "within the rules" bow weights in barebow - the main function of the weight is to pull the bow "down" out of recoil/the path of the arrow as fast as possible after release so it doesn't kick back and impact the arrows trajectory. I made a few prototype ones back then out of brass, steel, etc. Good fun.
The draw weight of the bows Lars tends to use is around 15-20 pounds tops, really low draw weight, low power, for extremely fast stunt/trick shooting.
The draw on the bows I'd use to compete with were 30-35 pounds usually - at 18 meters with no sights and whatever low profile stabiliser/weight you could get away with, anything heavier is a waste of time.
Olympic style recurve shooters usually go around the same in draw weight, there's a tradeoff between better flight characteristics of heavier draw/heavier arrows and the amount of time you can sustain holding back that amount if weight/force.
As an aside, there is a fun niche market for "within the rules" bow weights in barebow - the main function of the weight is to pull the bow "down" out of recoil/the path of the arrow as fast as possible after release so it doesn't kick back and impact the arrows trajectory. I made a few prototype ones back then out of brass, steel, etc. Good fun.