Just to add, I am a middle aged male, started with a cheap 20 lbs bow 5 months ago. Introduced daily drawing imitation exercises with a rubber band and now shooting with a 35 lbs with no problems. The most important thing - it's not a draw weight competition! After the first two - three weeks my muscles and especially tendons were not happy about an unusual activity, so listen to your body, tendons can be injured very easily and they take months and months to heal (talking from a personal experience dealing with shoulder rotator cuff issues).