Were archers disproportionately muscled on one side?

by RusticBohemian

I'm curious to know if years or firing bows, particularly some of the types requiring lots of strength, like English long bows, would have left archers with visually apparent disproportionate musculature. I imagine they wouldn't draw the bow with each hand to even out development.

If you'd seen a company of archers, would you notice anything disproportionate about them?

Flocculencio

As you can see from this skeleton of a longbowman, the left arm does indeed look overdeveloped. Whether that would have been visibly disproportionate in life, I can't say though.