Salt 4 Horses and humans You know that white foam coming off the horse when hosing it off after a taxing ride? That is salt or sodium released from the horses body when they sweat. There are some horses that will sweat more salt than others. Riders will supplement horses with electrolytes and salt, like […]
Prevent Pulling while increasing upper back support for sitting tall Muscles highlighted support a riders upper body and the riders connection to their horse. To be simple, your upper back muscles are responsible for the upper body support and the connection to your horses bit. A weak muscle group stops working for you. […]
Stronger, Longer Muscles for horse and rider Athletes who’ve developed mature muscles perform better. This muscle mass is dense and has more self support. But dense muscle has a harder time lengthening as naturally muscles will shorten with more activity. It happens in both the horse and the rider. This is why I think […]
The following videos are individual exercises that can help increase weak riding muscles during this off time. Do the entire group once through, each exercise back to back, before taking a 1-2 minute rest. Repeat the entire groups once or twice more depending on time and fitness level. (2-3 sets of all exercises) Walking Downward […]
BALANCING 4 the “oh shit” moment Every rider has fallen off a horse, it’s how you learn to stay on. You pick yourself up, get back up on the horse and learn to hold your seat. With the = determination to stay on the horse, we develop our mind and body to ride better. We […]