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21/01/2025

This weeks rider fitness

Exercises that strengthen your lower back, core, and glutes can help improve your balance and stability in the saddle when riding a horse

This week we focus on glutes, legs and lower back exercises

Give it a go 🤩

21/01/2025

💥Tonight’s top tip 🐴

When in rising trot, remember to have a small degree of suspension as you go up, this is the equivalent of your half halt in the reins, ie the half halt through your back.

The same thing applies in sitting trot and canter. Push a step, wait a step. If you push every step you are driving too much, and thus risks pushing the shoulders and the forehand down.

14/01/2025

Top Tip Tuesday is to ensure that as riders we need to also ensure that we are fit and in the best possible position to support your horse and goals.

Bonus

For the next 4 weeks will be also looking at rider fitness and have a qualified personal trainer “LE Bienestar Fitness” on board to support these posts and provide weekly work outs for you to try.

This week we shall look at our core and the importance in the saddle

* A strong core allows you to sit in better alignment
* You will be able to better absorb the motion of the horse’s movement
* You will suffer less strain on joints and muscles (for example, if your lower abdominals are weak and you have to compensate by absorbing the sitting trot motion with only your lower back, this will cause strain and pain over time)
* You will develop the core fitness to ask for more collection and self-carriage due to improved endurance and the ability to engage your core more effectively
* You will be able to sit with better posture
* Your jumping position will become more stable and secure
* Your seat and weight aids will develop more finesse

07/01/2025

💥Top Tip Tuesday ‼️

We must always remember when riding in a contact not to pull against the reins as this is a backward connection and end up with the nose behind the vertical, the back down and the hindlegs out behind.

The half halt must always end up forward towards the horse’s mouth.

As a trainer when standing in the arena I shouldn’t be able to see the half halt.

22/12/2024

“Un buen jinete, necesita mucha paciencia. Debe tratar al caballo como a un niño, como a su propio hijo. Tienen que educarlos con amabilidad y comprensión. Debe tomarse el tiempo necesario, para mostrarle como hacer las cosas correctamente. Los caballos son muy dispuestos, cuando entienden exactamente lo que se espera de ellos. Si el jinete confunde al caballo con ayudas inexactas o descuidadas, nunca debe culparlo por no entender. El jinete que constantemente siente que debe corregir su caballo, debe concentrar más su atención, en sus propias ayudas; no están siendo claros. Un buen jinete, reconoce esto, y siempre trata de montar bien y no interferir en los aires naturales del caballo. Premia al caballo por cada nuevo progreso. De esta manera el jinete inculca una ética de trabajo y disciplina en el caballo sin utilizar la violencia.” George Theodorescu.

17/12/2024

Top tip Tuesday.

When working on transitions from trot to canter or trot to walk, it is important to do some sitting trot before either transition, as this will make the transition clearer and avoid any dropping of the back or hind quarters.

10/12/2024

💥Top Tip Tuesday 💥

Remember that the contact should always be a forward one.

Some horses are naturally a bit stronger in the reins than others, but keep in mind that you must always have more power from behind than pressure in the front.

04/12/2024

🎄Christmas is around the corner why not treat a fellow equestrian to a lesson and kick start their training for the new year.

Vouchers can be purchased and sent to add to your Christmas cards 🎅

Dm page to order in time for Christmas 🎄

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