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The Rider's Fitness Program

Author : Dianna Robin Dennis
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580175422
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Rider's Fitness Program written by Dianna Robin Dennis and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the perfect book for beginning riders who are using muscles they never knew they had before, advanced riders who want to stay in top form (especially as they get older), and weather-bound riders who want to be fit when spring arrives. The Rider's Fitness Program details a fun and effective six-week program that strengthens the muscles riders use while improving overall balance, flexibility, and coordination. The book features more than 85 exercises designed to help new riders get over the aches and pains of getting started and experienced riders hone their skills and technique and prevent injuries. The routines are flexible, so you can customize the workout you need for jumping, dressage, reining, endurance, polo, or rodeo. The exercises are accompanied by step-by-step photographs that demonstrate how to perform each action properly (with an emphasis on safety). They progress from basic to advanced and are suitable for riders at all fitness levels. The authors also include fundamental information on diet, general health and safety, and clothing and equipment.

Equine Fitness

Author : Jec Aristotle Ballou
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1603426698
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Equine Fitness by : Jec Aristotle Ballou

Download or read book Equine Fitness written by Jec Aristotle Ballou and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your horse in shape and maintain his overall fitness, regardless of his age or abilities. Equine Fitness will have your horse looking and feeling his best with a series of fun exercise routines specifically designed to enhance his strength, stamina, and agility. Clear step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations make the exercises easy to follow, and the book includes a handy set of pocket-sized cards that you can use in the ring. Jec Ballou’s simple conditioning program promises lasting results for healthy horses and satisfied riders.

Fit to Ride in 9 Weeks!

Author : Heather Sansom
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570768307
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Fit to Ride in 9 Weeks! by : Heather Sansom

Download or read book Fit to Ride in 9 Weeks! written by Heather Sansom and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of discipline, level of expertise, training philosophy, body shape, or fitness level, all riders do better—in horse-related activities on the ground and in the saddle—when they take care of their bodies and maintain their fitness. While riding is a great way to enjoy an active lifestyle, on its own it is not enough to condition and tone the body to the degree we need, and then the horse must make up the fitness gap in our physical partnership. If our reflexes are slow, if our bodies fatigue, if our position collapses, if tension patterns appear, then the horse suffers repetitive asymmetrical strain or develops compensatory movement habits. It is for his good, as well as ours, that certified personal trainer and riding coach Heather Sansom has developed an utterly achievable 9-week plan to give every rider the straightness, suppleness, strength, and stamina she needs to rider her best. With hundreds of one-of-a-kind illustrations depicting accurate musculature on the rider’s body, and dozens of proven exercises organized in a progressive fitness program with easy-to-use schedule charts, Sansom’s book is the key to enjoying the ride, being fair to your horse, and getting into fabulous shape—in nine weeks!

Rider Fitness

Author : Eckart Meyners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570764820
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Rider Fitness written by Eckart Meyners and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Step-by-step instructions for rider exercises off and on the horse to better their performance and ability to communicate functionally with their horse"--

101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider

Author : Jec Aristotle Ballou
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1603429212
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis 101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider by : Jec Aristotle Ballou

Download or read book 101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider written by Jec Aristotle Ballou and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of Western Dressage exercises are designed to improve suppleness, balance in movement, and responsiveness. Each exercise has a specific goal in mind, and they are organized by different areas of focus: softness, looseness, rider development, engagement, adjustability, and ground work. With illustrated step-by-step instructions and full arena diagrams, you’ll quickly be on your way to mastering this exciting discipline.

101 Jumping Exercises for Horse & Rider

Author : Linda Allen
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 160342394X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis 101 Jumping Exercises for Horse & Rider by : Linda Allen

Download or read book 101 Jumping Exercises for Horse & Rider written by Linda Allen and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get jumping! This collection presents a logical series of fun and rewarding exercises that are designed to develop your horse-jumping skills. With straightforward instructions and clear arena maps, this guide can be hung on a pole and easily referenced from the saddle. In addition to clearly articulated goals and progressively difficult variations, each exercise also includes encouraging advice on what the rider should keep in mind while jumping. Saddle up and get ready to fly through the air with grace and confidence.

55 Corrective Exercises for Horses

Author : Jec Aristotle Ballou
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570769052
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis 55 Corrective Exercises for Horses by : Jec Aristotle Ballou

Download or read book 55 Corrective Exercises for Horses written by Jec Aristotle Ballou and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated guide to simple yet effective methods for keeping horses sound, healthy, and performing their best. Over time, horses (like people) acquire postural habits, compensate for soreness and injury, and develop poor movement patterns. This limits performance ability, causes unsoundness and health issues, and ultimately undermines the horse's overall well–being. Jec Aristotle Ballou has made a name for herself advocating for the horse and providing sensible instruction in his schooling, conditioning, and care. Her bestselling books and popular clinics are designed to enable any horse person to correctly apply proven principles that bring measurable progress while avoiding boredom and confusion. In her latest collection of mounted and unmounted corrective exercises, Ballou demonstrates how we can actively work to improve the horse's posture and movement, whether he is: An active performance or pleasure mount. An aging or older horse that benefits from gentle exercise. A horse being rehabilitated following injury, illness, or lack of conditioning. Ballou's positive cross–training techniques are free of shortcuts, and her guidelines for analyzing the horse's posture and way of going help readers gain a new awareness of the equine body. Applicable for all disciplines and full of quality color photographs to explain the exercises, this is an integral collection that optimizes how the horse uses his body and helps ensure he stays sounder and healthier for more years of his life.

Centered Riding

Author : Sally Swift
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312127343
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Centered Riding written by Sally Swift and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-01-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of "soft eyes," proper breathing, centering, and balance, Sally Swift has been a pioneering riding instructor for half a century. In book form for the first time, her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally, without pain. Unlike traditional teachers, Sally Swift does not believe in forced training techniques that cause stiff bodies and tense riding. Instead, through the use of vivid, unusual, and highly creative images that transcend mechanics ("Pretend you're a spruce tree; the roots grow down from your center as the trunk grows up"), plus a thorough knowledge of human and equine anatomy, this wise and inspiring teacher enables the conscientious equestrian to reassess habitual responses, in order to ride in natural positions, break through frustrating plateaus, and achieve ever-rising goals with comfort, vitality, and precision. Precise illustrations and photographs never before used in riding books explain anatomy and image work to give mind and body new and relaxed approaches to the inner process of riding. Centered Riding is for those with little experience all the way up to world class.

Brain Training for Riders

Author : Andrea Monsarrat Waldo
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570768390
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Brain Training for Riders written by Andrea Monsarrat Waldo and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know there is an area of your brain known as the “Lizard Brain” that thinks only about the immediate moment and your means of survival? Yes, in certain circumstances, your “Rational Brain” can effectively “shut down” and you are at the mercy of a reptile ... dry-mouthed, sweating, queasy, unable to think clearly—even though you know better. When does the Lizard Brain run the show? It can happen in any number of unfamiliar, uncomfortable, challenging, or “stressful” riding situations. But here’s the thing: with the right kind of training, you can learn to manage the reptile within, which leads to greater confidence with horses, better riding performance, and ultimately, happiness at the barn, at shows, and everywhere in between. Andrea Monsarrat Waldo teaches you how to: handle uncomfortable emotions, such as fear, anger, anxiety, and embarrassment; hone your mental game and focus your riding time to get the most out of your hours in the saddle; care for your emotional injuries the same way you would care for an injured horse; and produce a state of “Focused Calm” and tap into the skills you have (whether you know it or not!) to ensure an outstanding ride.

Ultimate Exercise Routines for Riders

Author : Laura Crump Anderson
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1646010779
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Exercise Routines for Riders written by Laura Crump Anderson and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight equestrian-specific workouts to suit any rider's body, age, ability, and schedule. It is no secret that riders often neglect their own needs in order to ensure their horses' are met. Countless dollars go toward massages, chiropractic work, and various other therapies that keep our equines comfortable and performing their best. We carefully schedule their training programs to achieve peak fitness at just the right time, and we juggle our personal lives—careers, family, you name it—around it all. But horse sports are a partnership, and if we want our horses to be at their best, then we have to be at ours, and that means paying careful attention to our own athletic bodies. Most riders argue they simply don't have the time to work out and still give their horses the time they need, so certified personal trainer Laura Crump Anderson has written a book that specifically targets the ever-present dilemma of how to fit fitness into a horse-crazy lifestyle. Beginning with explanations of why strength, flexibility, and balance is important to achieve out of the tack, Anderson provides important rules and guidelines for stretching, weight training, and cardio to keep you safe. A lifelong equestrian herself, she then approaches the scheduling issue head-on, helping readers determine where best to fit in the minutes they need in the places they need to be anyway—the tack room, the arena, the barn aisle. Using only basic items you are likely to find around the stable, she keeps equipment needs straightforward, recognizing that the less likely it is you forget something, the more likely it is you'll get that workout in. Readers are then treated to eight original fitness routines and two stretching routines. Full color photographs of top riders, including Jan Byyny, Sloane Coles, Kaitlin Clasing, Lauren Sprieser, and Sharon White, and USEA Groom of the Year Rachael Livermore demonstrate how to perform exercises effectively, and step-by-step instructions ensure you get it right.

Horse and Rider Fitness

Author : Linda J. Purves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781872119960
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Horse and Rider Fitness written by Linda J. Purves and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive guide on fitness training for both horse and rider - without the use of a gym. Linda Purves gives a wealth of practical, effective, sport-specific exercises designed to take both horse and rider from fat to fit and from out of condition to competition ready.

Core Conditioning for Horses

Author : Simon Cocozza
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570769427
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Core Conditioning for Horses written by Simon Cocozza and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gentle ways to improve the horse’s core fitness while relieving pain related to conditions such as kissing spine. Every equestrian wants to know: what is the difference between the horse that “dances” when you are on him, and the one that doesn’t? According to Visconte Simon Cocozza, Trainer and Examiner for the La Fédération Française d'Equitation (FFE), it all comes down to the horse’s posture. The horse’s ability to use the powerful mechanisms already built into his body relies not upon the strength we can see on the outside but the strength on the inside. This invisible and complex arrangement of internal “core” muscles control the horse’s posture, suppleness, and agility. Their good condition is the key to the dance. Equine core muscles are very difficult to isolate with the traditional training techniques common to horse sports. However, by examining what we do with the human body when faced with a weak core, we can find new methods for conditioning these areas of the equine body. Cocozza has taken principles of the human practice of yoga and used them to develop novel ways of reaching deep within the horse’s body and: Gently “unlock” areas that may be a little “rusty.” Improve core fitness. And even relieve pain related to conditions such as kissing spine. In this highly illustrated book, he provides step-by-step instruction explaining easy mounted exercises that enhance the horse’s posture, and boost his confidence in his body and movement, making him easier to ride, and ultimately, the dance partner you’ve always imagined.

When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics

Author : Beth Baumert
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570767734
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics by : Beth Baumert

Download or read book When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics written by Beth Baumert and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within riding exists a fundamental conflict of interest: The rider needs to have control—her confidence depends on her ability to control the balance of her own body as well as that of her very powerful horse. The horse, by nature, needs to feel free—free in both mind and body to express himself through movement. In When Two Spines Align, author Beth Baumert, writer and editor at the equestrian magazine Dressage Today, resolves the freedom-control enigma by taking a close look at the individual components that make up riding and dressage and providing practical ways riders can learn to harness the balance, energies, and forces at play. Readers will discover how to use “positive tension” and their body’s “power lines” to become balanced and effective in the saddle. They will then find ways to understand and manage the horse's balance and “coordination challenges.” Ultimately, the rider learns to regulate and monitor the horse's rhythm, energy, flexion, alignment, bend, and line of travel by properly aligning her spine with his. When the center of gravity of a balanced rider is over the center of gravity of a balanced horse, that place where two spines align becomes the hub for rider and horse harmony.

40 Fundamentals of English Riding

Author : Hollie H. McNeil
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603427899
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book 40 Fundamentals of English Riding written by Hollie H. McNeil and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "90-minute DVD, all 40 fundamentals fully demonstrated with narration by the author"--Sticker on dust jacket.

101 Ground Training Exercises for Every Horse and Handler

Author : Cherry Hill
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612120520
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book 101 Ground Training Exercises for Every Horse and Handler written by Cherry Hill and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents ground training exercises for every horse and handler, including catching, yielding, turning, sacking out, backing, long lining, doing obstacle work, and more.

Complete Horse Riding Manual

Author : William Micklem
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756699878
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Complete Horse Riding Manual written by William Micklem and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses allow ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and this extraordinary ebook shows you how. Now revised and updated, the Complete Horse Riding Manual covers dressage, show jumping, and cross-country riding, detailing everything you need to know to compete in these events, whether you are a beginner or more experienced rider. Complete Horse Riding Manual is brimming with advice on finding the best horse for you, training a young horse, forming the ultimate horse-and-rider team, boosting and maintaining your own physical fitness and suppleness, and building the fitness and stamina of your horse.

The Rider's Fitness Guide to a Better Seat

Author : Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, LMT
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470223707
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rider's Fitness Guide to a Better Seat by : Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, LMT

Download or read book The Rider's Fitness Guide to a Better Seat written by Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, LMT and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-03-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With three full exercise routines for riders at beginner, intermediate, and advanced fitness levels, this guide helps you achieve a good basic riding position that is centered, aligned, balanced, and relaxed. There are clear explanations and photos of each exercise plus three tear-out workout guides, so you can exercise anywhere. An improved seat enhances your riding experience, helps eliminate back pain and post-riding soreness, lessens fatigue, minimizes the risk of injury, and improves your performance.