Re: Re: riding and calories...

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

I wonder how those exteemly competitive ride-and-tie people condition to do
both??

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From: <RQuestarabians@aol.com>
To: <greymare@jps.net>
Cc: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:43 AM
Subject: RC: Re: riding and calories...


> In a message dated 09/20/2000 11:55:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> greymare@jps.net writes:
>
> << Here is the test-if someone thinks they can post a horse for an hour,
then
>  they "should" be equally fit to run for an hour, or bike for an
hour......if
>  all the exercise is comparable.
>   >>
> Nope. I do track and field/ long distance running running. I have ran
since
> junior high/high school days. I have also rode horses at the same time.
When
> I was running competively I had to make a choice, and give the riding up.
It
> took too much out of me, and affected the wrong muscles that I really
needed
> for running. What I mean is that riding made my muscles feel heavy. I
found
> out that this is because when we ride (in an effort to stablize our own
body
> and support it ) it takes a great deal of high muscle tone or muscle
holding
> power to do that. Running uses totally opposite muscles, and takes a
> different kind of muscle power. Of course there are many variables in
riding.
> It certainly takes far less effort on my muscles to ride my very
smoooottthhh
> gelding whom I can very easily sit the trot for 50 miles, over my other
very
> ROUGH gelding that pounds the ground and me too. There is no way I can sit
> his trot. I have to post and take the beating. I am far more exhausted
riding
> this guy. I call this horse my aerobic horse. When I first bought him
several
> years ago I stopped running for the summer to focus on him. I rode him A
LOT.
> He is the type of horse that is not only rough but very "hargy bargy" you
> just have to be right on with your riding or you are a goner. At that
time, I
> was training with Charlotte Brehdal Olympian in dressage, and conditioning

> him to do endurance. Charlotte taught that in order to ride him it was
going
> to take a high degree of muscle tone ( a different kind of muscle tone
that I
> did not have) to stabilize my body so he does not take me . After that
> summer, believe it or not I lost 25 pounds from riding that horse.  5
years
> later the weight is still off due to my maintenance rides on the aerobic
> horse perhaps? In the past year I only run in the endurance/ training
rides
> to help the horse. I don't have time to train for track and field/ races.
> And, no even though I ride A LOT (many hours at a time) and my muscle tone
is
> very high for riding there is no way I could the 800 meters ( which is
only 2
> minutes 5-10 seconds) very well without specifically training my muscles
for
> it.
> If you question my theory,  I recommend that you go try posting for an a
half
> and hour and then go try running for a half an hour even at a gentle pace.
> You will see what I mean. It just aint the same breed of fish. Hope this
> helps.
> Robyn
>
>
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