<% appTitle="Ridecamp Archives" %> Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Fw: Conditoning .. all hills
Ridecamp@Endurance.Net

[Archives Index]   [Date Index]   [Thread Index]   [Author Index]   [Subject Index]
Current to Wed Jul 23 17:28:59 GMT 2003
  • Next by Date: Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete!
  • - Heidi Smith
  • Prev by Date: [RC] western sport saddle
  • - Maggie & David

    Re: [RC] Fw: Conditoning .. all hills - Laurie Durgin


    Think I'll at least do sustained trots in  the  ring.   I need to get my muscles trained. Rascal has no problem trotting rocks and ruts or up or downhill. He just wants to go.I try to remind him I am in charge ,:[  I tell   him either he is an idiot or I am too protective.He unfortunenatly does not read ridecamp or or endurance training books.  Laurie and Rascal
     
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Rebecca Hackworth
    Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 6:47 PM
    To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: RE: [RC] Fw: Conditoning .. all hills
     
    You just may have to "train" at rides.  I go to the High Desert rides
    in So Cal just for that reason.  I have nowhere else I can trot for
    10 miles without stopping.  The first year, you trot some, walk some.
    The next year you trot more, walk less.  Maybe the third year you
    only trot (except for the rocks, that is.) 

    I seriously find that I am the weakest link, not the horse.  I need
    to walk, if only for a minute, than the horses do.  I find that the
    single track forest trails actually easier on me than the flat rides.
    I get far more fatigued on flat, trot only type rides.  Where the
    trail makes you walk, if only for a few steps lets some muscle groups
    relax for a few.  Then off we go again.

    Anyone else out there ( this sure beats any of the HOT TOPICS )

    Becky Hackworth


    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
    Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
    Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
    Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


    Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com