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It's not at all a stupid question. When I was first beginning to race bicycles (many years ago), I had a very heavy steel framed bike. I would train with my brother and our friend, both of whom had already bought lightweight racing bikes. We would train on climbing the mountain passes near our home, and I would keep up with them but it was a struggle. When I got my first racing bike, I totally left them in the dust - it was like riding with twice the horsepower (so to speak), I felt weightless going over those passes. However, over the course of the next few weeks, my superior climbing ability became neutralized as my body acclimated to the new weight I was pushing around. This affect has to also be in affect with horses - I totally believe they acclimate to the weight they are being asked to carry. Mike Sofen -----Original Message----- From: MtnRondi@aol.com [mailto:MtnRondi@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:37 AM To: ridecamp@endurance.net Subject: RC: Re: Re: physiology of weight/Absolutes? Nah. I've been reading all the posts regarding HW vs LWT, etc. Have I missed it, or has anyone discussed the fact that the horse becomes conditioned carrying the weight it carries. I mean, if I jogged carrying 5 lb. weights I would probably get tired but slowly condition myself to carrying that weight with no thought. It would be as if I were not carrying any extra weight. So can it ever happen that a horse conditioned by a HW would perform like it didn't know it was carrying a HW? I'm a FW. If my husband conditioned my horse (he would be a HW) and then I rode the horse in competitions, would the horse perform better because he was carrying less weight than he was used to carrying? Excuse me if this is a stupid question... but I keep wondering if the HW team is really as disadvantaged as one would think. Bonnie So. Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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