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[RC] FW: Training techniques for both human and animal - Maureen A. FagerAngie asked: From your record it looks like you're a very solid back of the packcompleter doing lots of 8-9 hr. 50's, something I would think a horse could do off of good hay and quality feed without a whole lot of what you call "not so easy and expensive" technical stuff. I'm just curious as to why you'd do it? Do you hope to push your horses super fast once you figure it out...is the experimentation just fascinating to you, or do you to plan to continue to pace the same but feel this gives you an even bigger safety margin? Hi Angie, I love science and I find sport science absolutly facinating, and I want to learn, really learn how to train an athelete. Yes, I am a back of the packer for various reasons: the first couple of years I was riding other folks horses and this is where they wanted them. My own fitness issues and getting used to riding distance. My age--I didn't ride my first endurance ride until I was over 40. Chronic health issues. My own horse-a young horse I didn't want to race until I felt I knew what I was doing. The uncertainy of knowing what I am doing. I haven't tried carbo loading for various reasons but would like to try in the future. I have kept training records- a spread sheet on my computer and really like it. I tried Interval Training but stopped because I do not have the type of footing needed to do this where I train. However, my couple of attemps were quite fun! A boarding situation prevents me from getting hay anylasled but I have made feeding changes which have been benefical. I look forward to the day when I can have hay analysises done. Have weighed my horse at any and all oppurtunites. It took trial and error to learn to use my HRM and until I bought one that worked well on my horse I really didn't quite get them. (the strap around the barrel type does not work on my horse.) I have a degree in Equine Science from Colorado State University because I just don't like horses I want to know as much about the science of horses as i can. What Tom Ivers represents to me is bringing sport and exercise science to horse owners/trainers who want to persue that knowledge. He has introduced many sport science concepts to me-concepts I feel are necassary to understand what I attempting to do. Many of these concepts have been benefical to me. Do I agree with everything he says? Of course not. Endurance for has been the most difficult sport for me to participate in then I could ever imagine. It took me over two years just to be able to get to a ride to do my first fifty. The science and the record keeping for me helps to answer the questions: what am I doing, what are my goals and how do I measure it. Alas, health issues in the last year and now this year will prevent me from making any progess for a good long while. I am convalesing a broken foot-hard to ride and train when one can't walk. So I suppose my record will not show much for who knows how long. Endurance is a long hard slog for me but I just keep trying to gain knowledge and keep trucking along no matter how slowly. When I was in the hospital after having surgery on my foot the nursing staff was amazed at my pain tolerance. Hee Hee, they don't just know about endurance riding and how one learns tolerate pain and to persevre. Cheers, Maureen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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