Re: RideCamp: Reconditioning rider

[Farafix@aol.com]

Stacy,

I haven't had as long a layoff as you, but I've noticed that if I haven't
ridden in awhile, even tho I've been doing other sorts of athletic stuff, my
legs & shoulder muscles are sore.
I would try to ride as much as possible, especially if you have more than 1
horse available to ride (after all, the horse has to rest!), short sessions,
working up to longer sessions to work those riding muscles.  I get a lot of
ribbing at home, but I found that my blue horse linament helps my sore
neck/shoulder muscles, better than stuff made for human muscle aches & pains.
For general stamina, jogging, bicycling, tennis can help.  One of the local
tack stores had a video on exercises to work riding muscles, don't remember
the name of it, but something like that might be helpful on bad weather days
when you can't ride.

Good luck,

Nancy
Md


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