ENDURANCE TRAINING QUERY?

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

First off, as most of you are aware, I do not participate in endurance, although I find the sport itself interesting, from a stamina training point of view, as much of it can be related to my fitness programme for eventing.

 

Recently, I had a chat to a friend of mine who runs a livery yard which is primarily oriented to showjumping, with the odd DQ thrown in.  She said that she had a client who contacted her to board his three endurance horses.  He indicated to my friend that, as he was out of town "a lot", part of his requirements would be that his hroses be lunged for two hours per day.

 

 

Well, I platzed!!!!  My immediate reaction was : no, this is wrong, this is not endurance training, and it is bad for the joints for a horse to work on a circle for that long.  Can anyone shed any light on this?  Am I missing something?  Surely to God this can't do anything but damage the horse's joints and build up the wrong musculature?

 

 

Looking forward to hearing from you all.

 

 

Tracey