Re: riding and calories...

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

My husband is skeptical of these claims also.......and I have to admit as
one who has run for an hour; biked for an hour, and posted/cantered for an
hour-that I doubt the riding is as aerobic and burns as many
calories.........heck, I have done HARD rowing workouts on our ergometer for
a half hour-
constant hard work, sweating, elevated heart-rate to find the erg claims I
only burned 250 calories-and
THAT is far harder than any kind of riding I can think of.  No doubt riding
does burn some calories, and requires some muscle fitness, but you just
can't compare it to running.....

Here is the test-if someone thinks they can post a horse for an hour, then
they "should" be equally fit to run for an hour, or bike for an hour......if
all the exercise is comparable.

Karen
> In a message dated 9/20/00 9:19:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> Michael.Maul@nsc.com writes:
>
> I find this really hard to believe...
>
> I can't believe that!  If you read the article, you noticed that it said
> western disciplines don't use as many calories as English.  That's because
> english riders POST the trot, which is a lot of work.  It doesn't take me
> long to work up a sweat when I am riding in the arena, or out in the hills
> conditioning.  We don't just walk along, and staying in balance takes
> muscular effort.  It may not always be aerobic exercise, but plenty of
> calories are burned.  Also it compared an hour of riding to
walking/running
> 4-5 miles or bicycling 10 miles, each of which would probably also take
the
> average person an hour.  Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.   jeri
>
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