Re: Re: Re: Conditioning Tips/Schedules for The Full Time Worker

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

> Well you clearly didn't read the whole post which goes to say "Arena work
is
> very good for a lot of things, but I would be suspect that basic
conditions is
> not one. "
> make it. It's sort of like Michael Johnson spending all his time in the
weight
> room and on the ballet floor to train for the Olympics. Won't work.
>

I'm quite literate, but thanks for asking.  My interpretation of 'basic
condition' goes beyond simply cardiovascular, which is a piece of cake to
attain compared to bone, tendon and ligament.  Done correctly, good arena
work, and access to a a very short stretch of hard ground can and will
condition a horse *physically* (though not mentally or experience-wise) for
a completion-speed 50.  Seen it done, done it myself.

And since my brother is an ex-NBA center, I'm pretty familiar with what it
takes to make one of those as well.

Susan G