Re: [RC] [RC] Longing for Exercise - Tamara Woodcock
If available, loose schooling in an arena would be good. Maybe add
sidereins and if the horse is polite about, you can just stand int he middle
and provide direction. Or if you have big enough field and the horse
*really* knows how to longe, tie 2 longe lines together and work on a
really, really, big circle. Not possible to do much schooling on a circle
this big, but will give the horse plenty of running room, adn cantering
won't be so hard on the joints.
If neither of those is available, an hour is still a bit much, especially
every day. 1/2 an hour would be more like it, every 2-3 days, with several
changes of directions and also lots of trot-walk transitions. Try for 1/4
circle of trot and then 2-3 strides of walk, very hard but great for getting
that back end up underneath. If your knee will stand it, do some parallel
longing, drive horse down fence line at end of longe, this give the horse
some straight lines to work on, and incidently can also help increase
impulsion. Might as well put your down time to good use <g>.
-Tamara
PS: Sorry, but it is "longe", not "lunge". A "longe line" is a piece of
gear used to train a horse, a "lunge line" is the chain your neighbor's mean
old dog is attached to, to end a sentence with a preposition, which now I
didn't.
From: Jennifer Thompson <jlthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Stephanie Caldwell <stefffi_c@xxxxxxxxx>, Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Lunging for Exercise
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:03:45 -0700
Just my opinion, but I would not use lunging as the main form of exercise
for your horse. I would lunge only 10-15 minutes, TOPS, per day.
Lunging is very hard on the legs.
Jennifer
Stephanie Caldwell wrote:
> I'm hoping some of y'all can give me insight into my
> problem. I dislocated my knee cap last Wednesday and
> I'm not able to ride for at least 2 - 4 weeks... Not
> real sure when I'll be strong enough to ride. My horse
> lunges well, but is 1 hour on the lunge line equal to
> 1 hour of riding, or is lungeing really harder work
> than trails like I've always heard? Is there any other
> way to keep her in shape?
>
> BTW, does any one know of exercises to strengthen my
> knees and ankles? I have considerable pain from my
> left knee (well... looks like my right ones gonna hurt
> for a while, too...) and my right ankle when I ride
> long periods of time!
>
> Stephanie (I can walk today!)
> Starbucks (do I really have to canter in a circle for
> an hour, mom?)
>
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