Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a 25? - Colleen Egleston
Yeessh... sorry, guess I'm really out of shape, but that fire you lit on my
ass will help me burn some of it off.
Now don't get your knickers in a knot, you're obviously the superior horse
person, and I mean this, I just thought.....
Still Smokin', ouch my bum hurts!
C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a 25?
> Quoted from Colleen Egleston's message:
> > over-worked my body by working out twice
> >in one day or in some cases, hard workouts two days in a row.
>
> You yourself have pointed out why the two days in a row thing hasn't
worked
> for you. You *over* worked. When I talk about back-to-back conditioning,
> I'm not talking about maximal effort two days in a row, but instead
> sub-maximal work for two or more days in a row. As I recall, horses will
> walk 20 miles per day on their own, given the space. So if you put a
rider
> on a decently conditioned horse and maintain an easy walk/trot pace for 2
> or 3 days in a row, why would this be overwork? I've seen horses improve
> in conditioning too many times when taking them over multi-day trail rides
> to believe that this harms them if they were in good condition to begin
> with. I've also seen horses that were in good physical condition develop
> tack problems with this kind of conditioning - something that needed
> discovering and might not have till ride day. Multi-day conditioning can
> be a useful tool for endurance ride prep.
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- Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a 25?, SunsetOvrC
- Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a25?, Lif Strand
- Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a 25?, heidi
- Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a25?, Lif Strand
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