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RE: [RC] Overtraining - Jerry & Susan MilamI think a lot has to do with the kind of base the horse has. I think your guy already has a pretty good base on him as I recall. What I recall from what Stagg and some of our other veteran riders have said that once a horse is conditioned for 50's you really don't need to ride much more than one long ride a week. The summer I did 3 50's-that's a lot for us, I didn't ride anymore than once a week to keep Fly tuned up and he did just fine. A lot has to do with how competetive you are etc and how your horse's attitude is. They can get sour about training and that's a BAD thing. There are a lot of variables with this. A lot has to do with knowing your horse. Susan and Fly Bye -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of April Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:47 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Overtraining What constitutes over-training? I assume you mean over-conditioning. Here is an example. Tanna did a 55 then a 25 a week later, then got 3 weeks off. Back to work for a week, then off for two weeks due to a mild injury unrelated to conditioning or competition, hopefully back to work tomorrow. My weekly conditioning regime is as follows: Sunday 15-25 mile ride. 1-2 other rides during the week 12-15 miles each. (depends on the length of the Sunday ride) Total mileage for the week 35-50 miles. Average speed 5-7 mph (excluding warm-up, cool down, mini simulated vet checks/holds). He gets 1 week rest before a competition with a short 3-5 mile ride the day before competition. 2 weeks rest after a 50. All rest is pasture rest. He is never stalled. Is this over/under/or just-right conditioning? For more background, this is our second season, taking it slow, back of the pack. Planning 8 rides total for the season. Tanna is 10 with a very good LSD base on him as he has been used for long distance riding (not competition) for 6 years or so. His brain was way behind his body, so we didn't get started in competition until he was 9. FWIW, I feel comfortable with this conditioning schedule for Tanna. I am giving a real-world example to hopefully start a dialog. I find these discussions on conditioning and rest very enlightening. Thanks, April Nashville, TN On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:11:41 -0700 (PDT), Judy Houle wrote: I agree with the quote from ridecamp about how training and conditioning is one of our best tools to prevent crashes, but overtrained horses are, IMO just as, and maybe more susceptible to crashing than undertrained ones. ?They say you are more likely to finish on an undertrained horse than an overtrained one, that has certainly been my experience. <snip> ==================== If people would just think of the hoof as the foundation for the horse like a house foundation. when your horse plants his foot down in the ground and pushes forward if the foot isn't 100% balanced your chances of injury go up. ~ Paula Blair ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ==================== ============================================================ I think home work is the key to having a healthy partner. ~ Steven Proe ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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