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Re: [RC] physiology & conditioning - Kristen A FisherNow, why the HECK do you want to train the week after a competition. What better training ride is there in the world than a competition? When is your horse getting stronger? Do you think you're making him stronger WHEN you're conditioning? You're not. That's when we do damage. Doing small amounts of damage on conditioning rides is how we convince the horse's body that it needs to lay down reinforcements, strengthening bones, ligaments and building muscle. It does NOT do this DURING training. It does it on off days. If you continue to do damage the day *after* you did a competition, when is your horse going to get stronger? He's not, he's just gradually being weakened like a rope fraying one strand at a time till is snaps (or blows). So as someone else asked, what about multidays? Is there different management you would do if you were riding 2-3 days in a row? Kristen in TX =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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