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Re: [RC] Weight - Joe LongOn Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:05:26 -0700, Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Okay, this is starting to make more sense to me. But how's come when my kids or my wife ride my horses (let's take Heisman, my decade horse, for example) his working pulse rate was 30% lower than when I was on him, and his recoveries were 2-5 minutes shorter? (And I don't ride like a pig in a sack, so I don't think it's my equitation) These are significant numbers to me. I don't think they represent that my extra 100 pounds makes "a little difference but not much," as you put it. If his heart rate is running 30% higher all day long, and his recoveries are longer, I'm at a disadvantage both in how much horse I can use, and in my clock time on the trail. Is there some physics or statistics that can help me with this? I want to do the best by my horse, but be competitve when I can, as well. Dr Q Bruce, I don't want this to sound nasty, but I don't know how to phrase it any "nicer" than what I'm about to write. It seems that some of the heavy riders have wanted the AERC to take ONE of the many factors that enter into the abilities of a horse/rider team -- weight carried -- and make special Divisions for them to mitigate that ONE factor in their favor. That is, a special consideration for those with that ONE factor (that they are big people) that no one else gets. Just what is it about the size of the rider that warrants special divisions that rider age, horse age, horse size, resting pulse, pulse recoveries, and all of the other factors don't get? I've mentioned this several times and not one Heavyweight has answered that question. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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