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Maybe the problem that most observers have is that riding horses doesn't
add much to upper body strength, you know, those big biceps.  What they are
missing is the considerable strength it adds to our legs.

When I got back into horses after the start-a-family thing, I was playing B
League softball at the Rec.  Early on I met an Endurance rider and started
conditioning with her (she didn't tell me we were conditioning; we were
just riding for fun).  After a few months I realized that my swing had
improved and I was routinely hitting deep balls to the chagrin of the other
teams' outfielders who only saw a puny little woman at bat.  When you hit a
baseball with your upper body, a la Barry Bonds, you are muscling it and do
indeed need a huge amount of muscle power to do well.  But when you hit the
ball off your legs, you can get more consistent results with far better
ball placement.  Hmmm..  if that is true for Baseball, I bet it's true for
Golf too.



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