Many endurance riders use interval type training in conjuction with LSD. I
find one of the best ways to introduce intervals is by using hills or deep
footing. This drives up the heart rate without undue stress to the legs.
In the racing industry, people like Tom Ivers has been promoting interval
training for years and his book "The Fit Race Horse" is very good reading.
Truman
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>I don't know how much I can answer your question except to say that it
>sounds like you are doing a good job legging him up so he'll have a solid
>foundation when you are ready to ask for speed. Along the same lines, I
>am also wondering about riding fewer times a week...I am an aerobics
>instructor as well and there has been much research lately in that area
>about how easily a certain level of fitness can be maintained once it is
>reached by changing the way you work out (interval work, etc..) - does
>anyone know if the same theory applies to our equine friends?
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The race is not always to the swift, but to those that keep running.
Truman and Mystic "The Horse from HELL" Storm
prevatt@lds.loral.com - Sarasota, Florida
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