Re: RC: Rest time??

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dotwgns@ruralnetwork.net writes:

<< A long time ago, more than ten years I think,  there was a report of a test
 done with Standardbreds taken right from successful racing efforts to total
 stall rest.  At the start of the test each was tested on a treadmill for
 speed and fittness.   At regular intervals some were retested.   The results
 seemed to show that there was continued  improvement in performance  up to
 about 14 days of stall rest,  then leveled off (I don't remember for how
 long) before they began to drop off in the ability to perform.
 
 Seem to remember this was done in Sweden,  anybody else ever see this?
 
 If this was a valid test it may indicate that a couple weeks off between
 rides for a fit seasoned horse could be useful.   I would pasture rest
 rather than stall, of course.
 My horses never seem to go backwards when I do this.
 
 Anybody else with some thoughts??     Tom, did you ever hear about anything
 like this?
 
 Dot Wiggins
 
  >>


Probably Persson, et al. They did a lot of good work, still do. 

What you're talking about in athletic terms is a peaking process. Yes, if the 
pressure's on, and then you take it off, you get a "bounce". But only one 
peak per season, that way. Better a series of little mini-peaks, with some 
conditioning pressure always on. 

ti


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