Daily Archives: December 21, 2011

December 21, 2011 · 21:41

Plan of action – Human

Improve flexibility, strength, and balance.

Human

– Exercises recommended for rider fitness

  • Fitness, Performance and the Female Equestrian
    by Mary D. Midkiff
  • The Rider’s Fitness Program
    by Dianna Robin Dennis, John J. McCully, Paul M. Juris
  • A Gymnastic Riding System using Mind, Body and Spirit
    by Betsy Steiner with Jennifer O. Bryant

– Yoga

  • Yoga for Equestrians: A New Path for Achieving Union with the Horse

    • by Linda Benedik and Veronica Wirth

  • I have enjoyed the Namaste Yoga tv series.
    http://www.namaste.tv/pages/about-namaste
    I will begin with their basic warmup/cool down exercises. This style of yoga is called Hatha Vinyasa yoga that emphasizes a flowing style focusing on breathing through the movements. The show is very relaxing with soothing music and lovely background locations. The ladies are inspiring.Sample video of warmup:
    http://health.discovery.com/videos/namaste-yoga-sun-moon-warm-up.html

Improve stamina and aerobic conditioning

  • Hiking
  • Bicycling
  • Walking on treadmill
  • Horse chores

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· 19:47

Plan of action – Horse

Improve flexibility, strength, and balance.

Horses
– Stretching postures as tricks (clicker training method)
– Lunging and in-hand ground work program

  • Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language
    by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
  • Connect with Your Horse from the Ground Up
    by Peggy Cummings with Bobbie Jo Lieberman
  • Horse Training In-Hand: A Modern Guide to Working from the Ground
    by Ellen Schuthof-Lesmeister & Kip Mistral
  • Lunging program (attempting to translate from German using Google Translate)

This is an article about the program.
http://www.wege-zum-pferd.de/3/yvonne.pdf

– Equine Fitness program of stretching / massage

  • Equine Fitness by Jec Aristotle Ballou
  • Beyond Horse Massage by Jim Masterson with Stefanie Reinhold
  • TTEAM from Linda Tellington Jones

I’ll be posting links to available videos that have examples of the exercises for myself and my horses. Will be discussing from my personal library of DVDs, books and magazines.

Improve stamina & aerobic conditioning.

  • Horse hiking
  • Riding at a walk (even 4 beat gait while build up strength)

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· 17:52

And they’re off…

This is my first blog. Partly an experiment. This blog will mostly be about my journey with my 2 Icelandic geldings as we work on optimizing our happiness and health. We are starting over from where we are to get out on the trails. I plan to use similar process for my horses and myself. We all need more exercise for improving flexibility, stamina, aerobic fitness, posture and core strength. Losing weight will be secondary.

As with most everyone, I have some physical health issues. My horses and myself will be working within the various limitations that life has thrown our way. * Please read Disclaimer page.

I do lots of pondering and research. I will share videos and articles and thoughts particularly related to my relationship with my horses.

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