The answers to the big muscle quiz in the former blogpost:
1. About 45 to 55 percent of a horse’s body is made up of muscles. In humans, that is
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Recovery time in horsetraining: play the muscle quiz
Training is necessary to improve performance. In a useful training you go to the limit, you keep it there for a while or you even go a little further
Training a horse: muscles and feeding
To train correctly with a horse and to prevent injuries, it is useful if you know something about anatomy and biomechanics. The functioning of the muscles,
Every horse can be trained
Every horse can be trained. My father used to say: everything in the stable will be trained correctly. That was mainly because we had no money and I
How to train a horse
Training a horse has several aspects. You want to make his already beautiful natural way of moving even more beautiful. You want to make him stronger
Aids in horseriding: make it simple
Those who write down exactly and honestly which aids they use on a horse, often discover that this is quite a lot of signals at once. It is not easy
The right aids on a horse
How do you give the right aids? I think it doesn’t really matter what you do exactly, as long as you always ask the same way and demand the same
Aids or directions?
Every rider knows what you mean by “aids”. Actually, it is a crazy word, because you do not “aid” a horse. At least it shouldn’t
Common posture problems AND solutions
Your hands should be held upright in a fist, with your forearms aligned with the rein. Nowadays, I sometimes see trainers who promote riding with arms
Sitting lessons every week
Apart from the fitness and awareness of your position (in my view) it is important to always work on your posture on a horse every day that you sit