Ultimate Exercise Routines for Riders: Fitness That Fits a Horse-Crazy Lifestyle

"Beginning with explanations of why strength, flexibility, and balance is important to achieve out of the tack, certified fitness trainer Laura Crump Anderson provides important rules and guidelines for stretching, weight training, and cardio to keep yousafe. A lifelong equestrian herself, she then approaches the scheduling issue head-on, helping readers determine where best to fit in the minutes they need in the places they need to be anyway-the tack room, the arena, the barn aisle. Using only basic items you are likely to find around the stable, she keeps equipment needs straightforward, recognizing that the less likely it is you forget something, the more likely it is you'll get that workout in. Readers are then treated to seven original fitness routines, each dedicated to a specific area like the lower body or the core, or designated as a full-body program. Full color photos of top riders, including Jan Byyny, Sloane Coles, and Sharon White, demonstrate how to perform exercises effectively, and step-by-step instructions ensure you get it right"--
Eight equestrian-specific workouts to suit any rider's body, age, ability, and schedule.It is no secret that riders often neglect their own needs inorder to ensure their horses' are met. Countless dollars go toward massages,chiropractic work, and various other therapies that keep our equinescomfortable and performing their best. We carefully schedule their trainingprograms to achieve peak fitness at just the right time, and we juggle ourpersonal lives—careers, family, you name it—around it all. But horse sports area partnership, and if we want our horses to be at their best, then we have tobe at ours, and that means paying careful attention to our own athletic bodies.Most riders argue they simply don't have the time to work out and still givetheir horses the time they need, so certified personal trainer Laura CrumpAnderson has written a book that specifically targets the ever-present dilemmaof how to fit fitness into a horse-crazy lifestyle.Beginning with explanations of why strength, flexibility,and balance is important to achieve out of the tack, Anderson providesimportant rules and guidelines for stretching, weight training, and cardio tokeep you safe. A lifelong equestrian herself, she then approaches thescheduling issue head-on, helping readers determine where best to fit in theminutes they need in the places they need to be anyway—the tack room, thearena, the barn aisle. Using only basic items you are likely to find around thestable, she keeps equipment needs straightforward, recognizing that the lesslikely it is you forget something, the more likely it is you'll get thatworkout in.Readers are then treated to eight original fitness routinesand two stretching routines. Full color photographs of top riders, includingJan Byyny, Sloane Coles, Kaitlin Clasing, Lauren Sprieser, and Sharon White,and USEA Groom of the Year Rachael Livermore demonstrate how to perform exerciseseffectively, and step-by-step instructions ensure you get it right.