if u ride for 10 min at the walk 20 min at the trot 20 at the canter and 10 jumping u actually burn 500 to 700 calories! thats alot more than i thought it would be!
People that don't ride often say it's not exercise. You know the best way to change their mind? Invite them over for a "ride", but make them do chores first.Then put them on a horse with a little more Go than a begginer needs and watch em sweat. At least thats what my old instructor told me she Oh and don't forget to correct everything they do wrong ... heels down, shoulders back, look where your going etc. Ahh sweet victory.
Riding requires strength, and barn chores make you tired(very tired lol), but I don't consider it exercise. It's just not the same as cardio, and the more you work out the easier riding and working at the barn becomes, plus you look better in breeches. :)
Cute! I often say when you live in the country you don't have time to 'excercise' because you spend too much time doing it! :) Isn't it too true. All the better for our bodies, though.
hahah i agree. or maybe a horse with LESS go, and you can sit there and whatch thier thighs and calves burn tryin to get ole' bob going
Its down right cold here in Northern Indiana that we leave the blankets on the horses 24/7 especially when the temps dip below zero. Just walking from the car to the barn is cardio exercise in itself when wading through a foot of snow. Then we work those thigh muscles by riding bareback just to stay warm!
I'VE BEEN TO INDIANA AND TO ALBERTA, CANADA, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR WINTERS ARE FAR MORE "CHILLY" THAN OURS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TO SAY THE LEAST! SO WHILE I'M NOT BURNING CALORIES TRUDGING THROUGH SNOW AND ICE, I DO HAVE TO PULL BLANKETS OFF WALLY AND DANNY IN THE MORNING AND THEN PUT THEM BACK ON THEM AT NIGHT. THOSE ARE DANGED HEAVY BLANKETS, TOO! SINCE THEY'RE BOTH BODY SHAVED I HAVE TO GIVE THEM PAJAMAS BECAUSE OUR NIGHTS DO GET COLD AND OFTEN WINDY.
I completely agree. The next person that says that is being taken on a four-hour endurance conditioning ride. Or better yet, mucking stalls and hefting down hay all day. When the boys in the gym class wonder how I'm as strong as them, I say "I work with horses." When they laugh, I'd love to see them be on a horse bareback, pushing their entire body weight up and forward with their inner thighs, using their core muscles to balance, and holding back a crazy wild horse that wants to just go.