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  • Feeling Tired 20 Minutes into a Ride? Here’s What to Do…

    Feeling Tired 20 Minutes into a Ride? Here’s What to Do…

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    That feeling. When you had the best of intentions about what a ride was going to be like for you and your horse. Only to realise, 15 to 20 minutes into the ride, that you are ‘beat’!  Your legs are just not doing what you want them to do. Your head and shoulders feel like they weigh a tonne and self-carriage on your part is just exhausting! And as for coordination and concentration; nope and nope!

    If you are noticing a pattern where you’re feeling physically ‘done’ 20 or so minutes into each of your riding sessions with your horse, you need to begin working on changing that for you and your horse.

    Physical fitness is an essential part of improving as a rider. You don’t have to be as fit as a flea, but there is a certain level of physical abilities that are essential if you are to improve as a rider – and as a trainer for your horse.

    The good news is that there are a few simple key areas you can focus on in your next ride so that when you hit that point where you’re feeling tired, you will have a few ‘go to’ exercises and practices to help you squeeze out a few more minutes of goodness in your training!

    Quality Over Quantity

    Before we go any further, I want to reiterate that I do not believe in ‘Clock-In Riding’.  Clock-in riding is when you set a goal of a specific amount of time that you and your horse will work together for a ride. 30 minutes or 45 minutes are popular ones.  My big question is WHY?! If you and your horse have achieved something great at the 23-minute mark, is it essential that you continue on for another 7 minutes to ‘reach your goal’? No, absolutely not!

    Instead of setting goals about the amount of time you will spend in the saddle, rather set an intention for what you would like to work towards or achieve while riding. 

    More often than not, continuing on after you’ve achieved the thing you set out to work on will only result in actually lowering the quality of the training session! Shift your mindset so that you begin to focus on and then celebrate the quality of the work, rather than the quantity of the work.

    The tips I’m sharing with you today are ideas to help you go a little further ‘if’ you still NEED to go a little further in that particular training session. They are not for you to use to hit an arbitory ‘time goal’… Okay? Okay :)

    Use Your Walk Intentionally

    The walk is always a great place to catch your breath.  However, spending 10 or so minutes of each riding session aimlessly wandering around an arena trying to stop yourself from ‘blowing’ too hard is not time well spent.  So my advice is to begin becoming intentional with your walk.

    You can measure the walk in lots of different ways; the rhythm, the length of the stride, your horses frame, your ability to follow with your seat without doing funky dance moves with your shoulders are just a few to mention…

    I’m going to suggest focusing on the length of stride and your horse’s frame as a great ‘allows us to regroup and also continue to remain focused on the work’ exercise for when you’re feeling tired. Work on transitioning from a more ‘medium’ walk; it does not have to be medium in the truest meaning of the word, you can also use the word ‘gathered’ walk or ‘put together’ walk. To moving into more of a ‘free walk on a long rein’.  These two different ‘types’ of walk have the potential to show a massive difference in how your horse is working and using his body.

    And when you are working on improving the quality of both of the walks and creating smoother transitions between, your body is allowed to rest and prepare for the next more challenging exercise you choose to ride.

    Position, Position, Position

    One of the most noticeable symptoms when a rider is feeling tired is how drastic their overall position and posture changes! Your position and posture are essential to ride well. And when you begin to notice that your energy is fading, you MUST check both.

    When tiredness is creeping into to the rider’s body, the horse will also usually begin travelling a little differently. Many times the horse becomes heavy in front.  Hanging on the bit…  And because the rider is feeling ‘beat’, they often just brace against the horse.  This usually results in any wins that might have happened during the ride being wiped out!

    If you feel like your horse is becoming heaver on your hand, check your position first. Are you supplying him with something to hang on (your arms and shoulders)? Rather than using your aids to ask him to begin carrying himself again?

    Allowing your horse to hang on your arms and shoulders will not help either of you long term. And if your legs and seat are feeling too tired to ‘ask’ him to make a change, bring it back to walk and try there. Allowing yourself to continue on with a bad position or posture will only lead to far worse habits further down the line! So be careful!

    Transitions & Half Halt

    These are another great way to lighten your horse up in front and put less physical pressure on your upper body. When you are feeling tired, riding good-quality transitions can be a challenge. So make it easier by riding these transitions in the walk.  Work between walk and halt.  And then walk and trot.  You can add intentional and well-ridden transitions between being ‘straight’ and riding through a bend, curve, or corner.

    Riding transitions that include the walk allows your body to ‘keep up’, even when it’s feeling tired.  And allows you time to rest a while still continuing with the training so not to break the focus. 

    However, remember that you will need to have first checked over and ‘tweaked’ any position or posture issues.  I like walking serpentines here.  They include so many different elements and are just as beneficial in the walk for rider and horse.  Use the centre line (the point where you cross it each time) as the point for your transitions.  Maybe halt on the centre line.  Or trot the loops and then 3 strides of walk as you straighten out while crossing the centre line.

    Of course, before and after all of your intentional transitions you will sprinkle a couple or more half halts. This will help you to remain connected and help your position and posture. 

    10m Circles in Walk

    My final suggestion for when you’re feeling physically tired while in the saddle is 10m circles in walk.  I like to ride these before I begin ‘working’ again in trot or canter. And, of course, I say 10m but this can also be 12m and 15m depending on you and your horse’s training level.

    10m circles in the walk work well to reestablish the connection between horse and rider after a little break to catch your breath. Especially if you are then going to trot or canter. 

    You may find that after the walk and especially when you’re feeling tired, the trot and canter can become a little ‘flat’ or ‘front heavy’. Neither of which you will want. So the smaller focused circles in the walk with the intention of ‘gathering’ things up again, can really help you both to re-focus.

    Stop Feeling Tired…

    Again, all of the above suggestions are made for you to try when you are really focusing on quality over quantity in your riding. Not just to help you ‘push on through’ for another 20 minutes in the saddle! At the end of the day, it will be up to you to increase your physical abilities so that you tire less or later in the ride. Obviously, riding itself will really help with this. But there are also other things you can do…

          • Prioritize enough good-quality sleep
          • Watch what you eat – especially what foods cause inflammation in your body
          • Stay hydrated throughout the day – not just after you ride
          • Increase your suppleness – yoga
          • Improve your stamina and fitness with cardio – walking and hiking are great
          • Create more control over your body and aids – strength training and workouts

    There will be days when your body is just ‘bushed’ at a certain point in the ride. Start listening to your body and know when you need a short ‘rest’ to recover, or you need to end the session and dismount! There is no shame in feeling tired.  And very often ‘pushing on through’ will only cause more issues down the line for you and your horse.

    Equestrian Fitness Challenge ’24

    And in the meantime, work on improving your overall strength, fitness, and stamina as a rider. The all-new and free 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge is a great place for you to do this.  It is walking and yoga-based (no workouts), so it will ease you into becoming a better version of yourself in the saddle gently. You can sign up HERE or by visiting https://equestrianfitnesschallenge.com/24 
    There will be a daily walk, a 10 minute daily yoga practice, and lots of tips, ideas, exercises, and ways to improve so that you can show up as the best version of you – for you and your horse.
    Sign up today and let’s transform your riding – one stride at a time! 100% FREE 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge
    Remember, there’s so much you can do to improve your riding, especially your energy levels.  Don’t just accept feeling tired as being the end of your training session.  Begin to work with your body so that you and your horse can go further in your training together.
    Happy Riding
    Lorna

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  • Becoming Curious to Reigniting Passion and Progress in Your Riding

    Becoming Curious to Reigniting Passion and Progress in Your Riding

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    What happens when the initial novelty of riding your horse begins to wear off? Like it or not, this will happen at some point.  And when it does, one of the best ways to find a ‘spark’ again, is to become curious.  For many riders, the initially satisfying ‘comfort zone’ ends up becoming the very thing that sets them off down a path of ‘same old, same old’ in their riding. What was once the highlight of each day or week, becomes a mundane task or chore that needs to be crossed off a list.
    I’ve spoken before about how I’ve noticed that for most riders when they are starting out, it is simply the thrill or high of being around horses and being in the saddle that keeps them coming back for more. And, very often, an enormous amount of responsibility for the ‘success’ of each ride will fall on the horse and their behaviour during the ride.  Which is fine… At the beginning.
    However, when riders fail to begin taking more of that responsiblity for themselves, especially as the initial novelty wears off… Cracks begin to show! And horseriding tumbles lower and lower down the priority list!
    This is why, the longer you have been calling yourself a ‘rider’, the more important it becomes to begin future pacing yourself and your goals with your horse.

    Knowing Just Enough

    Knowing just enough to get by is where most riders arrive in their riding.  And, unfortunately, it’s also there that they stay!  They know just enough to make things happen.  You know, to do the few things that they like to do when in the saddle.  Maybe it’s trotting, or working over small and simple tracks of jumps. And this can be a nice place to find yourself as a rider… You are doing something you enjoy.  You ‘know enough’ to get from A to B fairly safely and in one piece.  And it’s usually a little ‘thrilling’ or ‘exciting’ to do this with your horse.
    The problem with knowing just enough is that you can never refine or improve that particular aspect of your riding or horsemanship. 
    And, over time, the very thing that made you excited to mount up quickly becomes something that starts to feel mundane and repetitive.  And as your level of comfort doing this thing increases, those feelings of (shock and horror) boredom will begin colouring the whole experience. Knowing just enough is great when you are initially getting started with something.  In fact, if you rather wait until you ‘know more’, you probably won’t ever get around to getting started!
    And yet, when you wait too long in the ‘knowing just enough’ stage of your riding; chances are you won’t be an active rider for too much longer!

    Becoming Curious About ‘More’

    I really feel that this is the next step as a rider.  And usually, this comes from something we watch, listen to, or read about someone else doing with their horse.  So, let’s take the trotting example mentioned earlier.  When you ‘know just enough’, you’ve probably got a good handle on your up-downs.  And you’re able to predict and keep in rhythm with your horse’s movement for the most part, which is great and necessary.
    And then, one day, you watch another rider using ground poles to begin developing their horse’s rhythm a little more.  You become curious.  “Why are you repeating that exercise so much with your horse?” you genuinely ask them.  And this rider (we hope) will explain a little about establishing and maintaining a rhythm before, during, and after the poles. They might even throw in a comment about bends, turns, and corners.  And even about how they are ‘helping their horse to begin lightening in front’.
    Your curiosity is peaked!  Now trotting has become ‘more’ and you see this whole new potential for what was quickly becoming a fairly repetitive and boring ‘1,2,1,2’ for you and your horse.
    And what’s even better, as you begin to dive into this a little more yourself, you not only think that it’s possible.  You begin to believe that you can and will achieve this with your horse.  And so, riding becomes oh so interesting again for you both!

    Not All Sunshine and Roses

    Now, usually, riders will at this point haul out all of the exercises they have read about in books and magazines.  Or maybe you will try to replicate the exercises that you have watched other riders using on YouTube.  And why not; after all this all serves to inspire you into taking action.
    But it is REALLY important to understand that exercises alone will NOT give you the long-term results you are looking for in your riding. Simply riding a whole folder load of new exercises, without first strengthening the basics, is a recipe that leads straight to frustration and irritation!
    And this is exactly where so many riders simply stop trying.  They’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that simply ‘riding the exercises’ will somehow transform their skills in the saddle and their horse’s development.
    For you to succeed and improve you need to first of all understand the concept more deeply.  Couple this with realizing that there are certain things you will have to start, change, or stop doing. And then add time and consistency to the mix…
    And, for most riders, this is just too much.  After riding those once-inspiring exercises a few times – but failing to see any improvement, they feel deflated. And while some might conclude ‘I just can’t do that’, others might think ‘that doesn’t work, it’s nonsense’.
    I honestly believe that there are very few occasions either of those statements are true or helpful.  I think it rather comes down to resilience…

    Resilience and Pushing Through

    So what if, after becoming curious about ‘more’, you recognize and accept that ‘more’ will require quite a bit of discomfort to get there… The discomfort of not knowing all of the things.  And the discomfort of getting it less than perfect – over and over again. And then being willing to tweak the approach and try again – to maybe even more ‘fails’…
    Building this resilience in the saddle is absolutely crucial to eventually becoming a rider – instead of merely a passenger – for your horse.
    And realizing that the reason it’s ‘not working’ is usually down to either a lack of understanding (you or your horse), a lack of correct & clear communication (your responsiveness, aids & expectations), or a lack of physical and mental development (you or your horse) will literally transform how you begin to approach things in your riding.
    I love the feeling of ‘being curious’.  I think that it’s a pretty simple feeling to get to from almost anywhere else.  It has the power to shift your thought process, your emotions, moods, and feelings about things.  And it helps keep things interesting for both you and your horse.
    So, all of that being said, what can you begin to become curious about this week in your riding?
    Happy Riding
    Lorna

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  • Planning Your Month to Make Progress in Your Riding

    Planning Your Month to Make Progress in Your Riding

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    Planning.  I love making plans.  They are always so exciting to create, but often fail to deliver the necessary results when we try to act on them. This is usually because we are not planning correctly when it comes to our rides.

    This is a system you can use to help you plan your months in your riding that will help you move things along…

    This episode of the Daily Strides Podcast has been plucked from a week of lessons from Daily Strides Premium called “Planning for Progress in Your Riding”. The full week of lessons are available right now when you join Connection

    Start Slow with Your Goals

    I am all for big goals.  I love them.  You know the type of goals that make you think “Really, could that happen? Is it even possible?”.  However, if you are new to the whole ‘planning your month for progress in your riding’, I am going to suggest something more ‘doable’.

    What is there, right now, in your riding that is pretty doable for you and your horse to achieve or make happen this month?

    Think of things that, given your current set of circumstances, won’t have a lot of resistance show up along the way.  Now, initially, you may think ‘but that is too simple’.  However, I am going to ask you to trust me on this one…

    Trust me, if you can reach that small goal over the coming 4 weeks, you will also begin to achieve something else – MOMENTUM! 

    Your Current Circumstances & Lifestyle

    Having a goal of riding 4 days a week for the upcoming month is great.  Except if you only managed 2 days the whole of the previous month.  Or, even worse, you didn’t make it into the saddle at all the previous month!

    Your current circumstances probably won’t magically transform overnight because you have set a goal that requires them to do so. So it makes sense to set goals that work with how things look right now…

    It’s also helpful to realize if your current lifestyle or circumstances are not helping you when it comes to planning your month for progress in your riding.  This will allow you to begin making small shifts and changes, month on month.

    By gradually changing what your ‘current circumstances’ look like over a longer period of time – you can be in a completely different place 12 months from now. 

    Creating Stepping Stones

    What makes progress possible is the daily, consistent, little steps you take to improve your conversation with your horse. These are what matters.

    Set the intention that every ride this month will have a focus that leads you towards your bigger goal – then do just that.

    By remaining consistent in your approach, both you and your horse can build the momentum you need in your training to really and truly make the coming 4 weeks count for you in the bigger picture.  

    And, doing that 12 months in a row… Who knows where you can be, come this time next year

    Happy Planning!

    Lorna

    Planning for Progress in Your Riding

     

    This episode comes from a full week of lessons on this topic.  In this group of lessons, I will show you my proven, step-by-step monthly practice that I use with my riders, which will result in you actually beginning to see results in your riding.

    When you join Connection; my monthly online membership for equestrians, you will the full week of lessons on this topic.  You will also get weekly audio horse riding lessons (5 per week – each 12 minutes long) to use in your riding. 

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  • Riding the Same Simple Exercise Through the Different Filters of Position & Influence

    Riding the Same Simple Exercise Through the Different Filters of Position & Influence

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    There are hundreds, even thousands, of different exercises we can ride when schooling our horses. Often riders think that they have to get more and more complicated with their exercises in order to make progress in their riding.  However, I personally believe that, for the most part, simple works better.

    In this episode of the Daily Strides Podcast, I want to show you how to work on the same exercise, using two different filters

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    The exercise we are going to work on for this example with be a simple three looped serpentine.  I want to show you how you can use this exercise in lots of different ways.

    Keeping your riding interesting doesn’t need to be complicated; a single exercise can have so many uses

    The Different Filters for this Exercise

    The first filter will be your position in the saddle.  Specifically, your position while riding the three-looped serpentine.  There are many different points throughout the movement itself where you can ‘check in’ with how effective your position is.

    The key to using a specific filter or focus is to remember to continue to track it throughout the exercise – and not to become distracted with something else!

    The second filter is that of influence.  I suggest riding the same exercise, the 3 looped serpentines, but this time notice how well you can positively influence the horse. Your focus will be on how well your horse is going, and how you are communicating with your horse in order to maintain or improve this throughout the exercise.

    Shift, in your mind, where your focus is as you begin preparing to ride the exercise again through the new filter   

    I suggest choosing different filters that complement each other when planning out your exercises.  And, of course, make sure that they are working towards your long-term goals with your horse.

    Make sure you listen to this episode of the Daily Strides Podcast (it will be available to play at the beginning of this post) to hear all the details.

    Happy Riding
    Lorna

    Examples of Different Filters to Vary Your Exercises

    This episode comes from a full week of lessons on this topic.  In this group of lessons, we will take one exercise and look at how we can approach using it and riding it through a whole host of different filters.  I also try to take ‘complementary’ filters in each episode, so that you can build ‘themes’ for your months – which will lead to greater progress in your riding

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    Guided audio horse riding lessons, weekly bonus live training, personal accountability, monthly challenges, and so much more… And all of your training is available on a private podcast feed so you can listen while you are with your horse :)

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  • 7 Circles, 5 Serpentines, 4 figures of eight; on repeat…? What’s Your Riding Routine?

    7 Circles, 5 Serpentines, 4 figures of eight; on repeat…? What’s Your Riding Routine?

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    What does your average ride or training session with your horse look like?  Do you have a riding routine that you follow? If yours is leaning towards, or if it already is, a little too predictable; maybe it’s time for a change?  While riding the same sequence often can sometimes be beneficial to your riding and training (more on that later), for the most part, it will only help habits to creep in.  And usually not the greatest of habits.

    Doing anything the same way, on repeat, almost always has the same effect.  Your body (and your horse) will look for the easiest, most efficient way of doing it; which probably won’t truly serve you!

    This is because, usually, the ‘easiest’ or ‘most energy saving’ way is not the best way; particularly when we are focused on developing and training.  So, why do we fall into the trap of riding 7 circles, 5 Serpentines, 4 figures of eight (or whatever your ‘go to’ routine?  And why do we continue to repeat it over and over again?

    If It Worked Once…

    For most riders, their version of the riding routine is born out of a series of exercises that they rode once or twice that produced a certain outcome. 

    Now, the outcome it produced might not necessarily have been the one they truly desired.  It could just have been a thought, which produced a certain feeling or emotion in your body.  Like ‘satisfaction’ or ‘accomplishment.  This is particularly true for riders who, in the past, have struggled to ‘find things to do’ with their horse.

    The fact that they continued to ‘work’ their horse for 30 minutes or so makes them feel successful.  This feeling is based on the quantity of the work, not the quality. 

    Another way a riding routine can work once, and in doing so quickly become the ‘go to’ routine is to do with behavior.  The horse may have responded or understood what the rider wanted that particular ride.  Sometimes the riding routine itself can be the catalyst for this happening.  However, more often than not, it has more to do with the specific circumstances of the individual ride.

    So ‘No’ to a Riding Routine Then?

    Not necessarily… I do believe in routines to help set the tone for the conversation.  I am also a fan of developing specific routines to achieve specific outcomes.  But these are more foundational.  I believe that routines help to develop the rhythm for the session or work you are focusing on with your horse. And that is the key.

    A routine can help to set the tone for the schooling session with your horse.  However, it’s the intention or focus that then guides the conversation forward.  

    By creating a specific intention for each movement, you can begin to make your riding routine work for you.  And I think that each intention should be a stepping stone of sorts towards a specific goal or desire.  The type of goal is not really important; it’s your commitment to achieving it that counts.

    Riding a circle for the sake of riding a circle will not help you or your horse in the long run.  However, that same circle, if used to increase suppleness, establish a rhythm, develop contact, gather energy, or any number of things you can focus on in your riding – is where the power of riding the circle lies. 

    Setting an Intention

    So, if the riding routine itself is not really the issue.  Rather the lack of intention with how we repeat it that is, how do you develop intention. I have many previous episodes and articles on goal setting (I will link to some below this article). However, there is also a quick way to figure this out…

    A quick and simple way is to ask yourself the question “If I could achieve one training outcome today with my horse, what would that be?

    Once you have the answer to this question, the next step is to identify what needs to be in place for this to occur.  For example.  If your answer is ‘riding a clean upward transition into the canter’, I would suggest basing the first few movements of your regular riding routine around responsiveness.

    Use your version of the “7 Circles, 5 Serpentines, 4 figures of eight” to work on the elements you need in place in order to reach your desired outcome or result for the ride. 

    The Positive Aspects of a Riding Routine

    Okay, so you can probably tell that I am not completely against having a riding routine for you and your horse.  A go-to, tried and tested set of exercises that you can ride to help you get a specific result.  And there are other ways that your individual riding routine can help you develop your skills and train your horse.

    By riding a specific riding routine regularly, you can begin to see the results of your training. You will feel (and see if you take regular videos) the differences as you and your horse improve. 

    A regular riding routine will also allow you to make strategic changes to your methods, training, equipment or anything else that can have an impact on your riding. By creating a baseline with your regular routine, you can then see the results of any changes you make.

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    A Plan For Each Ride

    If you are still feeling uninspired or bored in your regular riding routine, perhaps having someone else create the plan will help?  Every week, I help riders all over the world to work towards specific outcomes with their horse using my guided audio horse riding lessons.

    Simply mount up, press play, and work through the movements and exercises with your horse; all focusing on developing or improving a specific outcome in your riding

    Knowing that each ride, or groundwork session, or lunging session, will now help you to improve your skills will turn your riding around.  You can find all the details about Connection HERE.  And if you are going to ride your horse later, what will your intention for your version of “7 Circles, 5 Serpentines, 4 figures of eight” be?

    Happy Riding
    Lorna

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