Episode 13: Injured, Not Helpless – Part 2: How Riders CAN Rebuild Confidence and Find Joy While Healing Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube I Heart Radio Links: Weekly Newsletter – Don’t miss my free boost of rider fitness motivation, delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday morning. Subscribe here. Sponsor: The Sweaty Equestrian Membership – The only personal …
Episode 12: Injured, Not Helpless – Part 1: How Riders Can Maintain Fitness While Healing Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube I Heart Radio Links: Weekly Newsletter – Don’t miss my free boost of rider fitness motivation, delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday morning. Subscribe here. Essential Equestrian Fitness – Access my comprehensive equestrian fitness program as …
Episode 11: What if “rider fitness” Isn’t the Best Way to Build Rider Fitness? Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube I Heart Radio Links: Weekly Newsletter – Don’t miss my free boost of rider fitness motivation, delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday morning. Subscribe here. Sponsor: The Sweaty Equestrian Membership – The only personal fitness membership designed specifically …
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Have you been told your joints are showing wear and tear? Osteoarthritis – especially in the back, hips, and knees – is a daunting specter for riders. We need those joints to ride our horses well! Does a diagnosis of OA mean we should ease off workouts or horseback riding to minimize further wear and …
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After 40, rider fitness really does change—but that doesn’t mean decline is inevitable. In this episode, we discuss how shifting hormones affect muscle, metabolism, stress, and weight gain, and why the “just ride and do barn chores” approach stops working. We break down the two levers that horsewomen can use to stay lean, strong, and confident …
In this episode, we take an honest look at the physical capacity required to ride and care for horses into our later decades. Learn what it takes to change the trajectory of aging, protect your athleticism, and ride stronger at any stage of life. (Hint: If you’re under 40, you have the most to gain by …
12 a.m. I am asleep. It’s an uneasy kind of rest, frequently broken by the stirring of horses in their pens, the breathing of my friends, the drumbeat of not-knowing in my chest. Any endurance ride, on any horse, brings with it a current of uncertainty. Will we be under control at the start? Even if we …
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It wasn’t even my injury. The wreck happened to Layne, my dear friend who was just back on the endurance trail after her second spinal surgery in two years. She hadn’t gone a mile from the start when it happened: Her horse, in a moment of impatient head-tossing, fell down. He got up unscathed, but …
As endurance riders, we’re obsessed with our horses’ fitness. We meticulously plan their conditioning rides, track their recoveries, and adjust their programs based on age, fitness level, season, and goals. But when it comes to our own bodies? Too many of us are still doing the same, ineffective routine we started years ago. We’re going …