PODCAST - The Sweaty Equestrian

Episode 38 – The Best News You’ve EVer Heard about Getting Fit for Endurance Riding

Think you need hours in the gym, perfect nutrition, or endless motivation to get fit for endurance riding? Endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger – aka The Sweaty Equestrian – explains why you can make a meaningful difference in your rider fitness with less time than you think, an imperfect plan you can actually …

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Episode 37: 5 Key Characteristics of Successful Endurance Riders

Do you have what it takes to succeed as an endurance rider? Can you cultivate your chances? In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger argues that you can develop most of the characteristics that are exemplified by successful endurance riders. Hint: It’s so much more than knowing how to condition a horse. …

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Episode 36: Your Best 2027 Ride Season Starts Now

Six months ahead isn’t too soon to prepare for your next endurance riding season. Endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger – aka The Sweaty Equestrian – shares how to use that time to improve your own and your horses’ readiness to make your next season better than this one. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube …

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Episode 35: 10 Things to Check During Each Hold At an Endurance Ride

What should you check during an endurance ride hold after your horse passes the vet check? In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger – aka The Sweaty Equestrian – shares her tip-to-tail routine for catching subtle problems early, so you can head back onto the trail with a horse who is comfortable …

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Episode 34: Strategies for Slowing Down at the Start of an Endurance Ride

The start of an endurance ride is challenging for many riders, especially when their horses want to go too fast. In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger – aka The Sweaty Equestrian – shares a combination of training and on-trail strategies to help you and your horse slow down and regain control. …

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Episode 33: Chilled-Out Conditioning for Type A Endurance riders

How much conditioning does your horse really need to get ready for endurance riding? In this episode, personal trainer and endurance rider Tamara Baysinger – aka The Sweaty Equestrian – explains why newer endurance horses benefit from a simple foundation of long, slow distance—and how to build toward a first LD or 50 without overcomplicating …

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Episode 32: Introducing Endurance Riding Optimized

Exciting changes are coming to the podcast! In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger shares why Equestrian Fitness for the Long Ride is expanding to become Endurance Riding Optimized. Get a heads-up on what to expect in our new focus on whole-horse, whole-rider preparedness for the sport of equestrian endurance riding. Subscribe: …

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Episode 31: Endurance Riding is More About Endurance than Riding

Do you want to ride Tevis someday? Or ride your first 50? Or pursue some other big riding or personal fitness goal? In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger challenges you to balance that big dream with the mundane, daily effort that will actually make it possible. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube …

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Episode 30 – Is This Belief Limiting Your Rider Fitness?

This is not a good time to start a rider fitness program…or is it? Speaking from experience, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger, aka The Sweaty Equestrian, challenges the common assumption that there’s no point starting a fitness plan when we know interruptions are coming. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube I Heart Radio Links: …

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Episode 29 – You Can Train Your Body to Ride Longer Without Getting Tired

Tired of getting tired on long rides with your horse? You can actually train your body to use fuel more efficiently, so you have the energy to stay in the saddle longer. In this episode, endurance rider and personal trainer Tamara Baysinger, aka The Sweaty Equestrian, explains how improving our metabolic flexibility in the gym …

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