Got lots of riding in on the weekend!
Friday, Tayla from my work came over to meet Bentley. We showed off a little with his beautiful quiet gallop, and then ruined it with the inability to trot after the canter threshold was broken. Nothing new for us!
After that I did some laps around the cornfields, meeting up with Jaime and the Taylors for one of the laps. We finished in the cool twilight with some stirrupless work in the ring. I was very impressed with Bentley, since this was the first time I tried this with him, we really haven't even done any sitting trot. Truthfully, I am happier to sit trot without stirrups than with, they just get in my way and I am too busy trying to keep them on my feet to worry about what my seat is doing, and that's just WRONG!
At first Bentley was like "what? are you asking me to stop?" but after the encouraging squeeze it was like "ohhhh right, you also sit when we are going to canter, I'm going to go really fast and wait for the signal!" and eventually he settled into "I'm not so pleased with your bouncing, but since you wont let me go fast OR slow, I will just be nice" And it was so nice! We walked around in the dusk quietly, nobody else around but the crickets chirping. It was so peaceful, I could have stayed all night. Ended up with a good 8 miles.
Saturday I did a morning ride with a very clear goal. We walked our warmup, trotted 20 minutes, walked 10 minutes, trotted 20 minutes and cooled out. I wanted to see what his stamina was like since at Coates we will likely spend a ton of time trotting. After the first trot Lee said he looked "Happy". He was eager to do more. After the 2nd trot, he looked a little bit tired, relieved to walk, but certainly wasn't difficult to keep going. He has lots more to give. Didn't bother cantering since we are still having lead troubles and I wanted to have a ride where Bentley can just have fun, not trying to learn anything. I am starting to learn where to push and where to give in training. Garmin recorded 7.26 miles.
Saturday afternoon we took Heather to camp, I will blog about that another time.
Sundays ride goal was long slow distance. Linda and I rode together and wanted to try some different terrain over the plateau. So we did a couple of big hills, through the creeks and even went down the road. This was a first for both of us, our barn is on a very busy road and I have been nervous to cross it. Once we crossed however, the back road, while paved, was very quiet.
Bentley was such a trooper. He has never been ridden on any road, let alone through suburbs. We saw a few people from their porches look both startled and excited to see horses, nobody rides on the roads in the GTA! Bentley had a few good looks at some horse-eating balloons marking a party and a strange outcropping of rocks we humans call a retaining wall, but overall, things didn't scare him. Not the motorbike that went by noisily or the bicycle who snuck silently up behind us. We saw a few trails off the road and wondered where they went, didn't follow them for fear of private property, but you can be assured we will start investigating!
His feet held up well, we did a half mile trot along the paved road, and probably another quarter mile. Shaved off a bit of toe in the front, but not as much as I was expecting. He has good hard feet!
Overall we finished our ride with 12.1 miles at a slow pace.
Good golly I think hes ready! 4 More sleeps!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Olympic fever
I could talk about my weekend, and I probably will eventually, but right now the cross country phase of Olympic eventing has just completed and I need to go and re-watch the whole thing.
I did try to watch it live, and was successful for a while, however the live feed cut out right after our 3rd Canadian rider so I missed a lot of the competition.
First let me have my rant about Canadian support of equestrianism. Considering how Eric Lamaze with partner Hickstead won Canadian athlete of the year last year, there seems to still be a lack of respect for equine sports. I truly believe that Ian Millar should have been awarded the privilege to carry the Canadian flag in the open ceremonies, as this year he is setting the record with his 10th Olympic appearance.
Next, I was disappointed to find out that not only was the cross country not being aired on CTV, it was also dropped last minute from OLN, available only online to the few people who know and care enough about the sport to watch. I showed a few people what the sport was about and they were stunned! It is such an entertaining sport to watch for the scenery (including some fabulous jump designs: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/galleries/main.php?g2_itemId=132807) the speed and excitement, and the danger! Anyone who watches nascar should love this due to the sheer violence of some of the falls, no matter how twisted that may be. In fact, it may be one of the most interesting sports to watch in all the games. The fact that it isn't broadcast means that even less people discover it!
Now on to the games itself, if you missed it this morning, you can still watch it here:
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/videos/channel/obs6/watch/equestrian-eventing-cross-country.html
A few spoilers (which if you follow, you would already know).
Only 2/5 Canadians made it through the course. 3 riders had falls, which automatically eliminates them from competition. Hawley Bennett-Awad was rushed to hospital after a fall at fence 3, Gin and Juice is ok and I hear Hawley is conscious.
Immediately after her fall, the next rider had a fall at the exact same spot. Fence 3 turned out to be a difficult combination despite it not looking any scarier than a stadium jump. Perhaps it was the angle of the broken line, or a scary person in the crowd? Maybe this guy was shaking their concentration
(guy that shouts "Jackass" in Happy Gilmore, in case you didn't get that!)
Peter Barry's fall happened after looking down at the ditch, lacked the impulsion needed to get over the skinny and the horse landed on his belly on the jump. Both appeared to be ok and walked away.
Not sure how Rebecca Howard's fall happened yet, that was in the part where I couldn't get my player working!
So sadly Canada won't be eligible for team medals, as you need 3 riders to qualify. Here's hoping the luck improves for our individual riders still standing as well as the teams for the other disciplines!
I did try to watch it live, and was successful for a while, however the live feed cut out right after our 3rd Canadian rider so I missed a lot of the competition.
First let me have my rant about Canadian support of equestrianism. Considering how Eric Lamaze with partner Hickstead won Canadian athlete of the year last year, there seems to still be a lack of respect for equine sports. I truly believe that Ian Millar should have been awarded the privilege to carry the Canadian flag in the open ceremonies, as this year he is setting the record with his 10th Olympic appearance.
Next, I was disappointed to find out that not only was the cross country not being aired on CTV, it was also dropped last minute from OLN, available only online to the few people who know and care enough about the sport to watch. I showed a few people what the sport was about and they were stunned! It is such an entertaining sport to watch for the scenery (including some fabulous jump designs: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/galleries/main.php?g2_itemId=132807) the speed and excitement, and the danger! Anyone who watches nascar should love this due to the sheer violence of some of the falls, no matter how twisted that may be. In fact, it may be one of the most interesting sports to watch in all the games. The fact that it isn't broadcast means that even less people discover it!
Now on to the games itself, if you missed it this morning, you can still watch it here:
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/videos/channel/obs6/watch/equestrian-eventing-cross-country.html
A few spoilers (which if you follow, you would already know).
Only 2/5 Canadians made it through the course. 3 riders had falls, which automatically eliminates them from competition. Hawley Bennett-Awad was rushed to hospital after a fall at fence 3, Gin and Juice is ok and I hear Hawley is conscious.
Immediately after her fall, the next rider had a fall at the exact same spot. Fence 3 turned out to be a difficult combination despite it not looking any scarier than a stadium jump. Perhaps it was the angle of the broken line, or a scary person in the crowd? Maybe this guy was shaking their concentration
Peter Barry's fall happened after looking down at the ditch, lacked the impulsion needed to get over the skinny and the horse landed on his belly on the jump. Both appeared to be ok and walked away.
Not sure how Rebecca Howard's fall happened yet, that was in the part where I couldn't get my player working!
So sadly Canada won't be eligible for team medals, as you need 3 riders to qualify. Here's hoping the luck improves for our individual riders still standing as well as the teams for the other disciplines!
Friday, July 27, 2012
Doodling the Best Horse Ever
Yesterday for some reason I had the urge to draw, so I drew pictures of Bentley as they came on my computer desktop (I have a 15 min rotation) So I got a random picture and 15 minutes to sketch it as best I could with the pens and highlighters and scrap pieces of paper I had available. Overall I am very satisfied with the result, especially since I literally haven't drawn seriously since... oh maybe highschool? I used to be a great little artist as a kid, but breaking my wrist I lost a lot of control in my hand from nerve damage. You can see the progression as I started to warm up and get better.
Bentley the night before his first show, getting a tasty dinner and dressed in his "Champ" sheet. Thank goodness this came first, I always find noses the hardest to draw. I am happy with how his eyes turned out.
An afternoon in maybe March or April where I brought him in from a particularly cold rain, and wrapped him up in a cooler. Clearly I didn't plan here for the size of the paper and ended up cutting off his nose.
One of our rides early spring. We are riding in the bitless. Clearly I draw horses better than people, my hands are atrocious! But I think you can really tell it is Bentley. In fact I think you can tell this in all the pictures. I doodled one of Leena also, but the scanner cut it off so I will post this at another time. Can certainly tell the differences between the 2 horses, so I give myself a job well done in capturing this!
As for the "Best Horse Ever" we were riding last night to prove to Lee that Bentley was good and that he should ride. Again we couldn't get our right canter lead. I think we must have struggled for a good 15 minutes before I gave up. He was being particularly difficult and I couldn't even get him straight again. Instead he was turning his head outside, ignoring my hand, exploding when I tried to bend him around the leg, and veered dangerously into fences and other horses nearly causing disaster at least 20 times from the trot. I was so frustrated!
We took a walk break. Usually I don't like to give him a break until he has gotten it, but our minds were just wrecked at this point. So I changed direction and asked for the canter on the left lead. Of course he happily picked it up and I praised him tremendously. Changed direction and asked for the dreaded right lead again, and magically on the first time, he picked it up wonderfully! Another dream sequence canter there! Pulled him up to the gate and yelled to Lee to get his helmet.
While I waited for Lee, a woman caught my attention and said to me "My daughter thinks you have the best horse ever!" and motioned to the little girl beside her, who was a little shy to have been exposed. I smiled and was happy to say "yes, most days I think the same thing" and introduced Mr. Charming to her.
Lee was a little nervous getting up on top of Bentley since he saw the "bad" parts of our ride, but it quickly vanished when I explained that the "bad" things were him not getting correct canter leads. Knowing full well he probably wouldn't even trot, Lee brightened significantly! Bentley was pretty jiggy at first, the other horses in the ring were cantering and jumping, and he still was in "Go!" mode. We moved the 2 of them into the indoor where there weren't any exciting distractions.
Lee did very well with Bentley once we took all the distractions away. In fact, Bentley was in great contact with Lee's hands from the moment he got on! I have to say, I am a little jealous because Lee is such a natural rider. I don't know anyone else who on their 8th time on a horse can get consistent contact in a nice round frame at the walk and have the horse bending around his legs in tight serpentines. Of course, that also speaks to how wonderful Bentley is too.
One thing I did have to scold Lee for however was the rapid walk. I have always ridden squeeze to extend or speed the gait, kick to go up into a gear. Lee was kicking but not allowing Bentley to trot because Lee just wanted a fast walk, you could see Bentley was very confused! Once I explained the difference, Lee agreed not to ruin my training and decided to leave the trot for another time and stopped kicking.
I have been thinking back a lot to the little girl (who's name is Rachel btw) and how much attention Bentley draws due to his natural charisma, even if he is being naughty. He always seems to be the horse people are watching in the ring, meaning I have to start stepping up my riding, because eyes always seem to be on us. I really need to make my riding top notch to do him justice. Here starts my determination to greatly improve my equitation and to stop letting frustration get the better of me!
As for the "Best Horse Ever" we were riding last night to prove to Lee that Bentley was good and that he should ride. Again we couldn't get our right canter lead. I think we must have struggled for a good 15 minutes before I gave up. He was being particularly difficult and I couldn't even get him straight again. Instead he was turning his head outside, ignoring my hand, exploding when I tried to bend him around the leg, and veered dangerously into fences and other horses nearly causing disaster at least 20 times from the trot. I was so frustrated!
We took a walk break. Usually I don't like to give him a break until he has gotten it, but our minds were just wrecked at this point. So I changed direction and asked for the canter on the left lead. Of course he happily picked it up and I praised him tremendously. Changed direction and asked for the dreaded right lead again, and magically on the first time, he picked it up wonderfully! Another dream sequence canter there! Pulled him up to the gate and yelled to Lee to get his helmet.
While I waited for Lee, a woman caught my attention and said to me "My daughter thinks you have the best horse ever!" and motioned to the little girl beside her, who was a little shy to have been exposed. I smiled and was happy to say "yes, most days I think the same thing" and introduced Mr. Charming to her.
Lee was a little nervous getting up on top of Bentley since he saw the "bad" parts of our ride, but it quickly vanished when I explained that the "bad" things were him not getting correct canter leads. Knowing full well he probably wouldn't even trot, Lee brightened significantly! Bentley was pretty jiggy at first, the other horses in the ring were cantering and jumping, and he still was in "Go!" mode. We moved the 2 of them into the indoor where there weren't any exciting distractions.
Lee did very well with Bentley once we took all the distractions away. In fact, Bentley was in great contact with Lee's hands from the moment he got on! I have to say, I am a little jealous because Lee is such a natural rider. I don't know anyone else who on their 8th time on a horse can get consistent contact in a nice round frame at the walk and have the horse bending around his legs in tight serpentines. Of course, that also speaks to how wonderful Bentley is too.
One thing I did have to scold Lee for however was the rapid walk. I have always ridden squeeze to extend or speed the gait, kick to go up into a gear. Lee was kicking but not allowing Bentley to trot because Lee just wanted a fast walk, you could see Bentley was very confused! Once I explained the difference, Lee agreed not to ruin my training and decided to leave the trot for another time and stopped kicking.
I have been thinking back a lot to the little girl (who's name is Rachel btw) and how much attention Bentley draws due to his natural charisma, even if he is being naughty. He always seems to be the horse people are watching in the ring, meaning I have to start stepping up my riding, because eyes always seem to be on us. I really need to make my riding top notch to do him justice. Here starts my determination to greatly improve my equitation and to stop letting frustration get the better of me!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Thunderstorms
We were due for rain. Overdue really, and we finally got it!
In fact, it came just in time for my weekly lesson. Linda and I warmed up in pouring rain because we are just "those" type of people who wont use the indoor no matter what the conditions(and hooray! we can use the outdoor ring without all that nasty dust!). Linda said that as soon as Margie showed up, the rain would clear.
Prophecy fulfilled!
We had a pretty good lesson. I think I must have forgotten a thing or two in the 2 weeks we had off, because I felt like there were a few silly mistakes. Mostly just me forgetting to collect him and being a bit too casual with my loose reins. He was a little limpy for the first few minutes of trotting, and I had that wave of dread pass over me, but Margie saw it too and didn't ask me to stop, so we kept going. Usually in that situation I have a habit of jumping off the moment i notice hes lame. Good thing I didn't, he worked out of it in 5 minutes!
Our canter had its very high and very low points. We had some great canters to start and I was so darn pleased with myself. But after the good canters, it was very difficult to trot again. Part of the problem was he was excited, another part was I have a tendency to pull him to the side when i bring him back rather than doing a square transition. Lastly, my excuse is we were having such nice canters, neither of us really wanted to trot, and therefore 2 strides of trot between was usually all we could muster without a fight. At one point (now I missed this because i was distracted by whatever else, or maybe just too focused on my riding) a horse got loose from its rider and came zipping out of the indoor. Of course he took off, but at that point I didn't know of the excitement, i thought it was just another antic. I lost a stirrup and while cantering around tried to obtain it again, upsetting Bentley more due to the movement of my leg. So for a while I just tried to rein him in without stirrup, and was surprised how much my seat has improved over the last little while. Pat on the back for me!
It took a little while for Bentley to calm down from the excitement, and I felt a bit better knowing he took off for a good reason, not just silliness. Then we got back into nice canters again with better downward transitions. Going the opposite direction however was terrible. He has trouble picking up his right lead (perhaps because of soreness?) multiplied by the fact that any movement on my part translated to him to be "yee haw lets go fast!" So while trotting and trying to flex and straighten to get him paying attention, we frequently burst out into wild canters on the wrong lead.
I don't really know what changed, perhaps I was just fed up with this or because Margie was probably quite frustrated with me by that point, but we somehow got back to our nice canters. Still a little explosive in the transitions upward, but once we got it, I got a BEAUTIFUL canter out of him. My butt didn't leave the saddle at all. I have been working so hard on my position to get this right, and we totally got it by the end. We had some spectators at that point. I really hope they were jealous. I have to say, i don't care much for the hunter style stand up, stick your butt out and hold your hands at your crotch style riding. The relaxed dressagey sit seems much more harmonious to me. I actually got pretty distracted because the canter was so lovely, it was like a dream sequence through a meadow, with my hair flowing, and tall grass and flowers all around. Maybe I am wearing a sundress. Maybe my feet are bare. Maybe there is no saddle at all. Just me and my horse. Oh drat! Don't forget to steer Sarah, snap out of it there are 3 foot jumps in your way!
Ok I woke up in time to steer, but my point was made to myself, its ok to have fun but I really have to start looking at where I'm going rather than only at his shoulder to check leads, or looking into a dream world where obstacles don't exist.
It was overall a silly day for the horses. Sable was also giving some problems, however they were the exact opposite of ours. Bentley wants to go fast, Sable didn't want to go at all. Sable sticks her nose way up in the air, Bentley's is practically in the dirt and pulling me out of the saddle. Why cant they just be the same so Linda and I can have a game plan made up together?
We went for a nice cool down walk around the field, and before i knew it, my GPS had registered a ride of 10.25 miles. We are totally ready for coates! He wasn't tired at all. Cool weather certainly didn't hurt either.
As for the thunderstorms, those came much later. While I was sleeping last night. We woke with a start in the middle of the night, there was so much flashing it was almost like daylight. Abbey is a complete wimp of a cat and was sitting straight up in a panicked state. Eyes wide with fear. I call out "its ok Abbey, come here" and she leaps over Lees legs (she was on his side of the bed) trotted over to me and immediately curled up pressed close to my side. Apparently Mum is much better at warding off evil storms than Dad haha. She stayed there all night, even when i rolled, just wiggled her way closer to me. What a great sleep!
In fact, it came just in time for my weekly lesson. Linda and I warmed up in pouring rain because we are just "those" type of people who wont use the indoor no matter what the conditions(and hooray! we can use the outdoor ring without all that nasty dust!). Linda said that as soon as Margie showed up, the rain would clear.
Prophecy fulfilled!
We had a pretty good lesson. I think I must have forgotten a thing or two in the 2 weeks we had off, because I felt like there were a few silly mistakes. Mostly just me forgetting to collect him and being a bit too casual with my loose reins. He was a little limpy for the first few minutes of trotting, and I had that wave of dread pass over me, but Margie saw it too and didn't ask me to stop, so we kept going. Usually in that situation I have a habit of jumping off the moment i notice hes lame. Good thing I didn't, he worked out of it in 5 minutes!
Our canter had its very high and very low points. We had some great canters to start and I was so darn pleased with myself. But after the good canters, it was very difficult to trot again. Part of the problem was he was excited, another part was I have a tendency to pull him to the side when i bring him back rather than doing a square transition. Lastly, my excuse is we were having such nice canters, neither of us really wanted to trot, and therefore 2 strides of trot between was usually all we could muster without a fight. At one point (now I missed this because i was distracted by whatever else, or maybe just too focused on my riding) a horse got loose from its rider and came zipping out of the indoor. Of course he took off, but at that point I didn't know of the excitement, i thought it was just another antic. I lost a stirrup and while cantering around tried to obtain it again, upsetting Bentley more due to the movement of my leg. So for a while I just tried to rein him in without stirrup, and was surprised how much my seat has improved over the last little while. Pat on the back for me!
It took a little while for Bentley to calm down from the excitement, and I felt a bit better knowing he took off for a good reason, not just silliness. Then we got back into nice canters again with better downward transitions. Going the opposite direction however was terrible. He has trouble picking up his right lead (perhaps because of soreness?) multiplied by the fact that any movement on my part translated to him to be "yee haw lets go fast!" So while trotting and trying to flex and straighten to get him paying attention, we frequently burst out into wild canters on the wrong lead.
I don't really know what changed, perhaps I was just fed up with this or because Margie was probably quite frustrated with me by that point, but we somehow got back to our nice canters. Still a little explosive in the transitions upward, but once we got it, I got a BEAUTIFUL canter out of him. My butt didn't leave the saddle at all. I have been working so hard on my position to get this right, and we totally got it by the end. We had some spectators at that point. I really hope they were jealous. I have to say, i don't care much for the hunter style stand up, stick your butt out and hold your hands at your crotch style riding. The relaxed dressagey sit seems much more harmonious to me. I actually got pretty distracted because the canter was so lovely, it was like a dream sequence through a meadow, with my hair flowing, and tall grass and flowers all around. Maybe I am wearing a sundress. Maybe my feet are bare. Maybe there is no saddle at all. Just me and my horse. Oh drat! Don't forget to steer Sarah, snap out of it there are 3 foot jumps in your way!
Ok I woke up in time to steer, but my point was made to myself, its ok to have fun but I really have to start looking at where I'm going rather than only at his shoulder to check leads, or looking into a dream world where obstacles don't exist.
It was overall a silly day for the horses. Sable was also giving some problems, however they were the exact opposite of ours. Bentley wants to go fast, Sable didn't want to go at all. Sable sticks her nose way up in the air, Bentley's is practically in the dirt and pulling me out of the saddle. Why cant they just be the same so Linda and I can have a game plan made up together?
We went for a nice cool down walk around the field, and before i knew it, my GPS had registered a ride of 10.25 miles. We are totally ready for coates! He wasn't tired at all. Cool weather certainly didn't hurt either.
As for the thunderstorms, those came much later. While I was sleeping last night. We woke with a start in the middle of the night, there was so much flashing it was almost like daylight. Abbey is a complete wimp of a cat and was sitting straight up in a panicked state. Eyes wide with fear. I call out "its ok Abbey, come here" and she leaps over Lees legs (she was on his side of the bed) trotted over to me and immediately curled up pressed close to my side. Apparently Mum is much better at warding off evil storms than Dad haha. She stayed there all night, even when i rolled, just wiggled her way closer to me. What a great sleep!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
I have the fastest horse in the world, or ever!
I just uploaded my garmin recording from last night's ride and got a bit of a surprise when I took a look at max speed:
Wow! That's one fast horse!
Lets compare this to some things.
Speed of sound = 768 mph therefore my horse was travelling Mach 2.2
Fastest animal (with the exception of Bentley), cheetah = 70 mph therefore hes 24.2x faster than a cheetah
Fastest car, Bugatti Veyron = 270 mph therefore hes 6.3 x faster than a bugatti
Fastest plane recorded, SR-71 Blackbird = 2,242 mph therefore he travels at 75% of this speed.
Data sourced from http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/04/whooosh-eight-things-that-go-fast/
Wow! That's one fast horse!
Lets compare this to some things.
Speed of sound = 768 mph therefore my horse was travelling Mach 2.2
Fastest animal (with the exception of Bentley), cheetah = 70 mph therefore hes 24.2x faster than a cheetah
Fastest car, Bugatti Veyron = 270 mph therefore hes 6.3 x faster than a bugatti
Fastest plane recorded, SR-71 Blackbird = 2,242 mph therefore he travels at 75% of this speed.
Data sourced from http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/04/whooosh-eight-things-that-go-fast/
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
War Horse
On Friday, Lee and I were thrilled to be able to see War Horse at Princess of Wales Theatre.
This was by far the best live show I have ever seen. I have not a single bad thing to say about it. Everything was polished and perfect from the acting to puppetry, music to lighting. I loved how they made good use of the theatre beyond the stage and used effects to make you feel like you are right inside the show. A particular scene that captured my attention the most was moments before intermission, when riding into battle the horses rose up to jump over razor wire, the strobe lights flashed behind them giving the effect they were jumping right into the crowd, and then all was black. I couldn't wait for the second half of the show, what a dramatic close!
This show is worth seeing whether you are horsey or not. Even Sheena, who can almost be described as "Anti horse" loved ti and was so excited to talk to me about it afterwards. How did she end up seeing this before me? Little bit shameful here! But hey, i have a horse... therefore little time to do all things people think I should do/see since I am a horse person.
In fact, I recommend that if you are not a horse person, GO SEE IT! Not only will it prove great entertainment, but it will give you some insight as to why us horse-crazy people are so darn crazy about them. The special bonds that form between human and horse are well portrayed, as is the intelligence and determination of these creatures.
I think it can really change the perspective some people have on the horse community. Think of what this could do in times like these where the race tracks are closing and hay prices are skyrocketing. A bit of understanding could go a long way with whats surely to be a growing number of homeless horses and perfectly good animals being sent to slaughter.
So how suitable is it that my team buy mailer today included discounted tickets to see this show? Link is here:
http://www.teambuy.ca/mississauga/28139138?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MISSISSAUGA++20120723055047&utm_term=141254
Don't wait, its been running for ages, but wont last forever!
Too funny not to share
Riders, how often do you hear something along the lines of "Horseback riding isn't a sport, the horse does all the work!" and just cringe?
Well someone in Korea is giving us credit for what a good workout it is, and has introduced a workout machine inspired by riders.
This exercise puts shake weight to shame!
If you need a bit more convincing, consider the following:
I used this a little while back to estimate that Linda's 2 back to back rides of (i think it was) 26 miles each at 6mph would earn her the right to have 29.5 glasses of wine. Yum!
Well someone in Korea is giving us credit for what a good workout it is, and has introduced a workout machine inspired by riders.
This exercise puts shake weight to shame!
If you need a bit more convincing, consider the following:
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