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7 Balimo Exercises To Improve Your Balance In The Saddle

Do you have trouble sitting the trot? Is it harder to bend your horse in one direction than the other? Do you feel out of balance over jumps? German sports...

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Rider Fitness Tip of the Month: Maintain Fitness Through Show Season

Heather Sansom is the author of rider fitness ebooks Complete Core Workout for Riders, and a regular columnist in several equestrian publications including Dressage Today. Equifitt.com offers personalized coaching through...

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Succeed in Show-Jumping Warm-Up

[/caption] How many times have you seen an eventer come into the stadium phase of eventing leading the pack, only to leave behind a ring punctuated by fallen rails as the...

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Moving Up to FEI Young Riders Dressage

[/caption] Unlike competitors who transition from Third Level, Test 3, to Fourth Level, Test 1, the younger rider who moves from the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Junior tests to FEI Young...

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Rider Exercises from the Dressage Tool Box Symposium

[/caption] Participants at the Lingh.nl Tool Box Symposium were shown these BalimoT exercises on the ground to stretch their bodies, allowing more freedom of movement and balance once they got back...

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Video: Lisa Wilcox on Throughness

In the October 2009 issue of Dressage Today magazine, Lisa Wilcox explains how to achieve throughness--when energy moves through the horse's body with no blocks, allowing the topline to swing...

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Rider Fitness Tip of the Month: Spinal Alignment

Have you ever had the experience of being told to sit up straight when you thought you already were? While symmetry is something we strive to achieve in dressage, we...

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Rider Fitness Tip of the Month: Stretch Before You Ride

Heather Sansom owns Equifitt.com Equestrian Fitness, offering personalized coaching through clinics and convenient online coaching available anywhere. She also offers a free monthly fittips newsletter and new e-books,...

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Three Stretches to Prevent Horseback Riding Injuries

Horseback riding is an athletic endeavor; just ask anyone who’s felt head-to-toe sore after a long day in the saddle. And, like any other sport, the more physically fit you...

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