Horse Riding properly is hard!

So recently I’ve been focusing on taking my own advice while riding and I’ve realised this.. its bloody hard!

Especially if you are in the habit of just pottering around and going through the motions.

If you are not training for anything in particular, it can be very easy to fall into these kinds of patterns.

Warm up

Walk

Trot (with a circle or two for good measure)

Canter (few more cirlces)

Cool down

Sound familiar?

I know this is what I have been doing for a long time so recently I decided to try focus on my position and doing all the things that I’ve been telling you all to do.

My bum doesn’t want to stay under me.

My legs muscles get sore when holding on.

My shoulders creep forward.

But thats ok.

I’ve not been doing it for so long, I can’t automatically fix all these habits.

But what I can do is do it for a long as I can and then take a break until I build back up these muscles.

It will come with time.

The original habits didn’t happen over night so I have to be patient with bringing new habits in and I can do some of the work at home too to help this become even easier!

Have you tried to adjust your position? How did you find it?

Remember when you first started riding?

Remember how hard that was?

It’s not going to be as tough this time, because you have the foundations that you didn’t have when you first started riding.

So you need to be patient and trust that you will get there,

Also is there more that you can do to help? Can you do other training that could help you improve your position?

Have you even considered this?

If this is something that you have struggled with and want some help with improving contact me today and we can see how I can help you!