Jec Aristotle Ballou

Equine Fitness (eBook, ePUB)

A Program of Exercises and Routines for Your Horse

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Get your horse in shape and maintain his overall fitness, regardless of his age or abilities. Equine Fitness will have your horse looking and feeling his best with a series of fun exercise routines specifically designed to enhance his strength, stamina, and agility. Clear step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations make the exercises easy to follow, and the book includes a handy set of pocket-sized cards that you can use in the ring. Jec Ballou's simple conditioning program promises lasting results for healthy horses and satisfied riders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603426695
• Artikelnr.: 42027019

Autorenporträt

Jec Ballou is the author of 101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider, 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider, and Equine Fitness. She is a national advisor to the Western Dressage Association of America and contributed to the current rules for the sport. She teaches clinics across the United States. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1 How the Muscles Work
 
2 General Rules of Fitness
 
3 Schooling vs. Conditioning
Conditioning Exercises: Spiraling In and Out, Sprint Lines, Strengthening
the Front End, Legging Up, Transitioning Downward, Temporomandibular Joint
(TMJ) Massage, Loops and Poles (David Lichman), Waltzing with Your Horse
(Sherry Ackerman), Gearing Up to Gallop (Yvonne Barteau)
 
4 Posture Determines Strength
Strengthening Exercises: Rein-Back up a Hill, Rein-Back on a Curve, Turn on
the Forehand in Motion, Exercise on a Slope, Riding a Drop, Canter to Walk
Downhill (Gina Miles), Gymnastic Jumping, Sets and Reps for Arena (Jennifer
Bryant), Double Longe (Mark Schuerman), Arena Interval Training
 
5 Warming Up and Cooling Down
Warm-Up Exercises: Tail Pull, Tail Rotations, Lateral Cervical Flexion (Jim
Masterson), Shoulder Release Down and Back (Jim Masterson), Shoulder
Release Down and Forward (Jim Masterson), Loosening the Back, Warm-up 1 -
The Oval, Warm-up 2 - Simple Trot Pattern, Shoulder-In to Shallow
Serpentine (Betsy Steiner), Canter on the Honor System (Jessica Jahiel)
 
6 The Mighty Neck
Neck Exercises: Horizontal Frame Conditioning, Changing Speeds, Counter
Canter Loops, Counter Canter Serpentines, Shoulder-In Repetitions,
Shoulder-In Traveling Out (Manolo Mendez), Striding In, Striding Out
 
7 The Stifle Is Critical
Stifle Exercises: Trotting Poles in an Arc, Pick-up Sticks, Lifting the
Hind Legs, Bringing the Hind Legs Forward, Stepping Over Slowly, Cantering
on Uneven Terrain, In and Out Leg-Yielding (Becky Hart)
 
8 Time to Stretch
Stretching Exercises: Shoulder Rotation Stretch, Rear-Leg Circles, Pelvis
Tucks, Poll Stretch, Hip Stretch, Shoulder Circles, Bladder Meridian
Exercise for Tension Release (Jim Masterson)
 
Exercise Routines
Four Fitness Goals
Glossary
Contributor Biographies
Resources
Index
Pullout Exercise Cards