| Pilates For the Equestrian Rider | | | | trot is to absorb the impact through your seat |
| I have been using pilates for a number of years in | | | | and back. This can be done quite easily if the |
| my daily life and certainly in the saddle. The | | | | deep core muscles are strong and able to |
| absolute best exercises for equestrian riders is | | | | coordinate the movement of the horse with the |
| applied posture riding. Pilates for horse riders has | | | | rider. |
| become very popular over the past few years. | | | | Exercises For Equestrian Riders Learn a |
| Horse riders are realizing that they need to get | | | | Movement Pattern for the Sit Trot |
| out of the saddle and exercise in the gym. | | | | Try this simple little exercise for your self |
| A gym program is not enough. A gym routine will | | | | - sit on a gym ball high enough to have yours legs |
| give you more strength and fitness but it will not | | | | similar to the dressage position. |
| teach you how to use your deep core muscles or | | | | - bounce up and down gently controlling the ball |
| how to train movement patterns used in the | | | | through your lower legs and knees. |
| saddle. | | | | - push up through your heels |
| Exercises For Equestrian Riders must include a | | | | - as you come back down into the ball blow out |
| teaching program about Pilates | | | | and draw your belly button in towards your spine. |
| Very few personal trainers actually learn the | | | | - keep doing this slowly and feel the muscles |
| mechanics and full function of the core muscles. I | | | | working in your lower back, thighs and belly |
| believe this must be taught by a Physiotherapist. | | | | - Practice this movement pattern many times and |
| The anatomy and bio mechanics are quite | | | | then try it on your horse |
| complex. The Transverse Abdominal Muscle | | | | - on your horse, let your legs dangle be safe and |
| (TVA) is the key muscle to be trained, when | | | | jig for 4-5 steps blow as you jig pull up and try |
| thinking about Pilates. The equestrian rider must | | | | again |
| have a strong TVA muscle and must know how | | | | Exercises For Equestrian Riders Learn Pilates from |
| to use this muscle. The TVA when strong will | | | | an Expert Rider |
| stabilize the lower back and allow it to move in | | | | Learning and applying pilates go together. Learning |
| rhythm with the horse through all paces. | | | | and applying pilates in the saddle requires |
| Exercises For Equestrian Riders To be able to Sit | | | | knowledge of riding and the muscle of horse |
| Trot | | | | riding. Teaching equestrian riders about their own |
| The sit trot is so difficult because the beat is two | | | | posture problems needs to come form an expert. |
| beat and the foot fall causes a jarring through the | | | | Many Instructors can tell a pupil they have round |
| saddle. This jarring has an impact through the seat | | | | shoulders or weak through the legs or collapsing |
| up to the lower back. The movement of the | | | | through the per body. Very few can teach or |
| horses hind legs rolls the pelvis around and the | | | | instruct a rider how to fix this problem. Many |
| body bounces out of the saddle as the horses | | | | riders would ride so much better if they could |
| feet hit the ground. The only way to ride the sit | | | | keep their seat in the saddle. |