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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| This is kind of an oddball thought based on an observation of my own workout schedule.
I'm 31, and I started running regularly about 6 weeks ago. I started Couch to 5K about 5 weeks ago. I am absolutely loving it! I've never, ever run, so I was truly at square zero! Anyway, I got stuck on the Week Four set of workouts. I repeated the first one, and failed to run the required time four seperate occasions. I pushed and pushed, ate right, drank lots of water, but was still short by a whole minute of running. How frustrating!! Life came up, I ended up taking four days away from what had been every other day. Feeling guilty, I revved up last night, and to my surprise and delight, I made that workout happen NO PROBLEM!!
So based on that, maybe sometimes, when our horses are having trouble, are frustrated, and getting anxious, maybe they could just use some time to just heal, eat, and stretch their muscles back out. I know I did, and my workout really came together for me! Just a thought I had this morning. |
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 The BHW Book Worm
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| I agree with you if I have one I have really been training on meaning ridden sweaty 6 days a week then once a month give them 4 days off in a row it does there body good they come back ready to advance |
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Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
| I think that often, they know what to do, they WANT to do it, but they can't! This was really put into perspective for me yesterday! |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | My mare I know does better if I don't make runs back, to back, to back. If she has made runs 2 to 3 weeks in a row back to back, then gets a week or so off from competing, she generally comes back stronger. So I think an occasional break is a good thing. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | Interesting! I typically give my horse 2 consecutive days off at the beginning of the week and he comes back fresh and happy to work. I'm always itching to ride but I know he needs it. |
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Posts: 628
Location: Missouri | Just knowing my body and how hard I work out, generally 5-6 days of hour long kickboxing, I am usually in need of a break or of some time off. I can only imagine how our horses feel when we ride 6-7 days a week including hauling and competing! I usually give them Monday and Friday depending on events. It usually comes up to the day after and event and the day before an event. EX, run on Saturday, they get Friday Sunday off. Run Friday Saturday Sunday they Get Thursday Monday off. In the summer they usually have July off because of the heat and I usually give them October to February off. |
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What Name?
Posts: 1994
| This is a good valid point. Also always keep in mind, serious workout can make anyone sore. Horses included. Ha ha. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 618
| I only ride my horses 3-5 days depending on what races I'm entering. As a personal trainer I know the imperial of giving my own body a rest. I actually developed more injuries when I was working out 6 days a week 2 hrs each session than ever. You HAVE to give your body time to repair itself. While I still work out everyday I only do 45 minutes max and incorporated 2 yoga days. I apply this same practice with my horses plus lots of turnout time. Yoga, for my horses usually consist of wide open spaces and not asking them to do anythin ie flex, stop, turn circles. I'll use an o ring or little s hack and they totally relax and feel better the next time we need to go to work |
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