Staying Fit While On The Road Or At A Horse Show

It’s really hard for me to keep up with my workouts when I’m at show. Do you have any suggestions?

Yes! We all have trouble getting our regular workouts in when we’re away from home. I like to think of it as a time to simplify my fitness routine and make it more about fun and moving my body. I usually estimate that I’m going to have something between 5 minutes and half an hour to workout on any given day while I’m away. Knowing this, there are few options that let me successfully take care of my exercise needs without making it a big deal.

Try these suggestions depending on how much time you have:

1. Go for a mix & match run. Choose your total time then break it up between running and doing a basic exercise like push ups. For example; run for 5 minutes then do 25 pushups, then run for 3 minutes and do 25 sit ups and so on until you’ve reached your overall time goal.
2. 5 min max. Choose an exercise like burpees or squat thrusters (which is a beginners burpee since it has no push up or jump) and do as many as you can in 5 minutes. Try to break your own record each time you do it.
3. 50 for time. Choose any exercise and do 50 as fast as you can then try to break your own record each time you do it.

The rule of thumb should be to keep it simple, fun and absolutely “do-able.”

If you’d like more personalized help? I offer virtual training to riders everywhere so I’d love to hear from you!

 

 

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Happy riding!

Robin

 

“A true horseman will only ask athletic feats of his horse if he has his own body under control.” – from The Principals of Riding/German National Equestrian Federation