Looking forward to chatting with others and working on getting fit at forty-something! It's now or never and I want to be able to ride my horses into my Golden years and beyond. I've always been very activie, working with horses and running a ranch, but am serious this year about sticking with an actual fitness routine to make running the ranch much easier on the old joints and muscles. No more surprises when I mount up and find muscles that have not been used. I am working on designing a fitness program to target all the major muscles groups and those used most often in riding as well as a good stretching routine. Love the exercise ball and like to center my workouts around that with barre work as well. Actually found the site looking for body ball exercises-- lots of great ideas.Introduction
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Looking forward to chatting with others and working on getting fit at forty-something! It's now or never and I want to be able to ride my horses into my Golden years and beyond. I've always been very activie, working with horses and running a ranch, but am serious this year about sticking with an actual fitness routine to make running the ranch much easier on the old joints and muscles. No more surprises when I mount up and find muscles that have not been used. I am working on designing a fitness program to target all the major muscles groups and those used most often in riding as well as a good stretching routine. Love the exercise ball and like to center my workouts around that with barre work as well. Actually found the site looking for body ball exercises-- lots of great ideas.Thanks. I am sorry to hear about your mare. What kind of horse was she? I have two paints and two arabians I am training. My paint mare, is my special "first" horse. She is an awesome companion and we have done some partnership training so she has been refusing to let anyone else ride her. I definitely can see the need to work the inner thighs. I learned to post for the first time this summer and I have to say, what a workout!! I also found some of the body ball exercises that target that inner thigh as well as my 60 second burst with side leg lifts. I do a pattern, 8 on each side, then 4 on each side twice, then two on each side 4 times, then 1 at a time for 8 times. It is a little difficult getting through the entire sequence but I am improving and I can definitely feel it in my inner thighs and suprisingly enough my abs.
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Welcome. I see you've already encountered one of the biggest issues many experience when endeavoring to learn more about health and fitness. "Who do you believe?"
But seriously, best wishes. Please ask about anything you're unsure of, but try to read relevant stickies and/or run searches first.
Welcome. I see you've already encountered one of the biggest issues many experience when endeavoring to learn more about health and fitness. "Who do you believe?"
But seriously, best wishes. Please ask about anything you're unsure of, but try to read relevant stickies and/or run searches first.
Welcome to the site! We are here to assist you all we can!
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Go here and read on some basic and fundamental information:
Weight Training 101
Mreik per your request, Nutritional sticky
Weight Training Technical Articles
How to get abs guide
Go here for some thoughts on the mental side:
Weight Loss Intricate
The ChillOut Log by Chillen
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Everyone's a wise guy, especially my mentor Flyinfree.
My mare was a paint as well and she was bred, due in the latter part of this year. Quite a loss. Here's a pic of me on her from about a year ago.
Thanks--
Thanks for all the welcomes and information. I think this site is going to be very helpful. AND LOL-- I think I burnt more calories trying to figure out this thread than I did with my exercise plan this week. Actually glad to find out I can still talk about horses.
g8r80 your paint looks a lot like my son's paint-- Zippi. She is a little more fiery red with one blue eye. Fiery personality to go along with it. If I can figure out how, I'll upload a photo me and my paint mare, Jazz. She is the sweetest horse on the planet.
Thanks for all the welcomes and information. I think this site is going to be very helpful. AND LOL-- I think I burnt more calories trying to figure out this thread than I did with my exercise plan this week. Actually glad to find out I can still talk about horses.
g8r80 your paint looks a lot like my son's paint-- Zippi. She is a little more fiery red with one blue eye. Fiery personality to go along with it. If I can figure out how, I'll upload a photo me and my paint mare, Jazz. She is the sweetest horse on the planet.
