Perfectly Plump? Say it ain’t so!

I’m guessing you got this same catalog in the mail last month. It pictured three “happy” horses moving towards the camera. My immediate reaction: “Gawdalmighty, they’re so fat!” I shared it with some horse friends who thankfully agreed. I called Dr. Rebecca Gimenez, president of […]

Core Strength Moves

As part of our Focus on Fitness, we talked with trainer David Stickler about core exercises for riders. He will lead a Rider Fitness elective at the Best Horse Practices Summit. Stickler majored in exercise science at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where he […]

The Jones

About this Fitness segment: BestHorsePractices is dedicating a entire section of this year’s password-protected Remuda Reader pages to Rider Fitness. To subscribe, CLICK HERE. Rider Fitness contributors: Dr. Steve Peters Ellen Eckstein Amy Skinner Jim Thomas Martin Black Randy Rieman Stay tuned for upcoming features […]

Randy Rieman

About this Fitness segment: BestHorsePractices is dedicating a entire section of Remuda Reader pages to Rider Fitness. To subscribe, CLICK HERE. Rider Fitness contributors: Dr. Steve Peters Ellen Eckstein Dr. Steve Peters Jim Thomas Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan […]

Ellen Eckstein

About this Fitness segment: Rider Fitness contributors: Randy Rieman Dr. Steve Peters Amy Skinner Jim Thomas Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan Read additional features from: Beth Austin, renowned physical therapist, on aspects of core fitness Christina Savitsky, of Buckaroo […]

Martin Black

About this Fitness segment: BestHorsePractices is dedicating a entire section to Rider Fitness. Rider Fitness contributors: Dr. Steve Peters Ellen Eckstein Amy Skinner Jim Thomas Randy Rieman Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan Stay tuned for upcoming features from: Beth Austin, renowned […]

Amy Skinner

About this Fitness segment: BestHorsePractices is dedicating a entire section of this year’s password-protected Remuda Reader pages to Rider Fitness. To subscribe, CLICK HERE. Rider Fitness contributors: Randy Rieman Ellen Eckstein Dr. Steve Peters Jim Thomas Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from […]

Jim Thomas

About this Fitness segment: Rider Fitness contributors: Dr. Steve Peters Ellen Eckstein Amy Skinner Randy Rieman Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan Stay tuned for upcoming features from: Beth Austin, renowned physical therapist Christina Savitsky, founder of Buckaroo Balance Jim […]

Dr. Steve Peters

BestHorsePractices is dedicating a entire section to Rider Fitness. Randy Rieman Ellen Eckstein Amy Skinner Jim Thomas Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan Stay tuned for upcoming features from: Beth Austin, renowned physical therapist Christina Savitsky, founder of Buckaroo Balance […]

2016

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