The Rider's Fitness Program: 74 Exercises & 18 Workouts Specifically Designed for the Equestrian

by Dianna Robin Dennis, John J. McCully, Paul M. Juris

Book Overview

Get in top riding shape Designed to strengthen the muscles commonly used by equestrians while improving overall balance, flexibility, and coordination, this six-week fitness program includes clear... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580175422
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Great workout

I very much like the varied workouts from this book. They are easy to complete at home and have helped me improve not only my riding, but my skiing, too!

A real comprehensive fitness program for riders

Most of the riding fitness books I've seen have been very basic and rather generic. This is a real comprehensive weight training program targeted at equestrian athletes. You will need access to gym equipment to carry it out, however. I really appreciate seeing riders treated as the genuine athletes they are!

Awesome book.

I took this book to my physical therapist who thought the book was awesome. I wanted to see if I could do all of the activities in the book, since I'm in therapy for shoulder injuries (from horses). With a few modifications, they thought that I could do all of them and inquired about where I got the book. They said they'd like to have a copy around for other equestrian patients.

Part of an Entire Fitness Program for Riders

As an avid huntseat competitor, I try to stay in shape and maintain a level of overall fitness. However, I'm not very good at coming up with my own exercises to do at home or at the gym. Nor do I practice Pilates or Yoga. I just want some exercises to help me maintain my riding strength and stamina as I reach the "mature" riders division. Thankfully, this book does just that. I do belong to a gym, so I was able to make use of those suggestions. For someone like myself who's motivated but just needs some guidance for appropriate exercises to do out of the saddle, I found Ms. Dennis' book very worthwhile.

Great Fitness Tool for all Riders

I am a very competitive weekend rider who knew that I needed to do something to improve my fitness level. I bought this book with the hopes of getting into a routine that was flexible, convenient and easy to understand and this book offers this and much more. The information in the book provided me with an understanding of the areas of fitness I really needed to improve, such as balance and flexibility. I found the workout routines were very easy to follow and even though I don't have all of the equipment shown, I have been able to creatively improvise and get the benefits talked about in each section. The descriptions of the exercises along with the accompanying photo provide a great reference for following along. The pull out fitness guide provides an excellent way to track my routine. Even though the exercises are some I have been doing, the combination and diverse pattern keep it interesting and fresh. I am half way through the six week program and have been achieving the results I have been looking for.