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Conditioning The Dressage Horse

Credit: Arnd Bronkhorst- arnd.nl The best way to modify a horse’s postural habits is to focus on activating a wide range of muscles.

Understand why and how you should activate a greater range of muscles in your horse’s body.

By Jec A. Ballou
Apr 29, 2020

Credit: Copyright, Arnd Bronkhorst - Arnd.nl Arena work is only about 20 percent of our entire training session. Though I may be on Parzival for an hour and a half, he gets a 20-minute walk and 20-minute cooldown. I start in the woods and warm up on the track first.

Olympian Adelinde Cornelissen discusses horse and human fitness and shares how she goes beyond the arena to train for success in international dressage competition.

By Adelinde Cornelissen
Jan 23, 2019

Conditioning The Dressage Horse

Modifying Muscle Patterns to Build a Better Equine Athlete

Adelinde Cornelissen: Horse and Rider Fitness for Dressage