Rider’s Fitness Guide to a Better Seat – Published by Wiley, N.Y.
Available in hard copy only – while supplies last
By Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, LMT
We all know that a good seat is vital for good riding performance. You want your center of gravity to move in sink with the horse’s center of gravity. This book will teach you about the muscles responsible for a good seat so you can increase their fitness and their flexibility. This will improve your overall posture, and increase your stamina and sense of balance.
This book provides a selection of exercises presented in three programs that will help you progressively increase your control over your seat, maximize your performance and minimize your risk of injury.
Each work out is about 15 minutes tops, including warm-up and stretching. Any of these exercise program can easily be performed anywhere as you do not require any equipment, just this book. Even if you are on the road a lot, nothing stop you to easily maintain you fitness.
Once you know your routine well, you can do it while watching TV or listening to music. For your convenience, we included a thumbnail-picture poster of the intermediate and advance programs.
To imply these simple programs three days a week will greatly increase your strength and stamina and it will improve your coordination within thirty days, resulting in a better seat. After only ten days you will notice a difference and by the end of the month you will feel you have a new body-awareness.
The exercise programs presented in this book will transform the way your body feels and perform. They will help you develop better coordination, good posture and an easy, graceful seat. With this book I welcome you to the beginning of your new riding life.
