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Steady hands, quiet legs, balance in transitions, and core stability that holds up in motion.
Stability in the saddle is not just about having stronger abs. It is about how your whole body manages movement, rotation, and support without bracing.
core stability · anti-rotation control · quiet aids · balance · transitions · torso control · support under the pelvis
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Suppleness and strength are not separate goals. Suppleness creates more freedom, while strength teaches your body to support and trust that new range. Together, they help riders become stable without gripping, strong without hardness and soft without collapsing.
There is a softness in good riding that is easy to misunderstand. From the outside, it can look like relaxation.
There’s a certain feeling riders are always trying to create.
Some of the tightest riders I’ve ever worked with are also the riders trying the hardest.
There’s a moment most riders notice. Your hands don’t feel as steady as you’d like.
There’s a moment many riders recognise. You’re trying to keep your legs long and still…but they don’t quite stay there.
There’s a quiet frustration many riders carry.
There’s a moment every rider knows. You ask for sitting trot… and instead of feeling connected, you feel like you’re being gently — or sometimes not so gently — bounced out of the
When riders talk about having “tight hips,” what they’re often feeling is something slightly different.
Discover why dressage riders have tight hips and what you can do to create more freedom and support in the saddle.
Why Riders Often Feel Tight — and What’s Really Happening One of the things riders rarely realise is this: Your hips are constantly listening to your nervous system.
Learn how your Transverse Abdominals (TVA) effect your core stability, and how to train them.
There’s a moment in riding — whether in a collected canter or just a quiet halt — where everything feels still, balanced, and aligned.
Let’s be honest — starting strength training can feel intimidating.
If you’re a dressage rider over 40, chances are you’ve been told to stretch more, do more core work, or simply “ride more” to get stronger in the saddle.
Learn why your legs slide forward in the saddle and how to fix it so you have a more balanced and stable seat in the saddle.
Learn what's limiting you and how to fix so that mounting your horse becomes easier and much smoother every time you ride.
Learn how to create a soft independent seat in the saddle by learning more about the structure and balance of your pelvis Everything in riding is about balance, working with gravit
Discover your deep six muscles and why they are important to understand as riders.
The Corset Of Your Abdominals : Your TVA, learn its role in your dressage position and how you can begin to strengthen it today.
Learn what muscles horseback riding uses and discover the key muscles involved for creating a good dressage rider posture and how to improve.
Learn all about strength building for equestrians. Get workout ideas and discover the best sort of training to do as a rider.
Here are a selection of glute strengthening exercises for dressage riders to help strengthening and improve your seat while riding.
Improve your strength for riding with these 7 key lower body dressage exercises for riders. Create better posture and balance for dressage .
Here I explain how you can improve your dressage position and give you insights as to how it should feel when you are both in and out of the saddle.
Here are my top 6 dressage exercises that you can do at home to help improve your position and posture in the saddle. Including step by step video to follow
Discover if horse riding is exercise, how many calories you burn and how you can get fitter for horse riding with these workouts.
Improve your horse riding fitness, no matter what equestrain discipline you do. Here are specific equestrian workouts & stretches.
Why pilates for equestrian athletes can improve your core and overall stability in the saddle. A must for dressage riders. Including exercises you can try.
Flexibility is crucial to making mounting your horse much easier.
When it comes to dressage one of the aims is about improving the balance of the horse.
Learn how to improve your balance for dressage and why it is important as a rider to train this in ourselves as much as we do our horses.
How to prevent back pain while riding? How your back naturally sits can be affected by a number of things. What is important though is that you understand the natural shape of your spine.
Learn how to improve core strength for horse riding, especially for dressage. Article includes videos with free core exercises to try.
What is Rider Biomechanics? Dressage riders require a strength and fitness that is subtle to the unknown eye. What on earth is biomechanics and what does it have to do with dressage?
I’m sure you’ve experienced the feeling of tight shoulders, lower back pain and stiff hips after sitting for a period of time at your desk.
When you’re in your twenties, it seems you can go a 110 percent at the gym, a charity run, or a boot camp with ease.
Core strength is vital for dressage riders to remain balanced and connected with the horse.
Establishing balanced seat bones and a strong core is vital for dressage riders to move freely with their horse.
Learning how to engage your lower abdominal muscles is crucial for a quiet and independent seat.
When we ride in a good position the body has an illusion of stillness.
Relaxation is often a word misunderstood in dressage. In this article I explain my interpretation of it and how it applies to staying calm, supported and available—using enough strength to remain balanced while releasing the tension that blocks your horse’s movement.
Bouncing is not always a sign that you need to try harder. Often, it is a sign that your body is trying to protect, stabilise or catch up.
Do you find sitting trot hard work? Discover how you can improve your sitting trot so it becomes effortless and soft for your horse's back.
The Biomechanics Of Balance In Dressage
Midline Stabilization And Organization For Dressage Riders
5 Yoga Poses To Improve Your Dressage
Why Planks Are Great For Dressage Rider Posture With 6 Different Variations To Try
Core strength exercises for horse riders to help improve your posture and stability in the saddle. Learn why its important and get the exercises that work.
