Stable Core Training - Joyce Kramer - diskuze

Creative concepts and exercises that fundamentally improve your riding foundation, enabling you to excel in any training system or discipline. When horsewoman and certified personal trainer Joyce Kramer discovered that the riders most committed to fitness were not reaping the benefits of their improved athleticism on horseback, she abandoned the standard protocol for developing strength, endurance, and stability. Her background in the study of movement and holding patterns enabled her to develop her own unique approach to physical training capable of improving riding function and performance in such dramatic ways, it can bring out what she calls the ''inner elite rider'' in everyone. Using phenomenal hand-drawn imagery and engaging photographs of her own students at work, Kramer begins her book by clarifying the four most important ingredients to riding in harmony with an equine partner, as well as the aspects that nurture a sense of ''feel'' in the rider: Alignment; Centering; Grounding; Positive Tension. The second part of the book focuses on rider position, deconstructing the body''s sections and again using imagery to enable readers to connect all their ''parts'' into one cohesive, breathing, supple ''whole.'' An optimal position allows the horse to carry the rider comfortably and efficiently, promoting performance to the very best of his ability. Finally, Kramer takes the reader on a journey to the ''deep core,'' which she has identified as key not only to limiting extra
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