In this episode, Miri and Rhi are joined by professional rider fitness experts Maeve Sheriden from Activate Your Seat and Steph Brumption from SJB Performance training. We discuss everything from sport-specific training to where to get started and what to focus on.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:27 Rhi’s week: big presentations, new bits and ‘thinking into happiness’
11:38 32 Miri’s week: what would you do if you could live your life again?
23:40 Our topic today
29:07 Introducing our guests
30:19 Maeve: Activate Your Seat
32:06 Steph: SJB Performance Training
33:37 Your horse is not your gym
34:42 Sport-specific training
38:18 (the reality) of rider core strength
43:13 Where to start
57:16 To band or not to band
59:53 leg imbalances
63:30 The mental impact of fitness
67:04 Nutrition and fitness
74:15 the menstrual cycle and fitness
81:45 One thing to start, one thing to stop
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