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March 12, 2025 86 mins

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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