Centreline Equipilates and Biomechanics

So pleased for George and Tilly on completing their first "real" One Day Event and finishing in a fabulous 5th place! 🤩

I've been working with George for some time now, coaching her in dressage, jumping and Pilates but she has always struggled with her physical endurance - often running out of puff half way round a course so when she decided to do a O.D.E. she realised she was going to need to improve to do herself (and more importantly, her horse) justice.

I put together a strength and fitness programme for her which has made an enormous difference to her physical capability and enabled her to really enjoy every phase.

It's incredibly important to look after our own fitness so that we can become the best version of ourselves for our horses. Drop me a pm if you want to find out more 😊

If you can relate, I can help! 😀

Drop me a comment or a message and we can have a chat about how to get you FIT 2 RIDE in 2024!

So that you can...

* FEEL BETTER & REALLY ENJOY YOUR RIDING!

* GET MORE OUT OF YOUR LESSONS

* IMPROVE COMPETITION PERFORMANCE

* BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THE SADDLE

My girls and I would like to wish you all Happy Easter! 🐰🥚🐥🐰(they were totally fine about being made to look ridiculous for your (well, my) entertainment btw 😬) 🤣🤣

Rider Biomechanics

One of the reasons I love my job is because of the challenges thrown up by something I find endlessly fascinating… the physical interaction between horse and rider and how one influences the other.

Take a rider who is perfectly aligned on the ground, on the saddle horse or whilst working out in my fitness studio then put them on a crooked horse and I’ll see the rider’s body instantly misalign in order to compensate for the horse.

Likewise a “wonky” rider will cause the horse to become crooked. So, it can be tricky to work out exactly where a straightness problem started.

We tend to readily spend a fortune on saddle checks, physio and the like for our horse but easily forget about ourselves.

Think about it; if it’s actually you that’s got the problem, your horse is always going to have to compensate for you!

No matter where the problem started, I will look at what the rider can do to solve it - because if I ask the horse to solve the problem, they might feel getting rid of the rider is the most effective solution!

I work with riders on their alignment and their ability to control their body through rider specific Pilates, strength training and by looking at their biomechanics both on and off the horse.

This rider was only slightly crooked on the saddle horse and this improved after a Pilates session. But she became more crooked once on her horse. After lots of off-horse work in the studio combined with coaching horse and rider together, both are becoming much straighter ❤️😃

Drop me a message if you would like to find out more or have a chat about your own situation.

Great session with these lovely ladies, today, working on their riding fitness 😊 Including fitness tests, movement assessments, fun exercises and a lot of laughs 😀

Great CPD training day last week 😀 Follow me here at Centreline to stay updated on my unmounted and mounted workshops/clinics coming up this year as well as classes and 1-2-1 training.