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demi

It's only 30 days....When I did it in January I was lackadaisical about the additives in bacon and sausages; just bought the "natural" brands and hoped for the best.... Repeating to myself: it's only 30 days. I really like what I've read so far about whole30 and was thinking that to do it...

demi

its okay, your thread inspired me anyway, i circled a day on the calendar, wrote down three goals, and will start scoring myself each day. they say twenty one days of success to make a new habit, so we will see how it goes.... Yay! Glad you're in. I for one, am not interested in before/after pics i...

demi

[quote="AmityBee" ...I also like this "ridden mandala" exercise from Claudia Kusmanow: It looks a bit complicated but it actually isn't. ...[/quote] Thanks for posting this exercise. At first I WAS intimidated because it looks complicated, but after your description I realized wh...

demi

I am planning to start a whole30 on November 8th (birthday is the 6th and I have a half marathon on the 7th). No sugar, no grain, no booze, no dairy. Should be fun. I love the Whole30! Have you done it before? I have a trail race on the 7th and plan on over indulging that day, but this will be good...

demi

kande50 wrote: What I like best about this project is that it has inspired me to canter more, which has been fun.

Glad to hear that. I also find it motivational. Now i just need to get some video...

demi

The sun is out it's warmed up enuf to ride outside. Forward as one german coach used to yell at me! thanks Kande and MC for the ear.. enough moaning now. In 45 minutes I will have that happy certain feeling that yes it's exactly the right thing to do.. hard yes, but I had many years of ease. Some p...

demi

I should have read that article before my ride today, instead of waiting until I got home! Ha ha! If it's any consolation, I thoroughly read and studied the article and STILL had some problems. I had the one side better issue(left lead)at first, but then it switched to the right side being better. ...

demi

I am planning to start a whole30 on November 8th (birthday is the 6th and I have a half marathon on the 7th). No sugar, no grain, no booze, no dairy. Should be fun. I love the Whole30! Have you done it before? I have a trail race on the 7th and plan on over indulging that day, but this will be good...

demi

Ganas wrote:
Imperini wrote:Ooohh yes, great idea! As I sit here stuffing a cookie into my face

Hee. Only one cookie? I've been eating like it's my job all summer. Oops!

Cookies are a huge problem for me. Easy to eat, and so tasty...I need to get a grip!

demi

I'm in, too!! Fitness and healthy eating certainly improves my riding experience and I think it will be fun to do this with other riders. The hardest part of staying fit for me has always been diet and I welcome the challenge of improving my eating habits. I use a neat program on my tablet called My...

demi

Creaky...I just seem to be permanently broke :P . ... I guess just working on the part that PT was prescribed for? I really want to work on stuff over the winter so I can really RIDE next spring. Susan You really have a lot to deal with but you seem very systematic about it! I sure hope you are abl...

demi

Went out today with expectations to ride. Tacked up lunged at trot in the outdoor. Mildly off still. So lunged briefly both ways just to loosen him up as I think he's only walking in the field. No swelling at all and the wound is suddenly starting to bridge across the top where it's been most probl...

demi

drg wrote:Have you seen this article on counter canter?
http://www.usdf.org/EduDocs/Training/In ... 01_May.pdf

Here's the article.

demi

Really unsure of how I should be riding these canter loops! Hello Byrdie, have you read the article referenced by drg early in this thread? I was, and still am working on the balance in the shallow loop and found the article really helpful. The article, by Gerhard Pollitz, had a couple of diagrams ...

demi

That is just precious! I love your expression: "I shall now demonstrate piaffe."

demi

Wow, some impressive fitness here!! I agree! I am embarrassed to even mention my fitness endeavors. I can't even play the old lady card since Rooney is only one year younger than me and her routine makes me tired just thinking about it. I ride one horse 4 times a week and do all the farm chores mos...

demi

Hello Woost, nice to hear about you. I love your big old paint. We had a paint with a blue eye for 14 years. We loved him so much, we always thought of his blue eye as a jewel.

demi

Maybe Westi will chime in about how it feels to ride a big, big moving horse. Height (measured by the withers) is only part of the equation. Whether they are built uphill and how wide they are comes into play as well. I'm not that tall, although I look it. My horse is rump high. 17h at the rump and...

demi

Westi, what happened today when you went to visit Gali? Did you ride him? Was he sound? Rolled into the barn yard with the sunrise he was already out. Brought him in swelling was gone wrapped a couple of polos around his neck and down shoulder and underarm to hold the frozen plastic ice cube bags. ...

demi

I'll see what I can do. My problem is getting the SO to take the video. When he does, I know he is not wanting to be out there for long, so I put pressure on myself to have the ride look good. That always fails. Yup, that would always happen to me, too. Even when a friend offered, I always felt lik...

demi

So, reading through this, and thinking about my own experiences with CC, I do wonder whether we generally try to introduce it in the wrong order, and that it would be much more sensible to develop the balance and strength needed for the simple changes and some degree of collection first. This makes...

demi

Or Robbin (My name is Robbin

demi

She IS beautiful.

I vote for Ribbon. Or Gilda.

demi

sorry about Mercedes...she sounds like she was a good, good girl.

I remember a horse from the Pleasanton, CA area that was called the Divine Miss M. She was colored like your horse, too. It must have been 25 years ago. She was shown in dressage by a successful trainer who's name I can' remember.

demi

So some days are harder than others - but I need to keep on riding. :) It sounds like you're doing just that. I was born and raised in Michigan and I can't imagine riding in that bitter cold anymore. Even in snowpants! We used to wear snowmobile boots and our feet wouldn't fit in the stirrups! No I...

demi

oh yeah, Westi, I also like the picture where your on him in halt. You fit him well.
and, what's his name? I dont think i caught that anywhere, just that he's a G-line Hannoverian.

demi

Yes Demi, me too, I rarely posted on old board, but I found my comfort level here it seems :).. I'm glad you found your comfort level. I liked the picture you posted on this board where you're sitting on your horse, leaning over hugging him. He's a lucky boy.I know you have some tough weather condi...

demi

Westi and I gave info on our horses before the udbb shut down. I guess you didn't get to read them. You and your boy are beautiful! I did indeed miss the posts by both you and Westi. The board shut down a day earlier than I was expecting...Thanks for reposting. I love that you are keeping him going...

demi

:D Such nice reports, really. I think it's great that we are still riding. My closest friend is 69 and she rode up until she was 65. I struggle to not resent that she quit when she did. She was a barrel racer and it's understandable that she doesnt want to do that anymore, but she could still trail ...

demi

Y'all are a real inspiration! reading about your efforts encourages me to try harder. Thanks for the posts.

demi

I keep looking for some Senior riding posts, but find NONE....are we sleeping on the job like Chancellor's co-workers!?

demi

Rocky's CC work this morning was similar to Saturday's except that I started right off with trot on the shorter rein (She had been out on pasture for 2 hours already so didnt need a real warm-up). The half-halts I had gotten on Saturday with the shorter rein were just as good today. I didn't feel as...

demi

This past week I've finally gotten the canter back under my seatbones. For the longest time, Kiwi didn't let me in to adjust the canter much if at all. The contact felt brittle, as if any change I made in position or path of travel could shatter it in a million pieces. Not anymore! I was playing ar...

demi

Today's lesson focused on straightness, and adjustability at the canter. Putting together the pieces to make the second level work come together and build a foundation for changes. Physically and mentally quite stretching, working on that school canter to medium canter and back transition, on a cir...

demi

I was interested in the emotion thing, too, but didn't exactly read it as "emotional neutrality". She says: "be very careful to control your body language and emotions. Everything you do in the saddle should be entirely free of any expression of negative emotions. Never allow yourself...

demi

Yesterday was "lesson 3" of intro CC for Rocky. There were a couple of things that surprised me. First, she seemed a little "high energy".After the first 10 or so minutes of walking the shallow loop with bending and counter bending, I started to trot the loops and she reverted to...

demi

Kelo wrote:
demi wrote:I cant figure out how to work the quote function and i dont want to make a mistake with that particular function!

Demi, just click the little quote mark button in the upper right corner of whomever you want to quote.
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Ok. I think I've got it.
Nice cow pony, by the way. Is he your FEI horse?

demi

I can't give a critique but I can give a comment: very,very pretty pictures. Looks like music.

demi

About this board being a good training aid, the whole concept of UDBB training is still relatively new and still in the process of refining. I think of DDBB as just an updated version of original UDBB, and even the AOL chat group that it spun off from. We are in exciting times.

demi

PRACTICING THE QUOTE FUNCTION!!Please bear with me: I have a feeling that to keep with the title of the board, the training forum needs to be developed and become the most active of all the other forums (fora?!). I don't think we need to all be advanced riders (thank goodness) to contribute, we just...

demi

I cant figure out how to work the quote function and i dont want to make a mistake with that particular function!

Straightforward said she wished she had a video to confirm her lengthenings last night. I wish you did, too! they sounded nice!

demi

I forgot to add my own goals:
Get countercanter confirmed and then get a short video posted.

demi

Good luck on your competition tomorrow!!

demi

Laughing out loud...what a clown.

demi

Kande, ha ha on the enabler husband!! You said he doesnt mind how many horses you have and mine is the same way. This can be a big distraction because I ALWAYS want and look for new horses. The problem is that I only have enough time and energy to take care of the animals I already have. I vacillate...

demi

I am trying to follow some of the riders here. Because I tend to get sidetracked easily, I am sticking to those with simpler goals and only one (or two) horses. I hope some of you will start some threads on some of the specifics involve in reaching for your training related goals. Chisamba, I am gla...

demi

This thread is helpful. Thanks all who are contrbuting I didnt ride yesterday but in planning my ride for today i pulled out a few things from the article "introducing the CC" by Gerhard Pollitz (thanx for sharing it, DJR). Plus, I found Amado's post in the "Welcome and updates" ...

demi

Fatcat, I pm'd you and just assumed you'd have access to my email address from the pm...I am still learning about communicating on a BB.
I'll pm again and include email as your first comments on it sound interesting.

demi

Thanks Chenders, for the post on the 74 yr "old lady" (and I use that expression with love and respect!) and her 26 year old horse. Awsomazing! I saw your post in the "tell us about YOUthread" and loved the pic. You look so happy and your horse looks noble. That thread is my curr...

demi

just wanted to say that I did the same routine today as yesterday only adding some bending and counterbending at walk and trot, plus 5 shallow loops instead of one. Two good ones on the left rein, and one on the left rein where she broke to trot. Two on the right rein were good. They are a little &q...

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