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Do other women on the same riding circuit as Charlotte weight train?
Do other women on the same riding circuit as Charlotte weight train?
Do other women on the same riding circuit as Charlotte weight train?
I don't know of any rider who weight trains, male or female. You don't need arm strengh or big muscles to ride horses.
Look at how skinny Pénélope Leprevost is (and she's won the Vienna 5* GCT leg). Michel Robert, as far as I know, practices yoga, quite the oposite exercise of weight lifting.
Well i know nothing about horse riding but, looking at Charlotte's photos seating on her horses, i always get the feeling that she rides horses that are not fitted for her height... as if the horses she rides were to big for her. I say this because looking at the photos i always get the feeling that her legs are open too widely across the horse, as if her legs couldn't embrace the horse propperly. Of course, i can be wrong. In a competition level horses must perhaps have standard heights... Could anyone please enlighten me?
In a competition level horses must perhaps have standard heights... Could anyone please enlighten me?
I agree.AS long as Charlotte rides carefully so as not to fall ok...... I think she might want to quit at some point.
Size of the horse is not even discussed. One of the most successful Grand Prix horses we had in the barn was the tiny (14.3) Nick of Diamonds who won Grand Prix after Grand Prix. He jumped 5'11" in the 6 bar at Spruce Meadows. When he came to the jumps, all you could see coming towards you was the tips of his ears. Unfortunately the might Nick died tragically young atfer falling in a drainage ditch and fracturing his skull after getting loose while being longed. On the other end of the spectrum is the present star of our barn Carissimo, who is 18.0+.Well i know nothing about horse riding but, looking at Charlotte's photos seating on her horses, i always get the feeling that she rides horses that are not fitted for her height... as if the horses she rides were to big for her. I say this because looking at the photos i always get the feeling that her legs are open too widely across the horse, as if her legs couldn't embrace the horse propperly. Of course, i can be wrong. In a competition level horses must perhaps have standard heights... Could anyone please enlighten me?