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Is Fear holding your reins?
Courage is to never let your actions be influenced by your fear. - Arthur Koestler FEAR is GOOD. Fear is designed to keep up safe. It's the voice that tells you to wait till the bus passes prior to stepping onto the road, or to not put your hand into the fire....
Why going to the gym may not be beneficial
To fully benefit the horse-rider team, rider fitness is just as important as horse fitness. However, for many people, the word fitness brings up connotations of pumping iron in the gym surrounded by buff bodies or lycra clad aerobics classes – a far cry from saddles...
Benefits of Good Posture
Great riding posture doesn’t just happen whilst we are riding…. Great riding posture is developed and dictated by what you do during each day. For instance, if you tend to slump over a computer for work, then your chest muscles will tighten, and your upper back...
Stretch to Improve Leg Position
How Stable is Your Pelvis?
Find Your Neutral Pelvis
Hormones and Horse Riding
Thanks to todays increased longevity, women are now living approximately 1/3 of their lives post-menopausal. This suggests that most women live 1/3 of their lives with little or no oestrogen or progesterone in their bodies. Now if you’re a younger female, I’d...
Beginnings
Hello and welcome to Strong Stable Seat. I’m Mel Macaulay, a mad horse lover and founder of SSS. I honestly can’t remember a time when I didn’t love horses, I’ve always felt a special affinity with them even though my parents were un-horsey. I used to use Mum's...
