Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Episode 8 - Equestrian Rider fitness: how to start and what to focus on
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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