NEW: make your training schedule

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Making your training schedule can be hard: how much should you train, what rides to do, what about tapering, rest and other things you need to consider to compete your horse happy and healthy? Groen Equestrian can help. We have a lovely package to help you:3 recorded webinars and 2 30 minute face2face zoom sessions to give you the th...

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Avoiding elimination at (major) rides

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This webinar focuses on how to avoid elimination. Because although we often like to contribute elimination at rides to bad luck, more often than not it is something that could have been avoided.
In this webinar, I will try to make you aware of the factors that can contribute to elimination, so you can work on avoiding those. Both in training AND during your actual ride.

It is quite a long webinar with loads of information. It is in2 parts because of a little blib in my wifi connection but that will give you a nice break as well (though the 2nd part is the longer one!)

My audience in this webinar was mostly novice or a little more experienced, but I feel this is a webinar that would really benefit those that are looking to up their game in distance and/or speed or in technical challenges.

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CIE4 Riding in training and riding at the competitive ride

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You would think that you would ride the same as you so in training as you would when competing and this can be the case, but it needn't be. Especially for longer distances that have more challenges you would want to make sure you keep your horse with enough energy to finish the ride safely. In our training we should primarily focus on stamina train...

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2022: The story of Asphodele Larzac

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What a year. What a horse!A total of 8 rides ( 9 ride days) and 460 km (the most she's ever done), nearly 9000m (!!) elevation including the Golden Horseshoe 80 km and Red Dragon 80 km! In 2022 I have solely focused on competing Asphodele Larzac, my small (but huge ) amber champagne part bred Arab mare. So why is she both small ...

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Don't dive before you can swim...

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I was reminded of this phrase in a chat with an endurance friend recently, don't dive before you can swim, or perhaps in horse riding terms: Don't gallop before you can walk.  Some might want that 100 miler, some might want "that special ride" and some want to win the biggest races.  Big goals are amazing, but often there i...

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TTAT7 Am I training too much, or not enough

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How you train, and whether you are doing too much or not enough will be different per horse and also for your goal… A cob training for a 40k in hills can find the work as hard as an Arab that is working to a 120k at high speed. How they train is different (or should be different).  But all need to work via the same principle: prepare...

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TTAT7 - Am I training too much, or not enough

TTAT7 - Am I training too much, or not enough

How you train, and whether you are doing too much or not enough will be different per horse and also for your goal… A cob training for a 40k in hills can find the work as hard as an Arab that is working to a 120k at high speed. How they train is different (or should be different).  But all need to work via the same principle: prepare...

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TTAT6 How do I know my horse is fit enough for my goal

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So how do you know your horse is fit enough for the goal you have set? I'm afraid you'll never know for sure until you try… But I will show you some indicators about how to have a pretty good idea of how you are doing and what to check in this tutorial. You can never pre-empt everything that will come your way on a ride. But if you train well (usin...

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TTAT6 - How do I know my horse is fit enough for my goal

TTAT6 - How do I know my horse is fit enough for my goal

So how do you know your horse is fit enough for the goal you have set? I'm afraid you'll never know for sure until you try… But I will show you some indicators about how to have a pretty good idea of how you are doing and what to check in this tutorial. You can never pre-empt everything that will come your way on a ride. But if you train well (usin...

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TTAT4 - Turning the schedule in to day to day work

TTAT4 - Turning the schedule in to day to day work

So now we know how to make the training schedule we can finally get started with training! But how does the schedule actually work on a weekly base? When do we train, when do we rest, and is there anything in between? I'll explain about all in this 4th tutorial. Because it is super important to realise not all your riding needs to be...

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TTAT4 Turning the schedule in to day to day work

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So now we know how to make the training schedule we can finally get started with training! But how does the schedule actually work on a weekly base? When do we train, when do we rest, and is there anything in between? I'll explain about all in this 4th tutorial. Because it is super important to realise not all your riding needs to be...

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TTAT3 Making a training schedule

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How to make the training schedule: Once we have done all our preparations we can start working on the training schedule that brings is to our goal. In series 3we have talked about all the theory for training, but we will quickly look back at the phases of the season, the stimuli to use and how to increase the overall intensity bit by bit ...

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TTAT3 - Making a training schedule

TTAT3 - Making a training schedule

How to make the training schedule: Once we have done all our preparations we can start working on the training schedule that brings is to our goal. In series 3we have talked about all the theory for training, but we will quickly look back at the phases of the season, the stimuli to use and how to increase the overall intensity bit by bit ...

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TTAT2 Know your weakest link!

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You can have the best training schedule in the world, but things can still go wrong if we do not take into account any weak links we might have in our horse. This is why we start the "Endurance: Step by Step" endurance coaching course with evaluations and assessments, to have an idea of what we need to be careful of, and what we need to i...

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TTAT2 - Know your weakest link!

TTAT2 - Know your weakest link!

You can have the best training schedule in the world, but things can still go wrong if we do not take into account any weak links we might have in our horse. This is why we start the "Endurance: Step by Step" endurance coaching course with evaluations and assessments, to have an idea of what we need to be careful of, and what we need to i...

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TTAT1 Planning, stepping stones and goals

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This is the first tutorial of series 4 where we talk about  "Turning theory into actual training". Perhaps you have seen the quote I have used as promotion a couple of times: Be careful if you don't know where you are going, you might not get there! So true! Before we start training we have to plan, know what we have to look out for ...

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TTAT1 - Planning, stepping stones and goals

TTAT1 - Planning, stepping stones and goals

jThis is the first tutorial of series 4 where we talk about  "Turning theory into actual training". Perhaps you have seen the quote I have used as promotion a couple of times: Be careful if you don't know where you are going, you might not get there! So true! Before we start training we have to plan, know what we have to look out for...

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TPFE8 Tapering

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You might have heard the term tapering, perhaps in other sports, or by other endurance riders. In this tutorial, I will explain what tapering is, the effect it has on your horse's fitness and when and how to use it correctly. Tapering is still a bit of a mystery in itself within sports physiology because it is not quite known how it works and how t...

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TPFE8 - Tapering

TPFE8 - Tapering

You might have heard the term tapering, perhaps in other sports, or by other endurance riders. In this tutorial, I will explain what tapering is, the effect it has on your horse's fitness and when and how to use it correctly. Tapering is still a bit of a mystery in itself within sports physiology because it is not quite known how it works and how t...

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TPFE6 Combining different stimuli

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Most of the time we are using one stimuli (or I should really say: change one stimuli), but there are reasons to combine more than one, ideally not within one ride, but in consecutive workouts. Sometimes you have to because it is part of your particular situation, but if you are in that situation it is vital to understand that your worklo...

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