If you are tired of riding the endless circle, or you're struggling to find inspiration for your riding each week, this is the podcast for you. The Daily Strides Podcast is for equestrians wanting to learn more, stay inspired, and continue to move the conversation between horse and rider forward. Each episode provides step by step guided instruction on different aspects of riding, groundwork, and lunging your horse or pony. All episodes have a full blog post published at https://StridesForSu ...
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Inspiring You to Become Intentional in Your Riding & Training
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Are you happy with where you are right now in your riding journey? If you’ve been feeling a little stuck or ‘behind’ regarding progress for you and your horse, today is the day you can begin changing all of that; whether you make it to the yard right now, or not. The key to feeling better about yourself as an equestrian is to take action and actual…
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What Your OTTB Believes About Contact Right Now…
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Contact is something so many riders want to achieve when working with their horses. However, it’s always worthwhile remembering that your horse was not born knowing how to be ridden. This means that contact is something both of you must learn about and then refine through your work together. For many horses, the challenge is made even more difficul…
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Just like us, all horses are different. They all interact with the world in their unique way. Their reactions and their responses. What would happen if you tailored your interactions with your horse specifically so that your horse can best understand and follow along? If each 'horse conversation' was a special one? If you could tailor your aids to …
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Confidently Assessing Walk on a Different or New Horse
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Whether you've just purchased a new horse, or the opportunity to regularly ride a different horse, the first few rides can feel a little daunting. Especially if you are coming back to riding after a break or you're used to riding another horse. One of the best things you can do is to begin assessing where you are both at in terms of training and co…
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Getting Through Tough Times in Your Riding
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Deciding to work towards something specific in your riding is a good thing. And, usually, you will feel positive about that decision, and all the work involved to get there, initially. Until you realize you must 'do' the work - and the novelty starts to wear off a little! Riding, just like most things, will involve effort. Especially when you are w…
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Is Your Horse 'Herd Sour' or 'Buddy Bound'?
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Sign Up for the NEW & Free Groundwork Webinar HERE https://stridesforsuccess.com/webinar/ Horses are herd animals by nature. They will always choose to be with 'their herd' when they feel uncomfortable or worried about something. And this can become a big problem for riders. This is partially due to training and development requiring both horse and…
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Fancy taking a walk with me for 21 days and chat all things horse & riding related? If so, make sure you get signed up for the 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge The link is here:- https://equestrianfitnesschallenge.com/24 Finding your perfect new horse, for many riders, can also mean having to ride a lot of horses in order to find ‘the one’. It is …
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Feeling Tired 20 Minutes into a Ride? Here's What to Do...
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Join the all-new 100% free 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge HERE That feeling. When you had the best of intentions about what a ride was going to be like for you and your horse. Only to realise, 15 to 20 minutes into the ride, that you are 'beat'! Your legs are just not doing what you want them to do. Your head and shoulders feel like they weigh a…
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[REPLAY] Improving Your Effectiveness as a Rider
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Sign Up for the All New 2024 EQuestrian Fitness Challenge and take a walk with me for 21 days as you become a better version of yourself in the saddle HERE https://equestrianfitnesschallenge.com/24 How many hours do you devote to training your horse each week? Have you ever considered that you might just be the 'team member' that needs more work...…
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Sign up for the 100% Free All New 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge HERE Walk, yoga, and learning more about 'being' a rider as you join me on a 21-day journey... https://equestrianfitnesschallenge.com/24 What does the typical equestrian look like? Apparently not like a lot of the typical equestrians that I know! Let me explain; recently I asked ri…
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[REPLAY] The Direct Relationship Between Your Fitness and Your Riding
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Sign up for the all-new 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge HERE Walk with me for 21 days and watch how it transforms your riding! https://equestrianfitnesschallenge.com/24 Do you find yourself huffing and puffing after a couple of rounds of canter with your horse? Or perhaps you feel exhausted after only 20 minutes into a lesson? You find yourself w…
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A Groundpole Exercise for Riding in a Smaller Space
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Download Your Copy of the Groundpole Layout for This Episode HERE https://stridesforsuccess.com/1322-download It is easy to become ‘stuck’, both physically and mentally, when riding in a smaller space. As riders, we tend to ‘slow things down’ to the point where we lose forwardness. Forwardness, both physical and mental, is essential to riding anyth…
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Developing Independent Aids in Your Riding
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Sign up for the all new 100% free 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge... It's walking and yoga based (no workouts) and packed full of tips, ideas, concepts, and ways to improve your self as a rider https://stridesforsuccess.com/efc24 And share with a horsey friend... The more the merrier :) Ask any rider what they want to make happen when it comes to…
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Breaking the Habit of Poor Posture in Your Riding
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100% FREE 2024 Equestrian Fitness Challenge The Equestrian Fitness Challenge is BACK! And 2024's Challenge is both brand spanking new - and completely different! 21 Days of walking & yoga... Let's GO! Sign Up Today at https://stridesforsuccess.com/efc24 Whether you realize it or not, incorrect or bad posture is hurting your riding. And your horse's…
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Opening Up as a Rider - Practicing Expansion
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Make sure that you're on my newsletter list to get more on this topic and so, so much more for riders who are working the majority of the time alone with their horse... https://stridesforsuccess.com/newsletter Have you ever considered how different it could all be if you could open up more as a rider? Specifically around how, physically in the sadd…
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Join Daily Strides Premium TODAY and get all 4 exercises straight to your phone https://stridesforsuccess.com/dsp If there is one place where the ‘endless circle’ reigns supreme, it is in the small arena… Or any smaller space riders find themselves having to make use of for prolonged periods. In fact, this was the very reason I began the Daily Stri…
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Self Assessment and Your Riding – Your Comeback to Riding
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So you’re back in the saddle. It feels amazing and you love how each ride is jam-packed with learning new things and rediscovering little things you’d forgotten. However, once the initial excitement begins to wear off, you’ll probably start thinking about how to improve your skills. Self-assessment is a skill all riders can practice and improve. An…
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Your Riding Comeback - Creating Something You Love!
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In order to make your riding comeback a lasting one, you will have to begin spending more time in the saddle than you have been recently. It makes sense, right?! And yet, while clocking up those minutes and hours in the saddle each week can initially 'seem' to be a win... They are likely working against you and your horse in the long run. This is b…
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Your Comeback to Riding; The First 4 Rides...
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So you've committed to get back into regular riding again. And, you're taking it a step further this year by focusing on specific outcomes or goals to work towards in your riding and with your horse. But the 'goal' and the 'first ride back' are MILES apart! In fact, very often the comeback to riding can feel a little overwhelming for many riders. H…
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How to Make Horse Riding a Priority Again in Your Life
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If horse riding has fallen down the priorities ladder in your life, you may - like many riders - want to push it back up the list. You know, get it back up somewhere near the top so that you can really feel like it is truly something that defines 'you' again... Unfortunately, making horse riding a priority again can be one of those 'easier said tha…
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What is Stopping You From Riding More? Part 2
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So many riders 'say' they want to ride more. But making it happen is an entirely different matter altogether. Identifying why you are not riding more is key to overcoming this. And by 'identifying' I mean going deeper than those initial reasons or excuses that simply scratch the surface. This is Part 2 of exploring this topic for you and your ridin…
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What is Stopping You From Riding More? Part 1
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Now, if you answer this with 'because we're up to our eyeballs in snow'... Okay, fair enough! However, if you answer this with 'I don't know' or an answer that you, yourself, can quickly tear apart... This is for you! So many riders 'say' that they want to ride more. But the difference between the saying and the doing can be a big one. Which, when …
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Becoming Curious to Reigniting Passion and Progress in Your Riding
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What happens when the initial novelty of riding your horse begins to wear off? Like it or not, this will happen at some point. And when it does, one of the best ways to find a 'spark' again, is to become curious. For many riders, the initially satisfying 'comfort zone' ends up becoming the very thing that sets them off down a path of 'same old, sam…
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5 Simple Ways to Upgrade Your Riding Today
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What if things could be more simple for you to upgrade your riding? So, instead of practicing for hours and hours in the saddle, you could begin doing more simple things that would have an enormous ripple effect. Quick and easy things, so that you are not left feeling overwhelmed... All of these easy-to-implement tips can be done while you are busy…
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I want to begin by reminding you that you can start this process at any time throughout the year. The date is not important. Planning out the upcoming year in your riding will help you to get really clear on what you and your horse are working towards together. I also suggest taking the time to complete a review of the previous 12 months if this ap…
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