You my brown eyed girl ([info]ohpoodle) wrote,
@ 2007-02-25 23:53:00
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So, as I showed Emma to my friend Kelsey, she goes, "With a name like Emma, you'd think she'd be little and cute, but man, is she a beast!" Yep. A monstrous beast.

Also, watching the video. My lower leg has gone to hell from my reining riding. It's not god awful, but it certainly could be more under my hip. Any good tips at getting it back where it should be? I don't even think about it really when I ride, not to mention Emma's not exactly an eq concentrating ride at the moment. Does bringing your stirrups up help any? I rode at a really nice trainer who rolled my stirrups and at the next show, everyone was like "OMG you're riding good." I dunno. Tips tips tips?

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[info]vtgypsy
2007-02-26 04:58 am UTC (link)
Maybe doing some no stirrups work? I'm not really the one to get advice from, though. I just tend to chime in and act like I know what I'm talking about. *teehee*

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[info]ohpoodle
2007-02-26 05:07 am UTC (link)
Hmm. I wonder if it will help get my leg back though. Doing no stirrups posting work always puts me into a cardio mood, aka do it at any means and it will produce benefit, because I hate it LOL.

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[info]vtgypsy
2007-02-26 05:15 am UTC (link)
Someone gave me advice to tie the stirrups to the girth. Never tried it. Haven't had the chance to ride recently. Maybe that'll work?

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[info]ohpoodle
2007-02-26 05:19 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I heard that too. I kind of want to see a picture, as i'm not sure how one would do that.

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[info]vtgypsy
2007-02-26 05:21 am UTC (link)
Baling twine and duct tape? haha

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[info]ohpoodle
2007-02-26 05:23 am UTC (link)
Do you just tie the one side of the stirrup, and then tie the string to the girth? Is that the general idea? LOL. I'll probably die doing this.

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[info]vtgypsy
2007-02-26 05:26 am UTC (link)
I have no clue. Knowing my luck, Linus would spook at something stupid, and I'd have yet another wonderful crash.

Seems like every time I fall off, I take something out as I fly though the air.

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[info]anabug
2007-02-26 03:15 pm UTC (link)
My leg was too far forward recently and putting the stirrups up one hole really helped. Also I just concentrated on keeping my leg under me - your muscles eventually relearn correctly. Now I don't even think about it - the new thing I'm working on is keeping my toe pointed forward instead of out.

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[info]horsearcher
2007-02-26 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Bringing the stirrups up made everything worse for me. (I do hunt seat, but keep them at a dressage length.) When I fall into that habit, the only thing that seems to work is if my instructor calls me on it every time it happens. Annoying, yes, but it worked. :)

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[info]in10sity
2007-02-27 02:39 am UTC (link)
I definately have reiner leg position and my new lesson instructor is English-ish so she constantly wants it back (I'm also in a reining western saddle that doesn't help) but two things that helped me are 1) riding without stirrups 2) making sure that I'm sitting in the very middle of the saddle with the pelvis kinda tucked. I have a tendancy to want to slide back in the saddle and it brings my legs forward every time.

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