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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