Any horseriders doing T-Tapp???

**TrineDK** · 07-09-2006, 01:12 PM

I have been riding once or twice a week most of my life. I do not own a horse, though.
All these years of riding without proper stretching have made my inner thighs bulky, short and sore.
The Airplanes-execise feels fantastic! [8D] but Thread the Needle is so difficult (and nearly painful) for my poor rider-thighs that I really struggle with it. (I am improving though

)
Any other riders with inner-thigh-issues???
Or other riding-related problems?
Trine

**Tina71** · 07-09-2006, 03:20 PM

sk8rgrrl (Jen) rides horses. Maybe she will chime in here today!

Tina

"If you're holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you're wasting your time."

— Oprah Winfrey

**rphbbkat** · 07-09-2006, 04:04 PM

Sherry and Diane ride too. Maybe they'll see this today. Bobbi

**pww818** · 07-09-2006, 11:49 PM

Doesn't Teresa ride as well?

Pam

**annlovesshawn** · 07-09-2006, 11:56 PM

Do you ride English or Western?

**Tina71** · 07-10-2006, 01:04 AM

Yep, I had forgot about Teresa and Diane.

Tina

"If you're holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you're wasting your time."

— Oprah Winfrey

**TrineDK** · 07-10-2006, 04:53 AM

I ride English (Dressage). Here in Denmark Western-riding is only practiced by a minority of riders, though it is becoming more and more popular in all of Europe, and I know that there are a few big shows in Germany.

**neraddan** · 07-10-2006, 08:41 AM

I'm a rider too - dressage for basics and hoping to manage a Competitive Trail Ride or two this fall.

I have my two at home - Radly is an 18 year old Arabian and Pete is a 17 year old Miniature Horse.

I've definitely noticed a difference in my riding posture since starting T-Tapp. Also noticed that when I've had to take a few days off I'm not as unsteady when I start riding again. My only riding issue, that T-Tapp is helping with (oil wells and airplanes!), is a tight psoas muscle.

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Kate in Maine

16 inches GONE since mid-Jan 2006 (and 16 pounds)

**sk8rgrrl** · 07-10-2006, 12:09 PM

Hi! As Tina said, I'm a horse lover (and rider)... I do mostly english, but do break out the western gear every once in a while. I've got four here at home: a 19-year-old Arab, an 18-year-old 1/2 Tennessee Walker, a 14-year-old Arab, and an 11-year-old Oldenburg/TB/Appy mix. I do hunter/jumpers, though I don't get to jump much as of late. I am dabbling in dressage here and there as my youngest mare is really quite a good mover and I think she'd do well in it.

I notice a huge difference in my riding if I've been Tapping. It seems like I'm not as unsteady in the (english) saddle even if I haven't ridden in quite a while--and there is a big reduction in my lower-back fatigue. I've genetically got huge thighs, but I'm sure riding doesn't help. I am teased in my family for my "horse thighs". Hahaha.

Anyway, nice to meet you! Always love to meet other Tappers who ride--people who share two of my biggest interests!

HUGS!

--Jen

You're just jealous because the voices aren't talking to *you*!

**TrineDK** · 07-10-2006, 04:38 PM

Neraddan: I think it may have been you that made me buy the T-tapp-book! [:0]

(I'm a Booger-board-lurker [8)])
sk8rgrrl: Your horses sound lovely!
The only stretching I've done regularly after riding is on the horse while cooling off, and since I started T-Tapp my range of motion has increased unbelievably! I can hardly feel a stretch in the exercises where I "before-T-tapp" felt an almost painful stretch. The difference is enormous!

I hope my inner thighs will "give in" some day!