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Feel like You’re Losing the Battle? Being Aware is Your Best Weapon

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Looking to lose weight? I found an interesting free online resource for calorie counting recently. I am not a fan of calorie counting, and it’s not a primary strategy I use when helping people to reach a healthier weight (contact me about online coaching if you are looking for help: my wellness coaching info , […]

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 hsansom Healthy Living, Motivation, WeightLeave a comment

Be Everything You CAN Be

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When I was looking through quotes and testimonials clients have given me permission to use for the new Clients Say section on my website, I was struck by something that always encourages me when I think about it: Riders who are successfully learning, growing and reaching goals come in all shapes, sizes, ages and abilities. […]

March 3, 2016 hsansom Motivation, Rider ExercisesLeave a comment

Call for Inspiring Stories: Connect on Equifitt.com Facebook

Tell us about how you have overcome an obstacle to make part of your riding or horse related dreams a reality! Equifitt is all about helping YOU tap deeper into your potential to be the best version of yourself- as a rider and as a person- that you can be. Join us on Equifitt.com Facebook […]

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 hsansom MotivationLeave a comment

Help for Hips: Tips for Riders to Increase Hip Mobility and Improve Leg Aids

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Lately I seem to be on a theme of fitness for older riders. Most of the exercises I recommend for ‘mature’ riders, are also great for everyone else, especially those of you who do not have time to hit a gym regularly, are recovering from injury, or do not consider yourself highly athletic. The reason […]

December 13, 2015 hsansom Rider ExercisesLeave a comment

Improving Your Balance: A Foundation of Fitness Especially for Older Riders

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This article is an excerpt from my book Gentle Workout for Mature riders.  The book is a progressive series of workouts designed to help riders with older bodies, injury or less recent athleticism get fitter from the ground up. The foundation of the rider fitness training scale that I have written about before for Dressage […]

November 27, 2015 hsansom Rider ExercisesLeave a comment

Dare to Be Different: Advocate for Healthy Kids

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Spotting a great article by Active for Life recently triggered reflection on some strong themes that have been coming out of the sport and recreation conferences I’ve been to recently.  The article was about suggestions on how to get a young baby trained early in active lifestyle.  (Click to read) What I’ve realised, is that […]

November 21, 2015November 21, 2015 hsansom Healthy LivingLeave a comment

Plan Your Success: Goal Setting for Busy Riders

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Recently I was asked to do a talk on goal setting for a running group. Runners and riders have a lot in common: almost fanatical dedication, and really busy schedules. You probably have an idea of where you’d like your riding to go or what you’d like to achieve. Yet, there is a difference between […]

November 1, 2015November 21, 2015 hsansom MotivationLeave a comment

Strengthen Your Shoulders to Avoid Injury

This tip comes from today’s exercise for the Equifitt pre-Halloween 18-day Fitness Challenge. If you aren’t following us on Facebook already, log in and ‘like’ Equifitt.com to join in the Challenge at any point. October exercise: an ‘Arnold’ press. This one’s named after Schwartzenegger, but you won’t builk up from it unless you are a […]

October 14, 2015 hsansom Rider ExercisesLeave a comment

Get Bionic Legs- And Better Riding with Walking Lunges

Since the topic of hip area muscles was so popular (psoas, gluteals), I thought I’d share one of my favourite quick cures for weak backside muscles: the 30, 3, 3 challenge. Warning: it will hurt at first. Benefit: bionic legs and a backside that can support you for hours of riding. It’s really simple: do […]

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 hsansom Rider Exercises

Free Activity is More Linked to Healthy Lifestyle than Organized Sport

I wanted to share an article I found recently. What I like about this article is the double message. Children do need to be more physically active (we all do), but the emphasis is that all the responsibility does not lie on parents or the individual. The community and community infrastructure need to facilitate physical […]

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 hsansom Healthy Living

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