The Core Muscle and How To use it Riding a Horse

the core muscle and how to use it in the saddle has become a very popular term and I'm sure you already heard it when your instructor says use more core use more core well if you don't know how to engage the core you don't know how to use the core if you're not using your core then your core will not be strong if you don't know how to engage it on demand then you're not going to be able to use it on demand in the saddle when the horse starts to increase the paces and you need more stability through your spine now the other misinformation that I am seeing is or hearing is people making comments along facebook on different things saying I use my core to get the horse to canter well it's how would you use your core because the core is not a muscle that we you will use for the aid it's a muscle that you will use to set up the aid so if you're looking at a sequence of muscle activity your core is not going to get your horse to canter but if you use your core to stabilize your spine and then use your seat and your legs and your hand to apply the canter aid then yes you are using your core now the other Miskin information I'm seeing or hearing is that people say they don't need their lower legs well in my opinion they're totally wrong you cannot ride without your lower leg yes the amount that you apply certainly is different on different people and different horses and the skill of plying different amount is certainly a trained skill in the rider and that comes back to what the rider feels and the application of the pressure through the legs in combination with the seat you cannot use your seat without your legs because the seat needs an anchor now just coming up just showing you some information about the core muscle it's called transverse abdominal and it's called transverse abdominal because it's the deepest muscle layer and it runs verse Li now when it contracts what it does do is it I'll show you this close-up what it does do is it runs around the spine so it runs from the back here to the front so from the front part of the spine which is here you can see that the muscle only acts on the spine and the ribs and the top of the pelvis so it does not move any part of their body what it does do is hold the spine now if the core muscle is not able to hold the spine what happens when we add in these pelvic movements which are movements and we do use these four aids what happens is the spine will get a wobble up so instead of being able to apply a pelvic tilt for your your transitions what happens is the whole spine will Bend and then the back will collapse and it becomes very jelly-like so the action of the core muscle is to stabilize the spine so that the movement of the pelvis under control of different muscles in different positions and in different movements can happen if you want to apply an open hand or look with your head your eyes or move your arms if you're not stable here what happens is the body follows the arm and you've seen it all the time people follow their hand or they follow their feet so the action of the core muscle solely is to hold the spine still while other muscles move the body you must understand that in your exercise and you must understand how to be able to do that to be effective with your riding so if you want more information on the core and you know how to apply these correct movement patterns certainly give me a contact me through the various contexts I've given you I hope that's been helpful

Channel: Annette Willson

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Keywords: core muscle function, how to use your core muscle, how to strength your core, how to use your core horse riding

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Length: 4min 39sec (279 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 25 2019