What Is The Equine Workout? A guide to physical training for horses

The goal of every horse owner is to provide all physical motion that´s needed for horses to stay healthy. 

But with a horse who is unsecure and maybe stressed on riding tours, it can be hard to train your horses muscles, balance and proprioception so you can be sure your horse will stay healthy it´s whole live. 

Oftentimes, it just comes down to that the possibilty for movement is not as given as it should.. 

Maybe you’ve been trying to take your horse on walks and wondering if your horse ever will be able to calm down while being away from the stable.

It can make you feel frustrated. 

Today, you’re in luck! We are going to share a system that will help you get your horse in motion, help him to calm down, and work together with you without being stressed. 

We'll cover the process, how it works and how you can get started.

Keep reading for more details.

What is The Equine Workout?

It´s a daily workout:

Horses that are pastured and free to move around most of the day benefit from a 15 to 20-minute workout each day. Stabled horses require at least 30 minutes of exercise daily, and more is even better.

Why Is The Equine Workout So Important?

Daily exercise is essential for the over-all health of your horse. A daily workout benefits your horse in the following ways:

1. Increases stamina and endurance
2. Improves functioning of heart and lungs
3. Tones and improves functioning of muscles, tendons and ligaments
4. Facilitates and maintains proper bone and hoof development
5. Aids motility of the digestive tract
6. Increases clearance of secretions from lungs
7. Improves the immune system
8. Increases resistance to disease
9. Helps prevent behavioral problems associated with confinement
10. Keeps your horse mentally alert resulting in quicker reflexes and better coordination

 Planning a workout: watch here

Many people don’t have the time or opportunity to do a classic workout, with warming ups, training while riding and cool downs.

By implementing the exercises of The Equine Workout, you’ll be able to save time and reduce stress in your daily training. 

This way you will get a calm horse, well muscled and motivated to train.

 Also, The Equine Workout gives you the ability to train your horses proprioception at home and in less than 15 minutes.  

 That means you won’t have to sit up, spend hours and hours on training your horse the old way.

The Equine Workout - examples

If this concept sounds confusing, I get it.

This training without adding the riders weight sounds simple until you try to do it..

We put together the examples below so you get motivated to start workouts.

Example #1. 

This is Caroline and Morris, training "The Plank".

Although this may seem they are training the “old” way (the horse works to avoid pressure), it’s actually the exact opposite. Morris is doing his exercises to get reinforcers.

Plus Morris knows the exercise well and is nearly training proprioception on his own.. 

Example #2.

Hanna and Chiron on a wobbling platform.

The more often you can spent time on this easy exercises, the faster you will see results like improved balans, agility and strength.

Tips for Success

Here are a few tips to help you maximize your results with The Equine Workout.

The beginning,

To achieve the best workout results, you have to train short exercises often. 

When you are able to break down the exercises in small achievable steps, you get positive results from the beginning. 

The exercises train the horses body from the first moment, even the smallest step is already valuable.

For example:

When your horse is starting to set his hooves on a platform it is training it´s balance and proprioception during the firsts attempts.

For even better results, make sure your horse is getting enough reinforcers and enjoying every minut of your training.

 To get started:

• grab a bag of desirable reinforcers (that may be part of your horses daily food)
• be sure to reinforce the slightest trials
• make sure your horse is calm and motivated
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Finally, 

Nowadays, people prefer to train their horses fitness without the impact of a riders weight. there are a lot of options to train your horses inner core, such as parcour obstacles, seesaws, car tires and madrasses.. 

If you want to your horse to be well muscled and balanced, you can’t overlook this crucial training. 

There is no way to get the same results with traditional training, we train the inner strength without risking injuries.

And if the idea of training workouts with your horse makes you feell nervous, consider this: 

a well trained horse has a better balance and this will help him to carry you as his rider in a much more secure way.

That means if you don’t start workouts, your horses physics will remain the same.

One thing you can do immediately is to sign up in advance to get our book "The Equine Workout" to get an early bird discount, too (25% off). 

We will launch the book in september 2024 and you will get one of the first copies.

Sign up here:
The Equine Workout book

Start Your First Workout Today!

I hope this guide on proprioceptionstraining has been helpful.  If you take anything away from this guide, remember that short training often is better than one long session. 

The best way to train is to start with easy obstacles such as slim madrasses, that way you can set your horse and yourself up for success.

Remember, even the first trials are valuable training.

So, what do you say? Are you ready to give it a go?