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TavistockToad wrote: »
You can ride the horses but you're not allowed to muck out?
Yes it's my own horses it's not some riding school
And as I said above then it's a place for professional riders and they have a timetable for when they muck out and everything0 -
Who has been rude?
I don't know if you read it all but some people have just been focussing on irrelevant things and not very helpful and there's also a lot of people who have said that I make excuses but it's hard for me to workout more than 4 hours a day and I'm really looking for exercises not getting to know that I need to get up at 3.30 am since I need to get good grades and also be well rested0 -
FredMikmik wrote: »
My horses are in a stable with few horses and the owner of the stable have been to the Olympics so he wants there to be a certain standard
There's a standard to mucking out a stable of a horse you own? Uhhh no. Sorry.0 -
Find time or stay weak. You've been given several good suggestions for quick body weight programs which you've chosen to ignore because you would rather argue.0
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Not sure why everyone is picking on you and being rude, but in any case. It's easy to fit in 10 minutes of exercises here and there. Get some little hand held weights, use them while you study. Jog to and from classes and your horses stuff. Get up 30 minutes earlier or stay up 30 minutes later to do some heavier / more involved exercises. Look for body weight exercises (there's lots) that don't require equipment. Why everyone is focusing on calling "shenanigans" about the horses when you already said English isn't your first language, I have no idea. That's not helpful at all to you and your question.0
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You own 2 horses, but ride 5 on the weekend, but don't do any grooming or mucking? No one "just rides" their horses. I am sorry, but with so many inconsistencies I call shenanigans.
Very rich people just ride their horses. I used to work at barns where most of the owners probably couldn't even pick a good.
I knew a girl who rode at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in New York and riders there stayed in the heated lounge next to the arena until their fully tacked and, often already warmed up, horses were brought in for them. As soon as their ride was over, the horses were handed over to the grooms to be cooled down and untacked. Show days were the same way.
Hard to imagine, but lots of people grow up that way.
OP, volunteer to clean a stall, I guarantee the grooms won't tell you you don't have the right degree.
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FredMikmik wrote: »
I don't know if you read it all but some people have just been focussing on irrelevant things and not very helpful and there's also a lot of people who have said that I make excuses but it's hard for me to workout more than 4 hours a day and I'm really looking for exercises not getting to know that I need to get up at 3.30 am since I need to get good grades and also be well rested
Holy cow....what a teenager
Look, it's your problem...you've been given solutions, use some of them ...or don't
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Stargrace2 wrote: »Not sure why everyone is picking on you and being rude, but in any case. It's easy to fit in 10 minutes of exercises here and there. Get some little hand held weights, use them while you study. Jog to and from classes and your horses stuff. Get up 30 minutes earlier or stay up 30 minutes later to do some heavier / more involved exercises. Look for body weight exercises (there's lots) that don't require equipment. Why everyone is focusing on calling "shenanigans" about the horses when you already said English isn't your first language, I have no idea. That's not helpful at all to you and your question.
No one was being rude. Suggestions were given and OP would rather make excuses. :noway:0 -
Holy cow....what a teenager
Look, it's your problem...you've been given solutions, use some of them ...or don't
I'm out
There has also been people who have suggested some good things I weren't talking about you. I know at my problem and that's why I'm trying to fix it but people shouldn't say that I make excuses I'm just telling you my problem because I don't know how to solve it some people help me with giving me some exercise tips which I'm grateful for
But that first sentence you wrote was unnecessary I don't know why people in here needs to write sentences that doesn't help anyone.
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Stargrace2 wrote: »Not sure why everyone is picking on you and being rude, but in any case. It's easy to fit in 10 minutes of exercises here and there. Get some little hand held weights, use them while you study. Jog to and from classes and your horses stuff. Get up 30 minutes earlier or stay up 30 minutes later to do some heavier / more involved exercises. Look for body weight exercises (there's lots) that don't require equipment. Why everyone is focusing on calling "shenanigans" about the horses when you already said English isn't your first language, I have no idea. That's not helpful at all to you and your question.
Thank you and I don't know either it's a bit sad and frustrating
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FredMikmik wrote: »
There has also been people who have suggested some good things I weren't talking about you. I know at my problem and that's why I'm trying to fix it but people shouldn't say that I make excuses I'm just telling you my problem because I don't know how to solve it some people help me with giving me some exercise tips which I'm grateful for
But that first sentence you wrote was unnecessary I don't know why people in here needs to write sentences that doesn't help anyone.
It's the internet, it's how it goes. But, in the amount of time you've spent responding to people and arguing, you could have done some decent body weight exercises. Hell, I've been on the elliptical.0 -
Am I the only one with the suspicion someone might be a tad younger than they claim?0
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Not to make excuses for the OP, but I used to work on a horse farm that was owned by an Olympian and I was not 'qualified' to muck, groom, tack or turnout any of the Olympic caliber horses. The rest of the farm (boarder and school horses) was fair game.
But anyway, OP: get up earlier than you normally do and work out.0 -
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Look, OP, if you are training with an Olympic level athlete and getting injured regularly while riding, you need to sit down with your trainer and figure out a new training schedule. Riding is a low impact sport until you fall off and weight training is not going to help you if you hit the ground hard. Decrease the amount of riding you're doing until you get fixed up. I'm sure your coach has recommendations for the kind of conditioning to you should do.0
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Look, OP, if you are training with an Olympic level athlete and getting injured regularly while riding, you need to sit down with your trainer and figure out a new training schedule. Riding is a low impact sport until you fall off and weight training is not going to help you if you hit the ground hard. Decrease the amount of riding you're doing until you get fixed up. I'm sure your coach has recommendations for the kind of conditioning to you should do.
Thank you I feel like I might need to get it checked0 -
Great point. The OP could have gotten a great workout in since thus thread started? OP, why didn't you do that?
Could I get to know why you think that?0 -
Here's an article in the NY Times describing a 7-minute body-weight workout.
It also links to the article/research from the American College of Sports Medicine, saying the same things, so this isn't just some blogger making things up.
Do this as a break once an hour when you're studying, or at lunch, etc.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/0 -
Here's an article in the NY Times describing a 7-minute body-weight workout.
It also links to the article/research from the American College of Sports Medicine, saying the same things, so this isn't just some blogger making things up.
Do this as a break once an hour when you're studying, or at lunch, etc.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/
Thank you
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FredMikmik wrote: »
Could I get to know why you think that?
Everything about you screams young teenager, from your attitude to your excuses. Don't worry that's not a bad thing, but a place like MFP is designed for adults and if you were interested in the weight loss part then you'd be better at sparkteens
There's an attitude adjustment that comes, for most people not all, with maturity. You haven't displayed that. You remind me of my just turned 14 year old.0 -
Have you tried HIIT or Tabata style exercises. Basically it is high intensity cardio based over low times. For example: Tabata has you do 20 seconds hard work 10 seconds rest for 4 minutes. I will tell you that even a jumping jack feels like torture by the last round of this. However, the calorie burns are great and you can get good results in small sessions. HIIT is similar and Youtube has tons of great workouts you could try. If it only takes 10 to 20 minutes to get your heart pumping I think just about anyone could find the time.0
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Wow this thread got emotional!
Okay, something no one mentioned that struck me right away, because my daughter is 18, and I still remember what is like to be at that age... At 18 one is still going through puberty. Their bodies are going through rapid growth and development..A *lot* of the bodies energy is going towards this and they actually do need sleep. Teenagers are not exactly like adults in this regard, who can function on 4 or 5 hours of sleep...they are still developing. The only phase of life that requires more sleep are infants and toddlers..for the same reason.
That being said...most teenage boys are all lanky and weak looking, unless they are involved in a school sport, which isnt during class hours....at least around here, they are all extracurricular, and after school....which is when hes riding horses.
Just because he is weak now, doesnt mean he will have to be forever if he doesnt find the time right now to do something about it. He's still growing into his body. Can't bash him for that...
For health and development reasons...as a mom!! I would not accept my daughter slacking off on homework time, or skipping on sleep to do something else instead because that seriously affects her ability to function and education. No messing with that and I would not accept that as a solution. School and being able to stay awake, and function is important.
Instead, the only thing really is to wait it out until after hs, which is soon enough here, only a few months to go...or make fitness a priority over the horses. I know *nothing* about horses or keeping them in Olympic stables, so I cant comment on that..others with knowledge have chimed in to say what hes saying about it is legit. It seems riding horses and that being a part of your life is important. So just ride it out until graduation, your time will free up and then you'll be able to work focusing on fitness into your schedule.0 -
Everything about you screams young teenager, from your attitude to your excuses. Don't worry that's not a bad thing, but a place like MFP is designed for adults and if you were interested in the weight loss part then you'd be better at sparkteens
There's an attitude adjustment that comes, for most people not all, with maturity. You haven't displayed that. You remind me of my just turned 14 year old.
I'm sorry maybe it's the language. I don't get the thing about excuses. I don't have a lot of time max. 1 hour. I ride my horses and i saddle them up but that's what I'm aloud to. There are two people who work up in my stable who ride some of the very expensive horses, they are also responsible for the rest of the horses and they muck out, I'm not alout to muck out because it could disturb some of the other riders and they have special machines to do it. They have a machine that can take the *kitten* out, and they don't walk around with hay they have machines for that too so i can't. I don't know about my atitude it would be nice if you could explain please? And what do you mean with adults is it 18+ because then i can be here but if it's 30+ then maybe i shouldn't be here.0 -
Have you tried HIIT or Tabata style exercises. Basically it is high intensity cardio based over low times. For example: Tabata has you do 20 seconds hard work 10 seconds rest for 4 minutes. I will tell you that even a jumping jack feels like torture by the last round of this. However, the calorie burns are great and you can get good results in small sessions. HIIT is similar and Youtube has tons of great workouts you could try. If it only takes 10 to 20 minutes to get your heart pumping I think just about anyone could find the time.
Thank you
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Yup.
And again OP, why didn't you take all this time you are responding to this thread and go work out instead.
Would like to but im at a family birthday 0 -
[/quote] You can ride the horses but you're not allowed to muck out? [/quote]
Agreed. Anybody can muck out stalls and it's a good workout when you're running wheelbarrows, pulling down hay and straw bales. What kind of "education" do you need for that kind of work? I'm lost.
When I rode horses (English) it was a solid workout. You should have strong thighs, calfs and glutes if you're doing it regularly. Plus your upper body and core get a nice workout if you've got good form. How in the world could you be weak from all that?
There are lots of things you can do in short sessions if time is crunched--hand weights/kettle bell, climb up and down on a step, 10 minute power walk or jog, yoga, floor exercises, dance.
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