Confession: I haven’t ridden either horse all week. I have been feeling super tired in the mornings and couldn’t force myself out of my cozy bed at 5:00 AM to brave the cold temperatures at the barn. It’s supposed to be warm (60s!) and sunny this weekend, so y’all know I’m going to go hack The G after we run some wedding-related errands!
Here’s what’s on my radar this week.
ONE The Athletic Rider Fit Club
If you’re a Horse Nation reader, you’ve probably read one of Leah Hinnefeld’s Athletic Rider posts. They’re full of helpful tips about fitness that are especially relevant to equestrians. Leah also runs a Facebook group, The Athletic Rider Fit Club. I joined a couple of months ago, but I’ve been involved this month. It’s a great group: there are very short daily workouts posted, everyone’s supportive and encouraging, and it’s full of great resources on exercise, nutrition, and general health. I use it as a sort of online accountability group. Bonus: No one’s trying to sell you anything, and I have yet to see a judgmental, bitchy comment.
Locally, my options for yoga are pretty limited. I can go to the local rec center for a 5:30 AM class. (That’s a good joke!) Or I can drive half an hour to a class in Tulsa. Neither of those is great, but I’d like to start doing some basic yoga once or twice a week to increase my strength and flexibility. (And calm my mind.) My former go-to was Yoga Zone, which was previously available on Hulu. It’s no longer online, so I’ve been searching for a new video series. I really like Yoga With Adriene. I’ve been doing the 30 Days of Yoga series, which is fine for a yoga newb like me. Adriene moves at a beginner’s pace, takes time to explain what she’s doing, offers modifications, and encourages you to do what’s comfortable. Am I breathing correctly? Probably not, but I’ve enjoyed the focus and the stretching.
THREE Kerrits Spring/Summer Collection
Somewhat unrelated, but I just saw that Kerrits has a soft shell coat in my size that is reasonable! That's fun… might need to try one out 🙂
You SHOULD! Our Kerrits rep brought that coat with her when she visited to take our order for spring. It seemed well made and fit our accounting lady (who has a large chest) well. It was also priced well!
Horze has a softshell show coat that is very, very nice. I know it will be available for Fall 2015, but I'm not sure if it will be for sale any sooner than that. I tried it on when our reps were here a couple of weeks ago and thought it was very slimming and well fitted. It has a zipper up the front, which totally eliminated the very-annoying button gaping. I totally put myself down for one- maybe it'll be here sooner than September!!
I just spent an hour and a half reading through the Lucky Braids site. Thanks for posting that! I am definitely buying some of her shampoo!
You're welcome! I can personally attest to the power of the whitener spray – it works perfectly on Gina's socks!!
haha love this. i haven't ridden all week either and am desperately grasping at straws to get my fix. this helps!! lol
I left work early to ride, that's how desperate I was!!
Great post! I'm gonna look at that fit equestrian group, sounds awesome.
Great links! I love the Friday Five idea too, thank you!
That fitness group sounds fun, maybe when things settle down with flat furnishing drama & I'm all moved in i might remember this post and be able to check out the awesomeness