THERE’S possibly something that you’ve been missing when it comes to your riding. That something is having a strength and conditioning element to your training.

We see strength and conditioning utilised in nearly every other sport, from team sports like football to individual sports like golf. It’s not just the professionals that are doing strength and conditioning programmes either, you will see many athletes start to supplement this type of training into their wider training programmes as young as 12. So why are equestrians not doing the same?