What Muscles Are Used in Horse Back Riding?

It is important when discovering your balance, to apply equal amount of pressure on both for left and right gluteal muscles, this will ensure you are not leaning more towards one direction. Once you have found your balance, and have your feet in the stirrups you must learn the proper position to hold the reins in. Your psoas and illiocaus muscles of your torso should be flexed as well as your abdominals and obliques.

The psoas, engaged with the rectus abdominal holds you into the center of the saddle so that your two seat bones are connected to the horse's back muscles on either side of his spine.. This element will keep you from sliding from side to side in the saddle, allowing you to find your balance in the center of the horse.The reins are like the steering wheel of a car, this and your legs are the crucial elements in communicating with the horse to where you want to go.

Hold one rein in each hand, an inch or two in front of the saddle, and two or three inches above, so your arms will be around a 30 degree angle. To cue the horse to walk forward, it can be either based off the use of verbal instructions, or on the squeeze of your thigh muscles. Your rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis are the key muscles being used to cue the horse to walk forward by a contracting motion of these three thigh muscles. Like said above, for beginners sometimes using verbal instructions is best in getting your horse to walk forward

Check out Carolina's new sites on Rocky Mountain Hardware or Modern Fan to find the best new products out there.