Learning the proper horse riding stance

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Feb 27, 2006 06:53

I don't see any reason for practising it 10 times a day. it would be very time consuming.

backinjured · Post by **backinjured** » Feb 27, 2006 07:23

yeah yeah what I forgot to tell you is the ten times everyday is when you're under 5 or 10 minutes. Then they say to add some weights or other ways to make it harder.

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Feb 27, 2006 09:02

That changes everything, backinjured! I wondered how on Earth can you perform 10 times a day if you stay for example 20 minutes in the horse stance?

backinjured · Post by **backinjured** » Feb 27, 2006 09:49

hehe

but don't worry, the next step (adding weights, doing this on two pillars, etc) makes the exercise just as difficult as doing it 10 times a day...

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Feb 27, 2006 11:14

Moe wrote:Ha! managed to add 15 mintues to my time at the horse stance, looking away from the clock and doing some breathing helps, you really make progress when you start feeling the pain and block it away or presist to continue.

Me too. But I need like complete silence and absolutly no distraction. I also noticed that I'm already comfortable in 5 step stance with thigs paralel. Its even easier than in 3 step stance. So in like 4-5 weeks (2-3 times per week) I've progressed from 3 to 5 stance. And my posture looks good too.
I've noticed if I back off for a day or two I am very motivated for the next session.

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Feb 27, 2006 12:04

Excuse but I do not understand. DanBor how did you progressed from 3 to 5 step horse stance? Didn't you started from the 5 steps-stance?

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Feb 27, 2006 13:43

At first yes, but I quickly realised that I'm not strong enough and that I was forcing it. So I went back to the beginnig - 3 step. So i was practising 3 step few weeks and yesterday I found that 5 step is comfortable.

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Feb 27, 2006 14:41

Ok, I understand. Sorry for the stupid question!

backinjured · Post by **backinjured** » Feb 27, 2006 15:02

But are you all really putting your feet parallel?? Shouldn't they be aligned with the thighs to avoid weak posture for knees?

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Feb 28, 2006 02:56

More or less yes, that's why you need to start from 3 step horse stance. To learn the proper body alignment and to develop strenght as well. I can allmost do a side split but only in relaxed stretching. I'm not strong enough to do it from a standing position isometrically. That's why I started with only 3 step stance.

Moe · Post by **Moe** » Mar 01, 2006 05:22

I've always had a problem understanding this parallel thing because when you are in a 5 step there is no way you can make your thighs parallel to the ground unless you got elastic bones but I can understand in the 3 step that the thighs are vertically paralell to the floor.

I have never started with the 3 step as I cannot keep a straight back at the same time as having hips at or below the knees, I can only do 5 or 7 step.

Please don't confuse the above with FEET parallel to the ground. Mr. Kurz in the book mentions that the THIGHS should parallel to the ground at any width.

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Mar 01, 2006 06:56

I ment thigs paralel to the floor,feet pointing forward. How can you make feet paralel to the floor?? When you are low (hips at the same hight as the knees) you have thigs paralel to the floor,right? At any width. When you are lower or higher than that your thigs are not paralel any more. In the book, where Kurz is demonstrating how the horse stance should be done, he has thigs paralel to the floor at any width. And that the way it should be done. You don't need elastic bones.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Mar 01, 2006 07:03

DanBor wrote:I ment thigs paralel to the floor,feet pointing forward. How can you make feet paralel to the floor??

Feet parallel to each other.

Dragon.

DanBor · Post by **DanBor** » Mar 01, 2006 07:07

oh, right.

Moe · Post by **Moe** » Mar 01, 2006 08:08

Uh lol, sorry for the mess

. All this time I imagined thighs parallel to each other, what a dumbass mistake. And yea the feet should be parallel to each other pointing forward. I confused the two, my bad.