{"id":10102,"date":"2009-07-19T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2009-07-20T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T15:28:48","slug":"top-5-upper-body-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-upper-body-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Upper Body Exercises to Prepare for Horseback Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10179\" title=\"woman riding horse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/woman-riding-horse.jpg\" alt=\"woman riding horse\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/>Horseback riding is an amazing hobby and I wish that I could find the time to do more of it. I&#8217;ve been discussing workouts that help riders develop the strength needed. We&#8217;ve discussed the <a title=\"leg exercises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-leg-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/\" target=\"_self\">lower body exercises<\/a> to help prepare your body for the jolts and shock of horseback riding, as well as the <a title=\"core exercises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-core-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/\" target=\"_self\">core strength<\/a> needed to help you maintain proper posture.<\/p>\n<p>Although your upper body is less of a factor, you still need to train it properly to prevent possible injury, soreness, and to help maintain good posture.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Below are a few of my top upper body exercises that mainly focus on the large muscle groups, which consist of the latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, pecs, <a title=\"best biceps exercises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-biceps-exercises\/\" target=\"_self\">biceps<\/a>, <a title=\"best triceps exercises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-tricep-exercises\/\" target=\"_self\">triceps<\/a>. Good luck and I recommend performing two or three sets of 15 to 20 repetitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Upper Body Exercises To Prepare For Horseback Riding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/video_syndication\/embed\/js.aspx?chid=164&amp;pid=7CD58ACC584612579209C593BF6B6F47\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horseback riding is an amazing hobby and I wish that I could find the time to do more of it. I&#8217;ve been discussing workouts that help riders develop the strength needed. We&#8217;ve discussed the lower body exercises to help prepare &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-upper-body-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1800,3685,54,832,2022,1655,1801],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-biceps","tag-horses","tag-injury-prevention","tag-muscles","tag-pecs","tag-rhomboids","tag-triceps"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10178,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions\/10178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}