{"id":10105,"date":"2009-07-17T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=10105"},"modified":"2009-07-17T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T15:28:43","slug":"top-5-core-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-core-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Core Exercises to Prepare for Horseback Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"polo player riding horse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-core-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10171\" title=\"polo player riding horse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/polo-player-riding-horse.jpg\" alt=\"polo player riding horse\" width=\"250\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Why is the &#8220;core&#8221; important for horseback riding? The core is the center of\u00a0gravity and\u00a0your body relies on a <a title=\"best core exercises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/top-10-core-exercises\/\" target=\"_self\">strong core<\/a> for proper posture and proper body\u00a0functioning. The core is made up of your entire body except the upper and lower extremities. The core stabilizes the spine and\u00a0pelvis\u00a0while providing a solid foundation of movement for the rest of the body.<\/p>\n<p>So, while your body bounces around in the saddle, your core is working extremely hard to maintain proper posture as well as hold your body upright.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Below are the top five core exercises that will help strengthen and prepare your core for horseback riding. I recommend performing two or three sets of 20 to 30 repetitions. Good Luck!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Core 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<p>See Matt&#8217;s series on <a title=\"horseback riding workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-leg-exercises-to-prepare-for-horseback-riding\/\" target=\"_self\">horseback riding exercises<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the &#8220;core&#8221; important for horseback riding? The core is the center of\u00a0gravity and\u00a0your body relies on a strong core for proper posture and proper body\u00a0functioning. The core is made up of your entire body except the upper and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-core-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":[393,3685],"class_list":["post-10105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-core","tag-horses"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105","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=10105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10173,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions\/10173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}