“THE HORSE”S WEIGHT”
A horse’s body weight and the carried load are vital in competitions. In equestrian events, weights (jockey plus tack) definitely impact a horse’s ability to perform to their best. Every extra pound or kilogram impacts speed and stamina. In riding and performance events, the total load should stay under 15% to 20% of the horse’s body weight to prevent fatigue.
Weight Mgt can best be explained as a plan to manage your horse’s “fuel supply” to support the activities the horse is engaged with.
Having a plan will help you gain a true understanding of how your horse has a limited amount of “fuel” and the choices you make as an owner, trainer or rider will impact your horse’s ability to perform to their best. It is important to note that the amount of quality food and the amount of water you allow your horse to drink you does impact how they perform and react to all of the other factors that impact their performance.
The natural approach to a sound weight mgt system resides in our decision to choose which combination of food, drink, vitamins, and supplements that serve as a source of fuel to power our horse’s daily efforts to train, sleep, play, relax, exercise love, and live its life to the fullest. If you are not making good decisions on the right fuel choices for your horse, the outcomes could result in obesity, diabetes, poor blood circulation, increased pain, injury, disease, limited mobility and other negative impacts to the horse’s condition that can cause other health related problems.
HORSE CAFE Weight Mgt Program helps you make better choices with your horse’s fuel supply.
THE HORSE CAFE helps you do the things you have to do to help your horse live a healthy active lifestyle. The key is to give you an effective PROJECT MGT the proper information so the decisions you make will be good decisions. You can start by learning what impact your current choices on fuel is currently making on your own health.
Show and Precision Events: In disciplines like dressage, balance and precise movement matter more than raw speed, but an appropriate weight ratio remains crucial to keep the horse’s gait fluid and pain-free.
Riding and Endurance Events: A horse’s physical body weight reflects its fitness and muscle conditioning. Carrying a rider or pack beyond 20% of its weight raises the heart rate and accelerates muscle fatigue
THE HORSE CAFE plays a vital role if your goal or desired outcome is good health. When you combine the power of these two key systems — your brain and THE HORSE CAFE — you can write new GOALS and ACTION STEPS (instructions) and in the process, create a RoadMap to Success that is designed to promote new health-related activities & produce new results with better outcomes.
THE HORSE CAFE Personalized “Weight Mgt” Program can help your horse manage their weight, body mass index (BMI), balance, flexibility, strength, conditioning and mental and emotional health:
1) Managing your weight will have a positive impact on your health and energy level
2) Your ability to measure things you put in your body will have a positive impact on your longevity
3) Good fuel choices can improve your ability to focus & complete projects and tasks
4) Weight Mgt helps you manage your fuel consumption, energy level, quality of sleep & immune system
5) Log in and list your goals & game plans so you can produce “best case scenarios” in your life
6) Positive results come from planning, tracking, adapting & executing nutrition game plans
eHEALTH CAFE believes the human condition is one that operates best when it is functioning on all cylinders.
So, how do we get there? First and foremost, one must recognize that today is the first day of the rest of your life. What does that mean? There is nothing one can do about the past . . . except learn from it. We cannot change it. We can only see it for what it was. A wise woman by the name of Maya Angelou once said, “We did then what we knew then and when we knew better, we did better!” And that is the essence of clicking on all cylinders. As we go forward, let’s use to day to take the first step in a long journey towards getting healthy and staying healthy.
eHEALTH CAFE Weight Mgt Program helps process the data related to how your fuel choices impact your energy level and your ability to think.
– A new plan means new ideas and a new way of thinking.
– Must be able to modify the plan as needed
– Identify what foods/fluids gives you energy and at what cost
– Calculate the calories in each fuel source to insure proper amount of caloric intake
– Incorporating movement into your life is essential to good health
– Make the grocery list before you take the trip to the store
– Delete any unwanted actions that result in negative outcomes (alcohol, drugs, vices)
– Think about where you would like to be in 90 days. Start by creating a list of GOALS and ACTION STEPS in the eHEALTH CAFE