Sitting trot and posting without stirrups

[craisydazy18]

ever since i started riding many many moons ago i have always learned something new with the stirrups and then without. it is an excellent exercise for balance and developing your seat. you did good. your probably a lot better now too since this is old. :)

[shiiuza]

@craisydazy18 You do learn a lot without stirrups! Haha, yes I've improved a ton. I can stay on without stirrups during upwards transitions but staying on during a downward transition is harder for me, haha.

[izzy123wizzy]

your hardy trotting

[shiiuza]

@izzy123wizzy Unfortunately you failed to notice that this video is over 3 years old and you also failed to notice that this was my 3rd time trying to post at the trot without stirrups so it was difficult for me to keep my leg on and post at the same time. Last but not least it's not any of your business. Thanks ;)

[shiiuza]

@izzy123wizzy Oh, and it's *you're and *hardly

[psychojoker131]

Isn't this at Double J Riding Club in countryside,IL?? I went there today:) it was great xD looks like there areana....hmm

[xoxMusicalHorsexox]

You did good :) Yesterday was my first time posting without stirrups and I liked it but I hate sitting lol and cantering is so much easier, does anyone else find that?

[shiiuza]

@xoxMusicalHorsexox I definitely find that to be true lol until it comes time to stop... I always almost fall off when I go down to a walk or a trot haha

[raggiedoll2008]

i love the challenge of trotting without stirrups

[FreeRhyme2]

I do that at my barn too dont worry your much better then me lol

[GoatBlaat]

Sitting trot is fine to me, but without stirrups I don't want to try much xD Just like posting while not having your stirrups on - the first time I did that, I really had aching inner legs, haha xD

[mlemck101]

I did that Sunday and I'm still sore. I always pinch with my knees when rising! I can't do it! Like i feel like dying after one time around the ring! Does anyone have any tips for rising without stirrups? I have been riding for about one year at this barn and a year before that i was riding for 2 years at a different barn

[XxHorsexObsessionxX]

I've done this a few times, did it today, I look really weird lolz. You look better than my first time!

[shiiuza]

Lol thanks :) Good luck with it. I love posting trot without stirrups except I got super hurt last time I did it. Horse spooked at something, took off, and threw me into the wall! Ouch. (Not the same horse in this video)

[KeriiAnnH]

How do you post without stirrups :O

[XxHorsexObsessionxX]

tiz really hard, I suck at it... lots of leg muscle!! Which I dont really have

[horsesforever1254]

should cross ur strips over

[shiiuza]

You don't really have to, and this vid was a looong long time ago. :P

[raggiedoll2008]

my first big fall off a horse was when i was posting without stirrups :S

[ChewysMyBoy]

I tried posting a trot with no stirrups last week! It was so hard my coach was like "Yuor doing it!" and I was like "No i'm not i'm just flailing!"

[shiiuza]

Haha yeah, I feel like that happens :) Especially when you're first doing it! That's pretty much all I'm doing in the video xD Though now I'm a lot better. It hurts soooo bad tho!!

[Kabendega]

Good job, this can be so hard and depending on the horse it can be nerve racking. Some horses give you all the bounce you need and some make you work through every post. Its a great work out for your legs as far as strength and creating a "long leg"... Keep trying, and it will get much much easier (and more fun) once you get your legs used to working harder =)

[shiiuza]

Thanks for the kind advice. :)

Though I must say this video was posted over a year ago, so it's improved a lot. ^_^

[Kabendega]

lol sorry, I never look at the date things are posted.. I kind of just look through videos.. in that case, I'm glad things are still improving =p

[Susie369]

I used to have a fear of posting w/out stirrups because when I was 10 or something I was riding a retired racehorse without stirrups and I gave him a leg cue to make him canter by accident, so he cantered (he goes really really fast) and I stayed on half of the way before I fell. He was all, "I'm sorry!" and he nudged me and everything. He's really sweet. But I had a fear of it for half a year.

[shiiuza]

Yeah it can be scary sometimes... especially when the horse is known to get fast randomly or take off... or spook... haha. I love riding without stirrups though, it's really fun :)

[Bloodless9Mare]

and if ur horse doesn't listen! :P he wont trot no matter how much i kick him and if he does he stops

[shiiuza]

Lol, is he a school horse? A lot of times school horses get really desensitized to leg and stop listening.

Do you carry a crop? Give him a big 'old smack on the butt with one :P

[Bloodless9Mare]

yeh he is a school horse, i don't think he's desensitized though i heard he's realy naughty ! :p and i should carry a whip? that's fine yeh?

[shiiuza]

Yeah, I'd carry a crop if I were you. Except once in a while you get a horse that kicks out when you smack them on the butt, so try a light tap on the shoulder. If that doesn't, do it harder- if that still doesn't work, then give his butt a smack.

[hOrSeBaCkRiDrAtHeArT]

i remember when i first trotted without stirrups(: we had to pass a canter test too! but it makes your legs alot strongger and cantering is so much fun!

[HorseMad1996]

i love Sitting trot and posting without stirrups it is like the best thing!!!!

[shiiuza]

yea it's really fun!!

[equestrian1989]

ahhh posting w/ out stirrups is EVILL!! but soooo good for u lol my current trainer ALWAYS makes me do lots of it and its really helped my legs

[shiiuza]

haha, yea! I have like, awesome legs now, and if I stumble and lose both my stirrups when jumping, I can stay on like, perfectly XD it funny lol.

My trainer in the video was having me practice my "canter test" which is a test you had to pass before you were allowed to start cantering, to make sure your legs were strong enough. :)

[RockyMHorse]

Well done! I cant trot on a horse without stirrups without freaking out. I had a really horrible fall off a tall horse when I was nine years old. It was without stirrups and my helmet cracked because i fell on hard ground. Now I have a horrible fear of trotting without stirrups :(

[shiiuza]

Thanks!

Aaaw I'm sorry to hear that D= Things like that can really ruin a persons confidence about certain things.. I know, cause when I was learning to canter the horse bucked and I fell off, it was my first fall so yea. But now I'm cantering fine and jumping :)

I would suggest you try it again, though! :) Or maybe not, cause its not fun.. it hurts your abs sometimes xD

[RockyMHorse]

Yeah. I guess I was getting better *slowly* because i started trotting without stirrups on two sweet horses which were reaLly comfy to trot on. Otherwise, i'll have to try on a horse i really trust and get better eventually :)

[loveofallhorses]

haha CWIT07 I did that once! i was cantering and lost a stirrup so i went down to the trot to get it back and starting posting. it's strange only having one. lol.

no stirrup work is just LOADS of fun! :] My trainer used to have no stirrup WINTERS. she would just take the stirrups off all the saddles and hide them. 0.0

[shiiuza]

ROFL she would hide them??xDD

haha that's toooo funnyy

[loveofallhorses]

yeah i think she thought we would go and put them back on ;]

[horseegirly]

there also called sturrips and sturrip irons but i never heard anyone call them just irons! lol

[shiiuza]

true!

same here.

[CWIT07]

Good job! In my last lesson, my trainer made me post with only one stirrup. It was so hard!

[shiiuza]

Thanks! ^^

Wow, haha I don't think I could do that... I'd feel like I was gonna fall off, probably! lol

I've improved a ton though.. now I could go around that ring like 6 times before I even started to get tired xD

[CWIT07]

Yeah. It really helps you work on balance!

[shiiuza]

nope, it's at Stoneleigh Burnham. =]

[ToastiiMuffin81391]

my issue with dangling is that sometimes the stirrup can hit the horse and the horse thinks you are kicking them forward.

that happened to me when i was riding jester and he started to canter and that was before i had ever cantered...

so it works both ways but i like to cross them

[ToastiiMuffin81391]

hey is this at tulip?

I used to ride there

[horsecrazedgirl24]

lol! nice i was doing this today for only like 10 minutes and i was like okay ! thats it! my thighs are burning like crazy! lol posting with no stirrups is painful :P nice job thought!!

[horses256]

No offence but you should cross your stirrups over the front of the saddle,sit back and deep in the saddle,elbows by side and bent and shoulders back,also toes up.Makes it easier.

[shiiuza]

Ouch! :[

[DREWSTAHH]

YEHH GOOD.. THE FiiRST TiiME ii DiiD iiT ii FELL OFF A 17 HAND HORSE..!

[tamaragirl26]

good job!