(note to self:must stop moaning 
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I definitely feel straighter. The only question will be whether I can move tomorrow 
I'm used to it, but it doesn't make it any less painful/frustrating when it does happen.
To be fair to her, she's a sweetie really. My instructor says that she's one of the best (most talented) horses she's ever ridden, but also one of the most challenging! If you stop focusing for a moment Collie knows it, and decides that she's in charge! I've always ridden ex racehorses (sometimes not long out of racing too) but this little exmoor has them all beaten when it comes to cheek and inventiveness :lol3: She's also the biggest speed freak I've ever come across. At least it never gets boring...
That sounds like a pretty hard workout to me. What you need to do is pretend that Asha isn't really supposed to go in that room, then leave the door cracked open so she can sneak in there and explore it by herself. They always enjoy things so much more if they think they're breaking the rules.Good to hear you're recovered now Tammat and Winchester
Still no formal exercise, but spent 4 hours sorting my room out for Asha...her new cat tree came today and I had to make space. Also created a safe haven on top of my built in wardrobe for her. This involved lots of going up and down step ladders, ladders and stairs, lifting down three heavy boxes, sorting through them and lifting one back, vacuuming, cleaning, dusting, sorting two big bags of clothes for charity, and finally carrying the new (almost) 2 metre tall cat tree up in pieces and assembling it. Definitely got a sweat on doing it all.
Ungrateful so and so won't even look at all I've done for her...grr...She'd better decide she likes it after the time and effort it took
Had a really bad few days with fibro and back spasms pulling my spine out (I'm not kidding...For 48hrs it looked like one arm was 4 inches longer than the other as a result!). Am hoping today was a sign that the worst is over ..for now anyway. Will try to do some yoga tomorrow
At least it's not as bad as before.
Columbine
I'm just training for myself. I was never athletic in my youth and I started running a few years ago and then progressed to body building. Exercise is great. I wish I started earlier.
tammat
We're exactly opposite! I rode from 10 years old (progressing Ho my own horses from 13) and most of that time spent long days at the stables doing yard work etc. I got the gym bug at 18/19 and was super fit, regularly doing 3hr sessions and sometimes more. I used to love running (at one point my aim was to do a marathon - my target time would have been four and a half hours) but overtrained and got bad shinsplints that never healed. It all stopped when I went to uni (busy timetable plus 3 jobs), and health probs kicked in soon after, and have got progressively worse over the years. I really miss the old me, and still get frustrated by my limitations.
