Activate your Horse's Deep Back Muscles

Corrective Exercise #40, Pre-Ride Circles helps activate the horse's deep spinal stabilizing muscles. Here Jec gives a demo. Sign up for Horse Fitness courses at www.JecBallou.com/onlinecourses
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[@adam-wt6eb]

Thank you for this interesting video, i must try it with my mare!💜

[@amandaparon5687]

Love your explanation of each exercise in all your videos, position, purpose, which muscles it is activating, & also how not to do it. Thank you for all you are doing to help so many horses by sharing your expertise:)

[@jecballou]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@kristinarunyeon9875]

Can you explain why we do not want the horse’s inside hind stepping under but instead tracking up to inside front? The in-hand instruction I’ve been given has been to encourage the inside hind to step more under midline.

[@jecballou]

we DO want the horse's inside hind leg to step towards midline, but NOT to cross over the outside hind leg. We don't want the hips to swing outward.

[@kristinarunyeon9875]

@@jecballou that makes sense, thank you!

[@llucpedreroelsuso4402]

This exercise would also serve for the decompensation of the left glute, how many circles do you do? It can also be done in straight line. Thank you.

[@jecballou]

General rule of thumb is 3 to 6 circles each direction

[@llucpedreroelsuso4402]

@@jecballou thank you