Adrienne Tomkinson | EQWO.net guest blog – We all focus on fitness, muscle development, technical training and the many ways in which we can improve. What we often overlook is the necessity for a good well earned rest! Rest periods during the training/increasing fitness periods are equally important.
These periods are essential for the recovery and repair of muscles, tendons and ligaments. It is hard to find a balance between enough and too much work. Horses require different amounts of loading at different stages of their training. And of course each horse is different.
