"Eventing" Dressage vs. "Real" Dressage

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Back to the original topic : Are there any Pilates DVD’s that anyone can recommend for someone who has never done Pilates before?[/QUOTE]

Auburn:

There are lots of videos: matwork pilates, ball pilates, reformer pilates, etc. I’ve found the instruction on the Stott series pretty good. But if you have back issues, I strongly advise live help getting started. Our community colleges offer Pilates training through their “lifestyle” or continuing education programs. These are reasonably priced and instruction is pretty good. Pilates is growing, so it shouldn’t be hard to find an instructor near you. good luck.

[Janet]

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Little off course here, but I can’t understand how at c/t’s my horse and I can’t seem to break a 67 with the intro B test but at dressage only shows we get 71’s in intro B Are they just judging harder at c/t’s and events now or is it just judges differences and likes?

Most likely just different judges.

You are probably going to get a lot more “different scores for what looks like the same test” at intro than at the higher levels, where the scores may be more consistent.

Even though the judges are all looking for the “same thing” as the ideal, they inevitably have different priorities on how seriously they deduct for faults. One judge may forgive a bit of accuracy, as long as the horse is relaxed. Another may forgive a bit of tension, as long as the horse is balanced. Another may forgive a bit of imbalance as long as the horse has impulsion. And so on.

[NMK]

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Auburn…on book or available by video on Amazon:

Pilates for the Dressage Rider (Dulak and Sandor) and also on DVD. I worked with a Balimo chair the other weekend and thought it was fabulous, but $$$.

I do some time at the gym in the winter doing a combination of Pilates and Yoga, which really helps.

That said, you can probably get away with sit two, up one if it’s a minimal rise, without incurring the -2.

Finally, I think some of us get our breeches in a wad when it comes to comparing the quality of work in the sandbox between disciplines. I’ve competed in both, and received similar marks and comments. Some of the judges have also been the same. A good test is a good test.

Nancy

[Auburn]

NMK,

Thank you for the DVD suggestion. I will look into it.

What exactly is a Balimo chair?

Janet,

I tried to explain why I wrote the title of this post the way that I did. I had hoped that Eventers, Dressage riders and you would accept my apology. I did not mean to insult anyone. Would it help if I changed the title of my post, so as not to offend anyone else? All that I wanted was some help with my problem. I certainly did not mean to stir up such a ruckass with the title to my post.

[NMK]

www.balimo.info

(use English translator) …it is a balance/mobility chair.

[Janet]

I am not the least bit offended.

But since you are really looking for suggestions on how get better at sitting the trot when you have some back problems, you might get more of the responses you are looking for if you changed the title to have that focus.

[GiGi]

I have had lower back and hip issues for years due to several bad falls. Sitting the trot by leaning back AT ALL will compound the back issues and cause pain in general. Core excersises really helped and I sit at my desk on an excersise ball as well. Yoga stretches have also contributed greatly to my looseness and rehab. Good luck!

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@Auburn

Oldenmare,

Thank you for understanding my point. It is the sitting trot that is my issue. You can post the trot through USEA Training level, but not at USDF first level.

I was using the “eventing” dressage, as tongue in cheek. My dressage instructor warmed me up for my Beginner Novice test at Jump Start. Before we started, she watched several of the other competitors rides. She was taken aback by some of BN rides. They were not up to the level of what she was used to seeing, even at the lower USDF levels. A friend of mine told her that it was “eventing” dressage. Thus, the terminology error.

I am sorry if I offended anyone in the eventing community. I know many UL riders, who put in lovely dressage tests (ie: Becky Holder). However, there are quite a few BN level rides that are just not up to the same standard as USDF training level rides. JMHO.

The purpose of this post was to find ways for a person with spinal canal stenosis in three of her lumbar vertabrae to do USDF first level, without killing her back. (Sorry to speak in 3rd person, but it makes for a better point.)

Back to the original topic : Are there any Pilates DVD’s that anyone can recommend for someone who has never done Pilates before?

Jennifer Kries All over body training. It is pilates, yoga and ballet and does your while body including your lungs, finger tips and eyes.

Buy a foam mat preferably 1cm thick. You can buy them from camping shops.

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@Halfpasser11

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