Comments on: How I spent my Spring vacation

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:03:31 +0000

I said my son said that. Not I.

That’s who I’m addressing my comment to. The person who said that.

By: suek

suek — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:33:57 +0000

Heh…Ymar! I know. You’re taking coals to Newcastle! I said my son said that. Not I. I’m well aware of the idiocy of his statement – but I’m his mother. Do you _really_ think he’d listen to me? Besides, he’s afraid of horses. Maybe afraid isn’t the right word – he fears not being in complete control. Until you get your body under control while riding, you don’t have the ability to control the horse. So…because he doesn’t want to be not in control, he never learned to ride, hence has no control of either his body or the horse, hence fears riding.
Using muscles creates lactic acid…a by product of the glycolytic cycle, which results in soreness.

By: Ellie2

Ellie2 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:58:59 +0000

To Book and all the wormlets: Happy Passover!

By: Tap

Tap — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:41:08 +0000

Hey, Book.
I hope your daughter is feeling better and that “fat pad” didn’t swell up too much!

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:27:18 +0000

I need a vacation from my vacation.

That’s funny, Book.

I have a son says “what kind of exercise is horseback riding???

An animal was not designed to carry you needs your cooperation in order to adjust your center of gravity to the animal’s various walking and running postures. Or in the case of horses, “gaits’.

The specific muscles used to stabilize your body on a horse are the muscles on the inside of your thighs. Unless you tend to do the leg dynamics in Target Focus Training, you’re usually not using the inner thigh muscles to adjust your posture and center of gravity when doing normal daily activities.

Using a muscle past its normal workout load, tends to break those muscles down, thus creating soreness.

By: ProtestShooter

ProtestShooter — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:05:37 +0000

Isn’t that weird about riding horses? If you aren’t used to it, it really doesn’t take much to make it miserable after, but if you do it fairly regularly it doesn’t take long to forget… until you’re away for a bit, and ooooh, you’re in trouble now!

By: suek

suek — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:05:56 +0000

>>If you never horseback ride, it’s amazing how sore just an hour and a half on a horse can make you.>>

I have a son says “what kind of exercise is horseback riding???? the horse does all the work!!”. Needless to say, he doesn’t ride.

By: rockdalian

rockdalian — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:48:10 +0000

The women were paid 100 euros ($155.8) per week and lived in a trailer that had previously been used to transport animals, they said.

There is no mention of chains or leg irons. Could they not have walked away?

By: Deana

Deana — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:53:06 +0000

Wow – that is some mayhem. You DO need a break!

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:07:18 +0000

An hour and a half in the saddle? That’s just getting warmed up, LOL. It’s interesting to find out that you can hurt in places you didn’t realize you could.

If you are ever interested in a really “relaxing” ride let me know. Just a short trip from near Mt Whitney to Walker Pass, it’s only 4 days.

Cheers