PODCAST: Rider Biomechanics from Green to Grand Prix with Suzanne Galdun

🚨Suzanne is releasing a 10-lesson progressive program, Biomechanics for Every Rider, to the Ride iQ app on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (SO SOON!).🚨 Each of the 10 audio lessons will help you understand and practice proper body position with focus on a specific area. There are short supplemental videos that go along with the lessons, too so you can visualize everything you're going to try. By the end of this program, you will feel like a new rider on a new horse (YES, your horse is going to feel amazing, too....because your position actually affects him *a lot*!).

✅About This Episode This week, we're bringing you an episode Ask An Expert with certified rider biomechanics coach Suzanne Galdun. Some topics Suzanne covers in this conversation: Understanding stirrup length and optimal leg positioning

Achieving proper pelvis and seat bone alignment

Techniques for steadier hands and wrist engagement

Recognizing and correcting innate rider crookedness

Tips for improving self-awareness and posture both on and off the saddle

✅About Suzanne Galdun Suzanne Galdun is one of only nine rider biomechanics coaches in the US currently accredited by Mary Wanless in herRide With Your Mind method. Based in the suburbs of Chicago, IL, Suzanne has become a highly sought after clinician, teaching all levels of riders and horses, including Ride iQ's own Lauren Sprieser, a Grand Prix dressage trainer and rider. Lauren notes that Suzanne’s teaching is “exceptional, accessible to all levels of rider, and intensely valuable to riders and auditors alike.” Alright you've certainly got our attention! ✏️ You can check out more about Suzanne on her website atpositivelydressage.com .

✅About Ask An Expert AAE is a weekly live Q&A with a subject-matter expert on an important horse-related topic. Ride iQ members are invited to attend and ask questions, and all the recordings are shared on the Ride iQ app. Over the past 180+ episodes, we've spoken to the likes of a Hall of Fame farrier, US Olympic Team Veterinarian, World Equestrian Games dressage judge, individual Olympic Gold Medalist event rider, and many more! ✅Episode Preview: 00:00 About Mary Wanless and biomechanics 10:29 Instruction Techniques 15:05 Optimal Rider Alignment 19:47 Optimal Weight Distribution for Riding 25:15 Balanced Riding Without Stirrups 28:24 Adjusting Rider Posture: Correcting Hollow Back 35:33 Improving Riding Through Self-Awareness 40:01 Addressing Arm Issues 48:02 Finding Balance 49:56 Hands: Connection, Power, Engagement 56:03 Resistance Bands for Training 01:00:20 Pelvis Alignment

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