Horseback Riding with Proper Posture

Folks, I realize the sound is choppy in places, and I apologize. I ran it through an app to increase audio, and this is what I got. Please know I’m working on it. Thanks for your patience.

I left a comment below on how much I appreciate your videos and then thought of a question I have. Can you make a video on the proper and safe way to sit the trot, lope & gallop?

I appreciate you SO MUCH!!!!

Yes you helped. Thank you

I’m behind on most of your videos but I’m trying to catch up but as usual a great and common sense informational teaching once again thank you and please keep them coming as long as it’s agreeable to you

The best dressage rider I ever saw would ride with the majority of his weight on his thighs and his stirrup. This lightens the pressure from his butt and makes it easier for the horse to bring his back up and give you better support.

Hello I'm on my fathers account and I'm just learning how to ride. But did anyone realize that this guy plays Jack Fleming in Heartland. It me one look and I recognized him.

Makes so much sense when you explain precisely how the rider's body position in the saddle physically works right along with the body of the horse, and how the horse naturally responds to everything the rider does or doesn't do. Great riding instruction.

great lesson

I have seen many so-called horse teachers but never seen someone handling the horse and the horse is licking and chewing throughout totally relaxed. And seldom seen caressing during teaching sessions. I hate to say but I think that for many people horses are mainly dollars walking on legs and not sentient and sensitive beings.

Best horse man and teaching on the internet. I regret deeply that I am 81 years old. If I was 50 years younger I know exactly where I would go. Dwyaine thank you for each and every video. I watch ALL of them and wish I were there

What part of the country was this filmed in? Appreciate and enjoyed the video. A lot of great information.

you called out all of my bad habits ..and i love you for it!

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Rough audio but I stuck through. Great advice man!

lol i laughed at the kraft cheese its an original idea lol

Good info

To add to what you're talking about, the shock absorption that's provided by your spine comes from intervertebral discs which are made from a very fibrous cartilage. Great video Dewayne, I loved all the information you shared! Especially the point about turning your toes out. The last couple times I've ridden my knees have been killing me and I think that's my problem.

Might as well take this video off you can't here anything. Breaks up.

You’re the man. I’d give just about everything to go back. Just wasn’t in the cards for me I guess. Dairy farming got a hold of me. But man, sure appreciate you.

This was a great video! This guy is a natural teacher. He didn't say one thing I did not understand. That is a rare trait! I tend to overthink things or over-analyze them. I did not need to do that here as I felt I knew what I needed to know by the time the video was over.

Good meat and potatoes sir ❤. That’s all I need.

First time rider going on an elk hunt -- YOU have helped SO much!! Thank you!

Great, simple overview.
I went on my first trail ride with an unfamiliar horse a few days ago, now I can see my posture was good from the waist up...but I had my legs wrong!
Simple fix, great video!

I do try my best to keep my hips flexing when I'm riding. As the result of a bad fall when I was in the service, my lowest vertebra, the L5 & S1 (so the bottom of my spine and my pelvis) are screwed together solidly. This limits my flexibility a good bit, but I sure try. Any suggestions for better riding are always welcome!

Dear Sir your explanation of the necessity of good posture while riding is excellent. As a retired physical therapist I can assure you that your are 100% correct in your instruction. The shock absorbing tissue between the vertebrae are the intervertebral discs. When a person slouches they increase intradiscal pressure and overstretch the ligaments that provide support between the vertebrae.The result is a sore and stiff back with muscle spasms around the irritated joints of the neck and back. People would do well to listen to your advice and also work on strengthening their body core muscles and abdominal muscles to help themselves.

This cowboy knows his stuff.

Spurs?

im semi athletic but one day i decided id go for a full track jog at no less a pace around the backroad through town and back in a circle with probabally worn out old shoes.... i didnt get but a mile and i was sore and i took probabally 70 percent the distance of the run probabally 5-6 miles limping in pain.

love watching u man. wish i could come see ya. i hope things are well and good for ya if this finds you and you see it

Learned a few things - Thanks. 🤗

I am probably way wrong, but it “seemed’ that the bridle was too tight for him. - Thanks.

Heels down, toes out, back straight but relaxed: yep. Great posture 👍 🐎 I took training when I was in my late teens, early 20s. I rode both western and English, on quarter horses, Morgans, grade paints and Belgian, and I rode my trainer's horse once - leg pressure, no real need for reining. She was completely spot on

Also, a lapel mic with a wind jacket will help you immensely.

good stuff... I was leaning and riding my desk chair no problem

great info, thx

Watched a lot of your content and love it,
Check up on the 600 calories an hour, I could be wrong but I have a hard time believing that’s accurate. Keep up the
content though it’s great!

Where are you ? I was looking at your land scapes . We’re in montana

Loosen up on those reins!! Give your horse some release!!

It’s Sunday morning and I’m catching up on all the DCWS episodes I’ve missed. Thank you for good basic reminders.

great info

How do you go about making a horse not gun shy so you can shoot while sitting in the saddle?

Just one detail - knees out...
If my legs are too short to wear spurs that fit beyond the horse's belly, i'll have to ride without spurs not to hurt it... or i turn my toes in - and my spurs our.... ??

Great stuff, Dwayne, thanks. Even with the choppy audio, you make more sense than a lot of presenters!

It’s the “simple stuff” that really is the foundation of whatever task your doing.
If you learn how to do something wrong it becomes a bad habit. So thanks, Dewayne. I knew some of that but not all. And what I really appreciated was the “Whys”. Understanding why not just how is important for me to be able to put it all together.

Just gotta say, I love that western shirt.

The seat of the saddle needs to fit the bum/pelvis of the rider. In a fitting saddle I don't get sore at all, no matter how long I ride, and here I mean fitting saddle, not very soft padding of the seat, in a non fitting saddle half an hour can have me bloody and unable to ride for a week.

Love those “Meat & Potatoes” stuff.
Lol 😆. Always good information.

Would you consider sharing your experience on proper stance, foot placement and posture at a full gallop? Gracias!

I think that darn fly was messin' with the microphone too!