Pilates For Horse Riding

From Publishers Weekly

Through four generations Jordan’s family lived on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming. When it was sold, she felt she had lost a way of life. She attempts to resolve that loss in this charming memoir, recalling incidents in her childhood and examining the lives of female family members. We meet Jordan’s paternal grandmother (“a difficult woman”), her mother and her great-aunt–all women who had to accept difficult lives that included hard physical labor and its (more…)

You’ve always dreamed of riding horses. So what are you waiting for? It’s time you realized your equestrian dreams and learned to ride like a pro on the back of a noble steed. And Horseback Riding for Dummies shows you how. Don’t know a horse’s head from its tail, a trot from a canter, withers from a fetlock? No problem. Coauthored by a medal-winning equestrian and nationally respected equestrian trainer, it tells you what you need to know about that elegant anima (more…)

Review

“While other Pilates books cover limited apparatus, this is the first truly complete guide to Pilates technique, exercises and equipment. A thorough, well-written, and useable guide to proper Pilates practice.”Kirkus Reports – Health & Fitness

Strengthen, lengthen, and sculpt your muscles with the full range of Pilates exercises. In Pilates, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz shows you the same repertoire that he has used to train 10 Olympia (more…)

This is a humorour allegory about education, well-intentioned people with unrealistic ideas, and a dead horse. Confused? The book will help explain.

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