Charlie with the long sought after cooler

Charlie with the long sought after cooler
Spring NWEC 2013 Novice

Monday, June 16, 2014

Three day conditioning

This is the schedule I came up with to get Charlie ready for the Novice 3 day at Rebecca this July.  Each resource I looked at used a slightly different approach, and I also wanted to take into consideration what Charlie needs, which is a day off each week.  He's not the sort of horse who enjoys working 7 days a week.

Week 1:  4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, cool down* (= 10 minutes) (* cool down is as long as it takes, which was pretty long in the middle when it got warm and he really got working)
Week 2:  4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, cool down (= 15 minutes)
Week 3:   4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, cool down (= 20 minutes)
Week 4:   4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, cool down (= 25 minutes)
Week 5:   4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, cool down (= 30 minutes)
Week 6:   4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, cool down (= 35 minutes)
Week 7:   4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, cool down(= 40 minutes)
Week 8:  4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, cool down (= 45 minutes)
Week 9:  4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, cool down (= 50 minutes)
Week 10:  EI Horse Trials
Week 11:  4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes canter, 1 minute walk, 4 minutes trot, cool down (=55 minutes)

Switched weekly riding schedule to:
Day 1:  Dressage & hack
Day 2:  Show jump & hack
Day 3:  Dressage & hack
Day 4:  Show jump & hack
Day 5:  Condition
Day 6:  Off
Day 7:  Repeat Day 1

Week 12:  10 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 10 minutes canter, 4 minutes walk, 2 minutes at 470 mpm, 4 minutes walk, 10 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 10 minutes canter, cool down (= 55 minutes)
Week 13:  Aspen
Week 14:  12 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 12 minutes canter, 4 minutes walk, 3 minutes at 470 mpm, 4 minutes walk, 12 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 12 minutes canter, cool down (= 65 minutes)
Week 15:  Inavale
Week 16:  14 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 14 minutes canter, 4 minutes walk, 4 minutes at 470 mpm, 4 minutes walk, 14 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 14 minutes canter, cool down (= 75 minutes)
Week 17:  16 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 16 minutes canter, 3 minutes walk, 5 minutes at 470 mpm, 3 minutes walk, 16 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 16 minutes canter, cool down (= 80 minutes)
Week 18:  18 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 18 minutes canter, 2 minutes walk, 5 minutes at 470 mpm, 2 minutes walk, 18 minutes trot, 2 minutes walk, 18 minutes canter, cool down (= 85 minutes)
Week 19 = Rebecca!

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