Training block?

I seem to have hit a block in my personal training. I take once weekly lessons (and have since I started riding, 7 years ago) and ride 3 other times. I have a wonderful trainer who knows my horse and me well, but lately we haven't been learning anything new at all. Over the summer I had lots to learn, seeing as I was new to the evening world, but now after 7-8 months of event training I have hit a hard wall.





My horse is an okay dressage mount. He isn't "amazing" but will place well in the beginner tests this show season. We have learned allot, and now can walk/trot/canter loose and collected, and can extend out W/T/C. We have a nice free walk. We can do turns, both on the haunches and forehand, and can side pass left and right. We are working on flying lead changes and side passing at the trot.





Out biggest problem is that we NEED jump training, but with my trainer I am not able to. I was never taught how to jump and honestly am not very good at it...and neither is my

Training block?
Ask your trainer about putting the horse on a lunge line or in the round pen for most of his warm up and having you do a lot of stretching and warming up on the ground before a shorter warm up in the saddle. That way you are both warmed up without putting yourself through a lot of physical stress. Good luck.
Reply:I would definitely talk to your trainer, if she is as good as she sounds she will understand and help you learn new things that can help you overcome the block. As for the pain in your back have your parents look into a nutritional product called Reliv international, I have heard people that have had tremendous results with out the use of medication
Reply:Talk to your doctor and see if there is anything to help take/keep the pain away? Also tell your trainer about your problems sometime they can help.
Reply:I hit a block in my training as well. I ended up moving to a trainer that knew a little bit more and although I was nervous at first it ended up working out well. Why can't you move trainers? I would highly recommend it because moving trainers really helped me. Maybe try and talk to your trainer. Say you know how to do the warm ups and because of your back you can't do them and need to just go straight into jumping or do a shorter warm up. I guess you could also just do dressage if your back causes you too much pain, but if you really like jumping and eventing, then go for it! Good luck! :)
Reply:You already know the answer. If you can't move your horse or get another trainer, realize and accept your limitations and go from there. If you are wanting to add more to the experience, then attend shows (you didn't mention if you showed or not). 7 yrs if a loooooong time for an adult to take riding lessons without arriving at some conclusion about what you want to do with the knowledge that you have acquired. I know that I may sound abrupt, but I am no spring chicken either, and have to accept some limitations when I didn't know that i would ever have. Enjoy what you can do, maybe it isn't taking more lessons, maybe it is taking your horse out on a trail ride and enjoy the scenery and the company of other people.

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