Shaping Up in the Saddle?

Shaping Up in the Saddle?

Enduring the winter months can be a weighty proposition, even for equestrians. How many chilly days might we choose not to ride, while we wait for warmer weather?

Would you like to know exactly how many calories you can burn by horseback riding?

FitDay.com offers a free online calorie calculator. Equestrian applications include the following:

Horseback riding, general

Horseback riding, quoits

Horseback riding, saddling horse

Horseback riding, trotting

Horseback riding, walking

Just enter your weight, height, age and gender,and see how many calories you can burn - in and out of the saddle.

Perhaps we can all post improved fitness statistics this spring, just by enjoying equestrian sports this winter!

Gee, I wonder how many calories a horse lover might burn while trudging through deep snow into the farthest pastures to fetch horses. . . .