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I have a lot of medical issues, but i’m going to try and make this short

I recently had surgery, and it left me with no strength, muscles, stamina…nothing. I walk for 2 minutes and have to take a nap. It’s pretty bad.

I had been having some problems with my horse before hand, he was being a crazy nutcase, which is NOT his normal personality. We found out the barn had been giving him a ton of extra grain… ugh :/ Well he’s back to his normal amount of grain, and back to his normal self. He’s pretty sensible, LOVES to be in the arena and work, he’s a show off He listens extremely well so getting my strength by walking around on him would be no problem.

BUT.. he’s young. He spooks A LOT. Normally this would be no problem, but with my strength this low? He spooks..i’m on the ground.

I have no calmer horse to get my strength on, so I suppose I could just ride my bike and walk around the neighborhood, but if you’re a horse person you know how hard it is to not be in the saddle! My sister is exercising him, so he doesn’t NEED me to ride him..but I WANT too haha!

QUESTIONS:
What do you think about having someone lead him around while i’m on his back?
What are some good strengthening exercises on the ground? (walking, pilates, etc)

Thanks a ton<3