How Long Do You Lunge For?

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I don't tend to lunge for more then 20 minutes at a time but I have recently started lunging my TB and he takes a long time to settle and relax. I was thinking of Lunging him for half an hour at a time, 10 minutes with nothing on and then 20 minutes with a Passoa.

Does this sound OK? I don't want to overdo it with him.
 
I do half an hour, 5mins walk both reins, put pessoa on, 10mins walk/trot both reins then 5mins each rein to cool off.

I'm not keen on lungeing, I get bored with it but if I've not got much time and still want to work Pads then that's what I do :p
 
30 mins max. I'm waiting for a new saddle so cant ride at the mo. I wouldnt normally lunge more than twice a week but its my only way of exercising Coop right now :( We do something slightly different each day though. Sometimes I use a lunging aid and sometimes i'll lunge in just a cavesson over poles and blocks for him to jump. Just so he isnt bored.
 
With one line on a circle no more than about 20 mins work (plus a warm up and cool down. With two lines using the whole arena, different exercises etc then I think its fair to do a bit more.
 
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