What do you do when you have no hills?

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Fjord

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Seeing another thread advocating the benefits of hill work, what do you do when you live in a flat area? I'd love some serious hills to get my mare's bum muscles really working but living where we do means our best bet on a regular hack is a small slope.

What else can you do to help work the bum, is it just transitions, transitions, transitions?
 
I dont have that problem, with hills everywhere it is harder to find anywhere flat, polework will be useful, raised ones even better to help activate the hindquarters and build up muscle.
 
Sorry no advice to offer - just watching with interest to see what responses you get as we are similarly blessed with no hills in lovely Lincolnshire!
 
You could swap an area of your flat for an area of my hills if you would like? I would love somewhere flat to ride :(
 
Transitions yes, direct ones from walk-canter etc... more upward ones rather than downward else he is likely to fall onto his forehand and drop the shoulder rather than engaging his hind end how you want him to work. Also try rein back to trot is a good way to engage his hind end.

I would also be inclined to do lots of raised pole work, trot and canter.

You just want to do anything that really engages and activates the hind end and make his hind legs step right through with power.

Try shoulder-in... Lots of lateral work... leg yeilding and half pass...


These are my ideas at the moment for you... hope that helps... But nothing will truly replace hill work...
 
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