Training With Raw Power and Domination--A previous post

This post from a while ago deals with balancing control and affection when training.Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Training With Raw Power and Domination: I am not averse to flexing. I believe in being modest and humble unless modesty and humility reach the point of dishonesty. Then they bec...

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Revamping and Restoring

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Revamping and Restoring: This is the time of the year to look back over a program and assess ways to improve. Some of the strengths of my program have been slowly ...

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: I Would Just As Soon Not Die Like A.P. Carter.

This post from a few years ago about sums it all up. It has been one of the most read posts on the blog over the years.

Hit this link to see why. Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: I Would Just As Soon Not Die Like A.P. Carter.: For most of my life I have had two heroes, Abraham Lincoln and A.P. Carter. I have all of Lincoln's frailties but that is where the c...

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Bankers in the Spanish Mustang Registry

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Bankers in the Spanish Mustang Registry: Dale Burrus was a resident of the Outer Banks, an inspector for the Spanish Mustang Registry, and a tireless advocate of the Bankers. He w...

Quick Tip #19: Cantering to Build Human Muscle

There is a great deal about human exercise physiology that I do not understand. New discoveries seem to come out every month. With that in mind I cannot explain why this works but I can only say that for me it does.


I find no exercise that firms the muscles of my chest, back and arms more than cantering on a loose rein. With each movement of the horse these muscles contract, albeit a small amount. This contraction and relaxation continued for forty five minutes to an hour five days a week builds more upper body muscle for me than lifting weight did when I was younger.

It is also great for the calves and quadriceps.

Of course, genetics plays a very important part in this puzzle. My granddaughter, shown above gets her exercise the same way President Coolidge said he got his:

"By having my picture taken."