Physiological and Energy Comparison of Recreational Horse Riding
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Modern horse riding in Czech Lands is dated ced on rider during longer distance of riding or Physiological and energy back to Department Sokol of Prague foundation higher speed. During the horse riding, the whole in 1891.Today Czech equestrian sport is organized rider’s body works and there happen to dynamic by Czech Equestrian Federation (ČJF), which inc- changes in muscle tension in most postural musc- comparison of recreational horse ludes most equestrian disciplines (show jumping, les with a frequency, which is corresponding to the dressage, eventing, wagonering, vaulting, reining, rhythm of the horse. The muscles of the limbs are endurance and para-equestrian) excepting horse- primarily used for controlling the horse. The most riding -races, which are managed and organized by the stressed muscle groups of the lower limbs are knee Jockey Club. ČJF is a member of the International adductors, flexors and extensors, during the chan- Pavel Korvas, Veronika Krupková Equestrian Federation (FEI) and the Czech Olym- ging of the body center of gravity (jump, canter). A Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic pic Committee (ČOV) since 1927. Currently it result of dynamometer tests does not prove signi- has approximately 13500 members in 1600 riding ficantly greater muscle strength of riders. Perhaps, Abstract clubs. The number of horses is constantly increa- the strength of adductors has bigger differences of The aim of this study was to monitor the level of load during recreational riding in various kinds of gaits and sing in Czech Republic since 1996, which shows statistic significance (Melichna, 1995). to find out the differences between two groups of beginners and advanced recreational riders. the popularity of horses. In these days, 7500 hor- Physiological stress of riders varies according to dis- Eighteen horse-riders were monitored in a field research (14 women, 4 men, M=26 years) during three kinds ses are registered in Czech central register (http:// cipline. More generally, it is a mild to sub maximal of horse gaits: step, trot and canter. The horse-riders were divided into two groups (beginners and advanced www.cjf.cz/). We distinguish three different gaits - exercise intensity. In recreational riding, it is usually horse-riders) according to their level of skills which were evaluated by two experts. The subjects were mo- walk, trot and canter. Walk is the least demanding stress of mild to medium intensity. In the competi- nitored during step, light trot and work canter. The test consists of 5-minute riding in step, 5-minute rest, 5 for both horse and rider, the average speed in walk tive equestrian sport, the intensity rises to the sub minutes in trot, 5 minutes of rest and 3 minutes in canter. We monitored heart rate and energy consumption, 5-7 km / h. It is used also in hippo therapy. The maximal level and in short-term to the maximum. horse speed. Simple descriptive statistics and t-test were used. trot is more difficult than walk and it is often used These values are achieved especially before jump and For both group we found out increasing values of HRmean and energy consumption with increasing speed of to overcome long distances. The average speed of in jump (Paalman, 2006). The heart rate of rider and horse movement. The highest difference between groups for HRmean was found out for step (29,6 %), than the trot is 12-15 km / h. The trotting breeds reach horse are changing at the same time, but the horse’s for trot by 14,2 %, and the smallest for canter, only by 3 %. exceptionally high speeds (40 km/h) on the track values are always higher than the rider’s. During mo- The highest difference of HR and energy consumption was found out between step and trot for both groups. of 3 km. Canter is the fastest basic gait. It is very nitoring there were discovered significant differences difficult for both horse and rider. There is a large of the average heart rate between amateurs and pro- Key words: variation of speed from very slow canter around fessionals, but also between men and women (Me- energy consumption, hearth rate, horseman, horse gait 15 km/h to 60 km/h during the horse-race. The lichna, 1995). Experienced riders use 60-90% of their length of carter usually does not exceed 5 minu- VO2max in trot and canter, but top riders use only Souhrn tes. Thoroughbreds are the fastest horses. They are 38-58% of VO2max in the same disciplines. Two ri- Cílem studie bylo monitorovat úroveň zatížení při rekreačním ježdění při různých druzích chodu a zjistit able to reach speed over 60 km/h at the distance ders, who have completed the track of ten barriers rozdíly mezi začátečníky a pokročilými rekreačními jezdci. of 1 km and 70km/h at the distance of 500m (Jokl, in less than one minute, have used their VO2max Při terénním výzkumu bylo monitorováno 18 jezdců na koni (14 žen, 4 muži, M=26 let) při třech druzích 1977). Canter is used in hippo rehabilitation, pe- of 73-78%. An experienced rider, who has comple- chodu koně, krok, klus, cval. Jezdci byli rozděleni do dvou skupin podle jezdeckých dovedností na začátečníky dagogical and psychological riding or driving of ted dressage in ten minutes, reached only 40% of his a pokročilé. U testovaných osob byla před výkonem monitorována srdeční frekvence a výdej energie v klidu (v handicapped people. Other gait is gallop but it VO2max. However, most riders usually use 60% of sedu) po dobu 5 min. Jezdci zahájili test 5 min jízdy v kroku, následoval 5 min odpočinek, 5 min. jízdy v klusu, 5 does not belong to others. The gallop is very much their aerobic capacity. Work performance of current min odpočinek a v závěru 5 min ve cvalu. Měřena byla srdeční frekvence, výdej energie a rychlost pohybu koně. like the canter, except that it is faster, more groun- ride is relatively high and it is approximately 120W at U všech typů chodů dosáhli začátečníci vyšších hodnot SF než pokročilí. Byl zaznamenán trend snižování d-covering, and the three-beat canter changes to bicycle ergometry. In some competitions of equestri- rozdílů ve výši HR mezi oběma skupinami s rostoucí rychlostí pohybu koně. Nejvyšší rozdíly byly zjištěny a four-beat gait. It is the fastest gait of the horse, an disciplines (especially during the short physical pro nejpomalejší chod – krok (29,6 %), pro klus 14,2 % a pro cval jen 3 %. Největší nárůst hodnoty srdeční averaging about 40 to 48 km/h. It is recommended performance) is appeared (like in other sports) the frekvence u obou skupin byl zjištěn mezi krokem a klusem. only to experienced riders. There are many other formation of lactic acid in the muscles. Tests of dif- gaits, but these are specially rehearsed as part ferent disciplines demonstrated the values of two to Klíčová slova: of some equestrian discipline, such as dressage five times higher than the resting values. For examp- jezdec, srdeční frekvence, výdej energie, chod koně (Tettenbornová, 1996). le, the values, which were measured after jump com- Horse riding belongs to outdoor activities, which petition, reached 6,2 mmol.l-1 and 13,1 mmol.l-1 Introduction ppo rehabilitation or therapeutic riding (Hollý, are healthy for physical, mental and social aspects after dressage (Melichna, 1995, www.Answers.com). The concept of riding contains a wide range of to- 2005). The main equestrian sports include show of human. It has a positive effect on the entire According to Melichny (1995) is the energy expendi- pics, which historically includes the use of horses jumping, dressage, eventing, wagonering, Vaul- musculoskeletal system, it helps to improve and ture of the rider during the walk 12,5 kJ / min. (260% in the entertainment, leisure time or as an object ting, western riding, hunting riding, endurance keep the quality of the cardiovascular and respi- nál.BM) during the trot is rising to 33,5 kJ / min. of culture and sport. Today the role of horses is riding, horse racing and Para-Equestrian. The ratory systems. It is proved, that horse riding im- (700% nál.BM) and during the canter is reaching to mainly concentrated in horse racing and recre- world popular equestrian games can be men- proves the level of coordination skills, especially 42 kJ / min. (880% nál.BM). The differences in ener- ational riding, but at the same time it is actively tioned especially Polo, Horseball and Pólokros preparedness of endurance and power, because gy expenditure between trot and canter are smaller used in healthcare, especially hippo therapy, hi- (Slyová, 2002). there are many physical demands, which are pla- than the differences between walk and trot. 20 journal of outdoor activities Volume 7 No. 1/2013 ISSN 1802-3908 21 Modern horse riding in Czech Lands is dated ced on rider during longer distance of riding or Physiological and energy back to Department Sokol of Prague foundation higher speed. During the horse riding, the whole in 1891.Today Czech equestrian sport is organized rider’s body works and there happen to dynamic by Czech Equestrian Federation (ČJF), which inc- changes in muscle tension in most postural musc- comparison of recreational horse ludes most equestrian disciplines (show jumping, les with a frequency, which is corresponding to the dressage, eventing, wagonering, vaulting, reining, rhythm of the horse. The muscles of the limbs are endurance and para-equestrian) excepting horse- primarily used for controlling the horse. The most riding -races, which are managed and organized by the stressed muscle groups of the lower limbs are knee Jockey Club. ČJF is a member of the International adductors, flexors and extensors, during the chan- Pavel Korvas, Veronika Krupková Equestrian Federation (FEI) and the Czech Olym- ging of the body center of gravity (jump, canter).