Systematic Muscle Development
Building movement in a way that supports the horse’s natural movement patterns – rather than restricting them.
By combining many years of experience in equestrian sport with a strong foundation in movement science and targeted bodywork, I create training that is not only functional, but designed to support long-term development.
Muscles don’t develop simply because a horse “works more.”
What matters is how your horse moves and which structures are actually being engaged.
That’s why it’s worth taking a closer look:
Can your horse lift its ribcage? Is the hindquarters actively engaged? Can it stabilise its back and maintain balance through movement – or does it compensate elsewhere?
An exercise isn’t automatically beneficial simply because it is considered a “muscle-building” exercise. It is the correct execution, appropriate level of intensity and sufficient recovery that create the desired training stimulus.
If you want to build muscle in a targeted way, it’s not about simply doing as many exercises as possible. It’s about understanding what your horse physically needs and what each exercise is actually training.
Your Tailor-Made Training Plan
8 weeks. Clearly structured. Individually tailored to you and your horse.
Before we can decide what your horse should train, we first need to understand its current physical condition.
Based on the holistic analysis, where I assess aspects such as movement, musculature and posture, I create an individual training plan tailored to your horse’s physical needs, your available training options and your personal goals.
What Does This Mean in Practice?
No training plan will work if it doesn’t fit into your everyday routine. That’s why we discuss your actual training possibilities together:
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How often can and should your horse be trained each week?
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Who works with your horse, and what skills and experience do you have?
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Is your horse ridden, lunged or worked from the ground?
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Do you have access to an indoor arena, an outdoor arena, poles or other training equipment?
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What opportunities do you have for hacking and training outdoors?
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What goals would you like to achieve with your horse?
Understand What You’re Training
It’s important to me that you don’t simply work through your training plan.
I want you to understand what is happening in your horse’s body, what we want to achieve with each exercise, and how to recognise whether your horse is actually performing it correctly.
That’s why a joint online theory session is an important part of the programme. Together, we go through your individual training plan and discuss key principles of general training theory.
You’ll learn, among other things, how to better understand training stimuli and recovery, how to build up exercises correctly, and how to look more closely at how your horse actually performs a task.
Because an exercise may look perfect on paper – but what really matters is how your horse performs it.
What’s Included:
→ Holistic Analysis of Your Horse
Movement, musculature and physical characteristics as the foundation for your individual training plan.
→ Targeted Bodywork
Individually tailored to the areas that require particular attention in your horse.
→ Support Plan for Home
Simple exercises for release, mobilisation and stretching that you can carry out independently between sessions.
→ Individual Training Plan
Tailored to your horse, your abilities, your training possibilities, your everyday routine and your goals.
→ Structured 8-Week Training Plan
Clear training recommendations for each week, with training stimuli and recovery periods carefully planned to work together.
→ Online Theory Session
We go through your plan together and cover key principles of training theory, so you understand why we train certain things and what to look for when performing each exercise.
→ Regular Training Check-Ins
Every two weeks, you send me videos and photos so we can monitor your horse’s development throughout the eight weeks.
My goal isn’t simply to tell you which exercises to do. I want to show you how to structure training effectively, develop your eye for movement, and better understand what your horse physically needs.
The Main Focus of My Work
Individual Training Concepts – tailored to the horse, rider/lunger and individual training goals
Active Movement Training from the Ground & Under Saddle – developing healthy movement patterns
Biomechanics & Functional Anatomy – understanding how the horse moves – and why
Identifying & Addressing Imbalances – palpation and targeted exercises
Healthy Muscle Development – strengthening supportive musculature rather than reinforcing compensatory patterns
Biomechanically correct training goes beyond movement alone.
Factors such as equipment, training structure and the horse’s individual physical characteristics also play an important role.
The Leisure Horse
In leisure riding, a clear training structure is often missing – yet it plays an important role in supporting long-term health and soundness.
My goal is a horse that:
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moves rhythmically and with suppleness
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uses its body in a coordinated and relaxed way
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remains healthy, strong and resilient in the long term
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is trained correctly even without the demands of high-level sport
I support you in developing a well-balanced training approach for your horse and in improving common challenges such as asymmetry, muscular tension or a lack of carrying strength in a sustainable way.
The Vaulting Horse
The vaulting horse is a high-performance athlete – both physically and mentally.
Biomechanically correct training is essential to balance physical demands and maintain performance.
We create what feels like a thousand training plans and preparatory exercises for our vaulters – strength, mobility, coordination – all with the goal of improving both compulsory exercises and freestyle routines.
But when do we take the same detailed approach to our most important sporting partner – the horse?
Our horses also have individual strengths and weaknesses. They have movement patterns that can be developed, as well as areas that need more stability, balance or strength.
The main focus of my work:
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Straightness & balancing muscular asymmetries
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Carrying strength & stability on the circle
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Targeted muscle development for the specific demands of vaulting
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Supporting clear and subtle communication from the lunger
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Injury prevention & regeneration
A well-structured training plan should not focus solely on the athlete – but above all on the horse that carries us.
Through my own competitive career in vaulting, I bring not only theoretical knowledge, but also a deep understanding of the practical demands placed on the vaulting horse.