Riding Fitness: What do you think?

He is sort of right in the sense that riding doesn't have a team of humans. (I am deliberately ignore the human/horse team since he would not understand that anyway) However it can be a team sport when you do ride and ties or polo. As far as fitness let me take him on a trail ride. Lets see how he feels after ten or fifteen miles. I can show a mean streak every once in a while.

yea all my sisters are cheerleaders and i hate cheerleaders. I chose the tomboy way of life with horses. And ive played soccer my whole life and i quit for horses. Horseback riding is more a sport than soccer. you have to be able to control eleven hundred pounds of raw mucsle under your legs. make him sit in the saddle for a few hours

um to ride it is really fitness to ride

hun, he couldn't be more wrong!!!! soccer really only takes a small amount of leg strength, compared to riding leg strength and hardly no arm muscle at all, where your pulling on reins and such, too. take him riding for a few hours. if you do english, make him post, sit, 2 pnt without leaning on the horses neck. he won't last. beleive me. i've done it with my brother. if you really hate him, take away his stirrups. haha.

I think you both have a lot to learn! Riding is a team sport just not in the way soccer is you have to team up with your animal! The "fitness" of both sports is very different. I agree with the other poster, if you can't convince him otherwise have your brother ride for a few hours and see how he feels then!

you should already know the answer to this being that you are a rider yourself. riding takes a lot of talent and exercise. have him get on a horse and see how much he thinks that then

I've heard it a million times: "Riding isn't a sport, it's not exercise. The horse does all the work and you just sit there." I find that it's easier just to roll your eyes and change the subject. Unless you can get that person to spend a day working around a horse, they'll never understand. It's a battle that's destined to be lost.

put him on a horse. my legs hurt after riding. especailly after jumping.

Riding deffinatly takes alot more energy. we have to muck out and we have to ride in special positions which are more strenous on your body. Hes just jelous because horses are better than a ball.