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Since I've nothing else to post on this fine Monday, here's last week's review. So, first half of the week. I can't even tell you when I worked out, but there's one somewhere in there, maybe two if I had the motivation. School wise, last week was another death week. Everyday, I wonder if a college education is even worth it (it is, trust me). I do have my recap from riding Gigi, and it's pretty much the same old, same old. Lateral balance continues to go places. Whenever I don't do the hip stretches, I can feel the difference between the directions. It's just become more slight. I'm still super pumped that I actually was able to rise the trot without feeling like I was flying all over the place, and being able to canter Gigi was awesome! Fast forward to Friday and my attempts to get kinda Dressagey with Pixel. I did ask for more impulsion at the walk and trot because his walk to trot and trot to canter transitions aren't as clean as I...

Yes, I have my first weekly review! So this past week was comprised of one ride and two workouts (plus regionals, but I just froze my buns off for four hours). As expected, left to right balance was an issue, but, while riding, it was resolved well through the hip exercises. I have decided to also work on the no stirrup work at the sitting trot to help me find my center and relax my thigh/knee area. I still feel unbalanced when I do the workouts, especially with the side crunches and anything involving upper body strength (flyers, for example). That'll probably be fixed minutely through the hip stretches but also through general yoga or something like that. I also looked into that issue of shin pain that's mentioned in the "Weekly Review" section. Turns out there isn't a lot of info on it; most people talked about shin splints in relation to riding, and, after checking the symptoms, I definitely don't have shin splints. The answers I found were mostl...