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🚨 By the time it shows up blood at the nose, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Most horses don’t show bleeding in the upper airways (where a scope checks).
👉 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.

The 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 is a science-backed health and fitness assessment designed to catch these early signs.

𝐈𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲:

✔️ Silent bleeding
✔️ Lung inflammation
✔️ Muscle fatigue
✔️ Pain

You’ll get 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 tailored to your horse’s real needs; whether it’s support for its lungs while maintaining fitness or building speed and endurance safely.

💡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Make adjustments before problems show up in the arena. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: https://www.larctest.com/larc-test-near-me

Preparation and recovery are the keys to unlocking your horse’s full potential. The BEMER Horse-Set supports both enhancing circulation before the challenge and speeding recovery after, so your horse stays strong, resilient, and ready to perform at their best.

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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.
There are a lot of opinions out there, but it shouldn’t be about opinions.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 — 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. The environment, the diet, the rider, the training plan, the footing, the weather, the travel — all of it affects your horse’s physical condition and health.

And there are different stages of conditioning too. A 2- or 3-year-old horse is not the same as a seasoned open horse. It’s also not the same to live in a place where you can train year-round as it is to live somewhere with five months of harsh winter where you can’t do much.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭. You need to learn how your horse works, so that you’ll know what to do every time something in your training needs to change.

Your horse has 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬: one is slow (for endurance), and the other is fast (for speed). If you only develop the slow system, your horse will be great at long workouts or long distances, but not necessarily fast. 𝐈𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝. That’s just physiology. That’s how your horse’s body works.

Think of a marathon runner and a sprinter. Both are top athletes, both are fit, but in different ways. The marathoner develops the slow energy system and slow-twitch muscles. The sprinter develops the fast energy system and fast-twitch muscles.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.

Fitness level isn’t just one thing. Every sport needs different abilities. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. And that’s not the same as general endurance.

𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 — 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲.

Add short bursts of high-intensity work twice a week. It can be just 10 minutes.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 “𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞” 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.

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Microcirculation plays a vital role in delivering oxygen, nutrients, and removing waste at the cellular level. Supporting healthy microcirculation is key to your horse’s overall health, recovery, and performance. 🐎

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Want to get some solid info this weekend?! I’ll be in Doswell, VA Saturday & Sunday! If you’d like to get a fitness evaluation on your horse let me know!

The temperatures are rising🥵

And electrolytes are crucial for your horse in this heat, assuring they’re receiving enough replacement lost in sweat💦

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