For trail riding on my Sensation I have the stirrups adjusted perfectly. Then I started being in training with my friend susan to eventually enter Tivar in a NATRC competitive trail ride. We are working on getting him in optimum physical condition and obstacles. When we trot, I tell her I don't know how to post, she says "don't worry about posting! Do what I do! This is how most people do it!" and she stands up and grabs some mane or grabstrap, she said I could use anything, if i feel i need to, to help balance and stand in the stirrups while the horse goes uphill at a plain walk or trotting etc. But my stirrups are too long for my chubby thighs to stand in the stirrups like this and have total clearance from the saddle. If I make them short enough to do this effectively I feel like I am sitting like a jockey. and it dusturbs my balanced seat feeling. any ideas?? Janice
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