{"id":2787,"date":"2022-03-19T17:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulbelasik.com\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:29:16","slug":"rider-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulbelasik.com\/index.php\/rider-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Rider Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Watjen, who has been considered to have sublime position once said, &#8220;No fault in rider position was ever corrected by suppleness. Suppleness is the result of riding in the correct position for years.&#8221;<!--more--> This is an excellent statement. Riders need to come to riding with the idea of an alert body capable of efficient toning, not slumped or relaxed. There is a great quotation from the brilliant and legendary French music teacher Nadia Boulanger. An advanced student came in one day and began to present a new composition that he thought was free-flowing and rangy. 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