The Rider Core Mini Course

— Finally Explained in a Way That Makes Sense

Understand why your body behaves the way it does in the saddle — and learn the real foundations of rider stability, posture, balance, and control.

Quick Highlights:

🧠 Rider-Specific Core Education
🎥 Easy-to-Follow Video Lessons
🐎 Understand Stability, Posture & Movement
💡 Learn Why Riding Problems Happen
🌐 Stream Anytime, Anywhere
♾️ Lifetime Access (One-Time Payment)

Structure Snapshot:

Format: Clare-led educational video lessons
Delivery: Web-based RiderCise® platform
Access: Lifetime (one-time payment, instant access)
Level: Suitable for all riders
Focus: Rider stability, posture, core function & movement understanding

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Horse and Rider

What is the Rider Core Course?

Developed by Clare, founder of RiderCise® — the UK’s leading rider fitness platform — this course explains the rider’s body in a way most riders have never been taught before.

It combines rider-specific biomechanics, functional movement, posture, breathing, and core education to help you understand why your body behaves the way it does in the saddle.

Most riders are told what to do:
“Sit taller.”
“Engage your core.”
“Use your seat.”

But very few riders are ever taught:

What The Core Actually Is
How Stability is Created
Why Posture Affects Riding
Why The Body Compensates Under Pressure
Why Some Correctsions Never Seem to Stick

This course bridges that gap.

It helps you understand the real reason riding can feel difficult, inconsistent, or physically demanding — even when you’re trying your best.

✨ What You’ll Gain From This Course

Rider-Specific Education
Clear, Easy-To-Understand Explanations
Learn The 'Why' Behind Rider Instability and Compensation
Understand Posture, Breathing, Movement, and Control
Lifetime Access - Revisit Anytime

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WHO IS THE RIDER CORE COURSE FOR?

Riders who want to better understand their body, improve stability, and stop feeling confused or frustrated by conflicting riding advice.

You’ve Ben Told To “Engage Your Core” But Don’t Know What That Means
You Struggle with Balance, Stability, or Posture in the Ssaddle
Your Postion Changes Under Pressure or Fatigue
You Feel Stiff, Braced, Disconnected, or Unstable
Riding Feels Harder Than it Should
Corrections Improve Temporarily but Never Truly Hold
You Want to Understand Your Body Instead of just Guessing

If you’ve ever wondered why your riding feels inconsistent despite your effort, this course will help everything finally make sense.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN INSIDE THE RIDER CORE COURSE

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🧠 Module Overview Section

⚖️ Module 1 – Understanding Stability in the Rider’s Body

– Learn why the body compensates, adapts, braces, or loses stability under pressure — and why riding problems are often the result of deeper movement patterns, not lack of effort.

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🎯 Module 2 – The Rider’s Core: Muscles, Roles & Riding Function

– Understand what the rider’s core actually is, how the muscles work together, and why true stability is about coordination, pressure management, breathing, and control — not simply “tightening your abs.”

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🚫 MODULE 2.1 – Core Myths That Hold Riders Back

– Break down the most common misconceptions riders are taught about the core, posture, stability, and strength — and understand why many traditional approaches fail to improve riding long term.

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🧍‍♀️ MODULE 3 – How Your Posture Affects Your Core Function

– Discover how posture directly changes muscle function, breathing mechanics, stability, balance, and movement quality both in and out of the saddle.

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🐎 MODULE 4 – Common Signs of Core Dysfunction in the Saddle

– Learn how poor stability and compensation patterns commonly appear in riding through position, balance, tension, coordination, fatigue, and loss of control.

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🔄 MODULE 5 – Why Your Body Adapts Instead of Corrects

– Understand why the body prioritises survival and stability over perfect movement — and why compensation patterns become automatic over time.

🔧 MODULE 6 – How to Actually Change the Way Your Body Works for Riding

– Learn what is truly required to improve rider function, movement patterns, posture, stability, and control — and why awareness and retraining matter more than simply getting stronger.

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Plus:

End-of-Module Mini Quizzes to Help Reinforce What You’ve Learned

Format:

🎥 Bite-Sized Video Lessons
🖼️ Visual Explanations and Rider Examples
📘 Simple, Rider-Friendly Teaching
♾️ Lifetime Access to Revisit ANYTIME

WHY MOST RIDERS STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE

Most riding problems are treated as isolated faults:
“Heels down.”
“Sit up.”
“Stop leaning.”

But riding is the output of how your body currently functions.

If posture, stability, breathing, coordination, or movement patterns are compromised, your riding will reflect it — no matter how hard you try.

That’s why effort alone often doesn’t solve the problem.

The Rider Core Course helps riders understand:

Why Compensations Happens
Why Instability Increases Under Pressure
Why The Body Braces or Collapses
Why Movement Quality Matters More Than Forcing Positions

“Your body isn’t failing — it’s responding.”

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HOW THE RIDER CORE COURSE WORKS

It’s as Simple as 1, 2, 3… 4 👇

➡️ Step 1 – Understand

– Learn how stability, posture, breathing, and movement actually work together.

➡️ Step 2 – Recognise

– Start identifying the patterns, compensations, and habits that may be affecting your riding.

➡️ Step 3 – Connect

– Link what you’ve learned back to your own body, your own riding, and the problems you’ve been trying to fix.

➡️ Step 4 – Take the Next Step (Optional)

– If you want help improving posture, movement, stability, and rider-specific function, you’ll have the option to purchase the RiderCise® Postural Bundle or Rider Vault at an exclusive course-only discount.

Understand ➡️ Recognise ➡️ Connect ➡️ Retrain

Understand first. Then train with purpose

WHAT RIDERS GAIN FROM THIS COURSE

Outcomes:

Better Understanding of Rider Stability and Balance
Improved Body Awareness and Movement Understanding
Greater Clarity Around Posture and Core Function
Less Confusion and Frustration when Riding
Stronger Understanding of Why Riding Problems Happen
More Confidence in How to Improve Correctly

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WHY THIS COURSE IS DIFFERENT

Most rider fitness content jumps straight into exercises.

But if riders don’t understand:

Why the Compensate
How Posture Affects Movement
What Stability Actually Means
How the Nervous System Influences Control

…then they often continue reinforcing the same patterns.

This course gives riders the missing understanding first — creating the foundation for meaningful long-term change.

FROM LIVE RIDER CORE COURSES TO ONLINE LEARNING

The Rider Core Mini Course was developed from Clare’s highly successful in-person Rider Core Courses, where riders learned how posture, movement, stability, and compensation affect riding performance.

Those live courses included rider assessments, functional movement analysis, and mechanical horse demonstrations.

Because accurately assessing riders requires hands-on observation, movement testing, and real-time coaching, that level of assessment is not included in this online version.

Instead, the Rider Core Mini Course has been specifically designed to give riders the understanding they need to:

Think Differently about their Riding
Better Understand their Body and Movement Patterns
Recognise Common Compensations and Stability Problems
Improve Awareness, Control, and Function
Make more Informed Decisions about How to Improve

This is called a Mini Course because it focuses specifically on the educational foundations riders need to better understand their body, movement, posture, and stability.

It has been adapted from Clare’s original in-person Rider Core Course, which included hands-on rider assessment, movement analysis, and practical demonstrations that cannot be fully replicated online.

Instead, the Rider Core Mini Course has been designed to give riders the understanding they need to finally make sense of their struggles in the saddle — helping them think differently about movement, recognise compensation patterns, and make more meaningful changes to how they function and ride.

WHY THIS COURSE DOESN’T INCLUDE EXERCISES

This course is designed to teach you what is happening in your body and why it matters in the saddle.

It does not include exercise programming because the purpose of this course is not to throw random movements at you before you understand the problem.

Riders don’t need random exercises.

They need to understand:

Why they Compensate
Why their Posture Affects Stability
Why their Core may not be Functioning Well
Why "Engage Your Core" is not even a thing!
Whic type of Training is Likely to Help them Next

At the end of the course, you’ll have the option to continue your journey with an exclusive course-only discount on the RiderCise® Postural Bundle or the Rider Vault.

The Postural Bundle gives riders everything they need to begin improving their specific posture type, movement patterns, and stability.

Or, for riders wanting the complete RiderCise® system, the Rider Vault includes all RiderCise® programs in one place — helping you improve posture, stability, strength, control, and rider-specific fitness as a whole.

However, the goal of this course is education first.

You may choose to continue with RiderCise®, or you may decide to explore an alternative solution based on the knowledge and understanding you’ve gained throughout the course.

Either way, you’ll leave with a far clearer understanding of your body, your movement patterns, and why your riding feels the way it does.

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Clare

Hey! - I'm Clare

Founder of RiderCise

- Master Personal Trainer
- Functional Movement Coach
- Biomechanics Coach
- Rider Rehab Specialist
- Advanced Soft Tissue Therapist
- UKCC Equestrian Coach

I work with riders worldwide — from everyday leisure riders rebuilding confidence, to ambitious athletes preparing for elite-level challenges.

I know first-hand what it feels like to have your confidence stripped away. To doubt your ability.

To question whether you’ll ever feel like yourself in the saddle again.

In 2012, a fall from my horse Annick changed everything.

For the first time in my riding life, I felt anxious, uncertain, and unsure of what the future held.

But my commitment to my horses — and my refusal to accept that this was “just how it was now” — drove me to find better answers. Not quick fixes. Not generic fitness. But training that truly supported the rider’s body.

In 2016, RiderCise® was born.

Since then, the rider-specific workouts I’ve developed have helped thousands of riders globally improve posture, rebuild confidence, return from injury, and ride with strength and control again.

Today, I specialise in:

Rider rehabilitation and confident returns to the saddle
Long-term rider development and movement efficiency
Advanced sport-specific conditioning for demanding challenges, including events such as the Mongol Derby and Tevis Cup

Everything I teach is grounded in biomechanics, experience, and one clear belief:

When a rider’s body works properly, riding becomes clearer, safer, and more enjoyable — at every level.

REAL RIDERS. REAL UNDERSTANDING.

Michelle

It is a great course to go on to be able to gain more knowledge of your own body, it's weaknesses, how it's affecting your riding and how to help it.

Michelle

August 2023

I attended the course to be able to learn more about the core how it works. Issues that arise and ways to correct problems for myself and coaching clients.

My biggest learning point was how unfit/un-supple I am! Even tho I ride a lot, do lots of ground work, and have an active job I was aching the next day. Also theory side exactly what is involved in the core

Ruth J

I attended the course because I wasn’t progressing with my riding and the standard online advice on achieving a strong core wasn’t helping me.

Ruth. J

August 2023

Unlike the others in my group my second session on the sim was worse than the first. I realised that this was because of lack of stamina and generally poor fitness. This was a really important lesson for me. There was a lot to explain my lack of progress. My horse tends to pull me over her left shoulder and the feedback from the sim suggests that my weak core promotes this and that it has now become my riding style.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone. It gave me a real insight into my riding issues along with a plan to help me progress. I really enjoyed the day and found it to be great value for money

Gaynor

I attended the course because it was an opportunity to speak and discuss with an expert about your core and what muscles make up ‘your core’

Gaynor

August 2023

My biggest learning point was learning the correct exercises for your posture. Learning from others who were assessing me, with Clare's guidance, on what they see my weaknesses to be. Which were different to my perception. And realising when on mechanical horse how my lower leg is constantly’on’ the horses sid

This course is relevant for all experience levels. Horse riding is a continuous learning curve, no matter how long you’ve ridden and especially when changing from a horse ridden for years and then a youngster. Great to have an experienced trainer & horse rider who can give you rider specific exercises. Clare is very approachable and this course was informative, interesting, interactive and fun. Doesn’t matter how old you are either to enjoy this course.

Deborah

I attended the course to improve my confidence in riding by improving my core and balance.

Deborah

August 2023

My biggest learning point was how important rider fitness is and that it is under estimated. You need to make changes yourself to improve your balance and strength in the saddle.

This course is a great introductory course. Very supportive with like minded people. Thank you Clare, for being non judgmental and caring.

Lesley

It was interesting to learn how to access different rider postures from the ground and how to work systematically through this process and learn the links between posture types and probable riding issues.

Lesley

October 2023

I signed up for the course to explore the effects of use of the rider's core on the horses way of going with the plan of being able to utilize this information both in any future work as an Accredited Professional coach to help riders and alongside work as a Veterinary Physiotherapist to help riders gain the most from their horse during rehabilitation.

I thought the rider course was interesting and eye opening and was a good course for riders working at any level. The course would be good for novice riders to allow them to build on their riding skill in a progressive way and equally could help those who are much more experienced to work on minor issues in their own or their horse's performance

Sab

My biggest learning point was that the side I thought was my strongest was actually my weakest

Sab

October 2023

I attended the course because I’ve never felt as balanced and comfortable in the saddle as others appear to be. Both horses i ride have same issues when schooling, so I’ve guessed the problem is most likely me.

Definitely do the course, it’s so worth it. I’m sure that even someone who doesn’t think they have any problem areas would still learn alot about their posture and how it might be affecting the horse’s comfort and way of going. I think the group size was ideal, not too many but enough that we could learn from each other. It was well organised and having the email with the booklet to look at before coming was really helpful. Thank you for doing the course and I felt comfortable asking questions and you were very helpful with everything I asked.

Victoria

My biggest learning point was I learnt how I was actually sitting was different than I thought. I learned more about my position and what made me feel wonky and being able to put that right with technique and guidance.

Victoria

October 2023

Really enjoyed discovering what my riding position is compared to what I think it is. And learning about the different posture types and how they affect your riding position. Clare is very informative and the course is easy to understand.

it's a excellent course to get proper insight to see how to correct your riding position, and to give your horse clear comfortable aids and understanding.fantastic course.

Vicky

My biggest learning point was my posture type diagnosis. I have spent nearly 20years trying to fix something (in a self-help way) and have probably just created a different problem. Learning that this is common and constant re-appraisals are important was so sensible but still a revelation!

Vicky

October 2023

I attended the course because my posture is in need of some work and I want to improve my riding for starting a couple of youngsters while I’m not getting any younger. I have a constant interest in biomechanics.

It’s the only course I have seen that looks at posture off, then on a horse. It’s an intense day full of relevant information that I haven’t come across in a rider-centered course before.

Sally

My biggest learning point was that all riders are on a journey and that I am just in a different place from most riders. There is always something to learn. When it comes to riding core is essential

Sally

August 2023

I attended the course because I wanted to learn more about the Riders core and I will learn more in a day with you than reading books!!

Clare is ahead of her time and has new information you just won't get from other people. She has huge passion for what she does. I have learnt more from a few sessions with Clare than I did with many from so called experienced instructors

Alison

My biggest learning point was the linking of ridden problems to specific areas of weakness...

Alison

August 2023

I attended the course to expand and apply knowledge about use of core in riding and also to experience the amazing simulators to provide bio feedback.

Excellent insight into use of core when riding and how different people need different exercises to improve their optimal performance. The simulators really enhanced the experience by providing lots of biofeedback.

Nicki

My biggest learning point was that I sit to right leg of the saddle and that I had my right on all the time. This has helped me in lots of ways, lots to work on and I already feel more comfortable in the saddle.

Nicki

March 2024

The course was excellent, really informative, without being overwhelming. I've learned so much about my body posture and how I sit in the saddle and how I ride. All discovered in such a positive and fun way! I have lots to work on but I can already feel a difference when sitting in my saddle. Highly recommended!

Thanks for hosting such a fun and informative course, loved it!

Julie

The horse simulator picked up my weaknesses, and unbalanced riding position. So I now have a go to plan to improve these problems. Some of the issues have been raised in my lessons but not clearly pin pointed, as they were during the course.

Julie

March 2024

I wanted to attend the course to help me in my journey to improve my fitness to ride. Having had a few years off due to retired horses, living there long lives with me. Possibly 12 years on, it was time to start again before I get to old, I have found riding difficult, things I took for granted before are hard. So I decided to look at myself in the saddle was a good place to start.

Having completed the course, I have been buzzing around telling everyone about my day, even none horsey work colleagues. My friend Nicki, who also attended the course with me, and I, have both been on a high, of enthusiasm for our riding, upon returning home. ****NO DOUBT'S BOOK THE NEXT AVAILABLE COURSE****

The Rider Core Mini Course

— Finally Explained in a Way That Makes Sense

Understand why your body behaves the way it does in the saddle — and learn the real foundations of rider stability, posture, balance, and control.

Quick Highlights:

🧠 Rider-Specific Core Education
🎥 Easy-to-Follow Video Lessons
🐎 Understand Stability, Posture & Movement
💡 Learn Why Riding Problems Happen
🌐 Stream Anytime, Anywhere
♾️ Lifetime Access (One-Time Payment)

Structure Snapshot:

Format: Clare-led educational video lessons
Delivery: Web-based RiderCise® platform
Access: Lifetime (one-time payment, instant access)
Level: Suitable for all riders
Focus: Rider stability, posture, core function & movement understanding

Get Instant Lifetime Access for £97

One-Time Payment – Lifetime Access

Start Understanding Your Riding From the Inside Out

✨ What You’ll Get

Rider-Specific Education
Easy-to-Understand Video Lessons
Understand Stability, Posture & Core Function
Lifetime Access
Learn at Your Own Pace