I’ve never rode a horse, but it seems like the horse is doing the work while the human just sits there. I googled if calories are burn during horseback riding and I found that riding a horse for 45 min burns 200 calories. How is this possible if the humans not really doing anything except sit on the horse?
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You use a lot of core muscles to keep you balanced on the horse, as well as inner thighs to grip the saddle. And it also depends on what style of riding you’re doing – for example if you ride English you use your quads to bob up and down in time with the horse and it makes the ride less jarring.
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