Join the NEDA Know How moderators as they chat with Jack LaTorre about rider fitness.
Jack is a Florida-based dressage rider, entrepreneur, and fitness professional. His riding journey started at age 10, when he fell in love with dressage. Ever since, he's ridden with top Olympians like Ali Brock, Steffen Peters, and Lendon Gray, as well as notable riders like Jessica Jo Tate and Scott Hassler. Jack has competed through the Grand Prix, and is a USDF bronze and Silver medalist.
Around the time of his Grand Prix Debut, his body had become the massive limiter on his riding. He was unbelievably tight, had constant aches, and could not use his body the way his horse needed. He took his 7 years of fitness experience at that point and began to study flexibility and mobility. It completely unlocked his body, transformed his riding, and got rid of the day-to-day pains that had been normal for years.
Soon after sharing his experience on social media, Equibody was born. He's since been passionate about finding and sharing the best health and fitness practices for riders and has amassed over 200,000 followers across all platforms, has done a series with Horse and Country TV, and has worked with over 500 riders between the ages of 18 and 72.
He's spent the last few years building the team at Equibody, bringing in better and brighter coaches, to help continue to revolutionize how riders perform and understand fitness.
Jack still continues to ride his mare, Sakari, as they train for the Prix St. Georges. He also lives with his wife and French Bulldog near Wellington, FL.
NEDA Know How is a nationally award-winning virtual webinar series that runs every Thursday evening in January, February, and March. Run through Zoom, participants are muted, but can ask questions in the platform's chat feature, allowing the NEDA moderators to pass the questions along to our speakers for answers to your challenges and questions.
The goal of the webinar is to bring our membership a variety of prolific speakers aiming to increase:
knowledge of best practices and opportunities in the dressage industry,
opportunities to query those working in the dressage industry regarding cutting-edge advancements or best-quality educational standards, and
knowledge of how their aspirations are impacted by others' work in the dressage community or the equine industry.