SymmFit

SymmFit Stylish, functional rider biomechanics clothes

✨Makes alignment visible

06/09/2026

👍 Which finger are you actually using to hold your reins?

We tend to talk about having “soft hands” in riding, but people rarely look at which fingers are actually doing the work.

In this rider, the middle finger was dominating the grip. That changes how the hand organises around the rein, and can influence what the other fingers, thumb and wrist have to do to maintain control.

And this is exactly why I designed the SymmFit Insight Gloves. The lines and visual markers aren’t there just to show you where your hands are. They help make the way you are using your hands visible.

In this video you can actually see the difference when we change which fingers are contributing to the rein grip.

Sometimes improving your hands isn’t about trying harder to keep your wrists straight or your hands still. It’s about changing how you’re holding the rein in the first place.

Want to understand why your fingers, thumb, wrist, elbow and shoulder all matter to how you use the reins? That’s exactly what we explore in the 8-week Riding Ready Reins Course, breaking the whole chain down before putting it back together.

Or come for a Rider Physio simulator session, where we can go one step further and use the simulator’s rein sensors to get objective, real-time data on how different hand positions and grip strategies change the pressure you apply through the reins.

🏇SymmFit will be at Stand A131 and I’ll have my beautiful custom-made Frank Baines saddle with me!So we can pop you in a...
04/09/2026

🏇SymmFit will be at Stand A131 and I’ll have my beautiful custom-made Frank Baines saddle with me!

So we can pop you in a SymmFit top, have you sit in the saddle and take a look at your rider position

👉How straight are you actually sitting?
👉Is your pelvis level?
👉Is your trunk centred over it?

👀And does the position you feel you’re in match what we can actually see?

Come and see for yourself!

📍 Stand A131 – Blenheim Horse Trials

29/08/2026

😍Love the new Core Jacket and Navy/Berry/Blue colours!

21/08/2026

👉Rider Physio sessions in Cheshire, but also at Hurstwood Farm Equestrian (East Sussex) and coming soon Essex.

SymmFit Core training tops and jackets available online for helping see your position on a simulator or real horse 🙌

19/08/2026

🧐”You’ll never learn to ride unless you get on the horse.”

A comment left on one of my posts recently. And yes, of course you need to ride horses to learn to ride horses. But the idea that every part of learning to ride has to happen on a real horse is ridiculous.

In almost every other sport, we break skills down. We practise components separately. We use technology, video, objective data, hands-on coaching and controlled environments to help athletes understand and change movement.

Then we put it all back together in the sporting environment.

Why should riding be any different?

The simulator allows me to physically facilitate movement while the rider can see objective feedback in real time. We can isolate something, change it, repeat it and give the rider time to understand what they are actually feeling.

All without asking a horse to tolerate us repeatedly getting it wrong while we figure it out.

Then we take that learning back to the horse.

A simulator isn’t a replacement for riding a horse. It’s a tool to help you become a better rider of one.

So, sorry not sorry. I’ll keep using them. 🙌

This was yesterday at a Rider Physio clinic, with one of the instructors from Hurstwood Farm Equestrian Centre joining me to work together to help this rider. Looking forward to hearing how she gets on in her riding camp this weekend 🙌.

19/08/2026

👀Lots of riders get focused on needing a curve in their lower back for a “correct” riding position.

But everyone’s spinal shape is different, and it also changes when we move from standing to sitting.

As we sit, the pelvis normally moves into some posterior tilt as we transfer weight onto our seat bones. That naturally changes the curve of the lower back.

So rather than looking for a particular spinal shape, I’m more interested in where the pelvis is and how the rider is weight bearing.

Too far forwards and weight moves towards the front of the pelvis and p***c arch (A). Too far backwards and the rest of the spine has to reorganise to keep us balanced. (C).

Understanding this off the horse first, then applying it in the saddle, can really help riders start to find a balanced position rather than trying to manufacture a particular “correct” shape.

Want to understand your position rather than just be told where to put your body?

💻 Online Riding Ready Position course - learn the anatomy, biomechanics and exercises behind your position.

📆 In person Rider Physio sessions on the simulator.

16/08/2026

The SymmFit Core tops and jackets are designed for you to see exactly what you are doing in the saddle. Here the rider is sitting to the right and rotated to the left s little.

❓Which is the better position? And what are you looking at to decide?I always start with the pelvis, looking at the sacr...
15/08/2026

❓Which is the better position? And what are you looking at to decide?

I always start with the pelvis, looking at the sacral angle..

Then I look at shoulder and hip alignment. Is the trunk upright over the pelvis?

Next, the rib cage. Where is it sitting relative to the pelvis?

Then the arms. What angle are they hanging at, and how does that affect the elbow, hand and rein?

That’s the system I use when assessing a rider’s position and movement. It gives me a framework to look at the bigger picture, rather than judging one body part in isolation or just looking at the bigger picture. The SymmFit tops and jackets help you see rider position more clearly.

If you want to learn how to assess and understand your own position, that’s exactly what we work through in the online Riding Ready Position Course

🙌Been a fab day of helping riders today and another full day tomorrow. Love these travelling clinics!
15/08/2026

🙌Been a fab day of helping riders today and another full day tomorrow. Love these travelling clinics!

15/08/2026

🎊 New colours. New Core Jacket. Same focus on helping you see your position in the saddle.

The SymmFit range is designed around rider biomechanics, using carefully positioned lines and colour blocks to make alignment, posture and symmetry easier to see.

And now there are more ways to wear it, with new colours and the new Core Performance Training Jacket.

Because sometimes seeing what your body is doing is the first step towards changing it.

See your position. Fix it.

Address

Tarporley

Telephone

+447967025775

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when SymmFit posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to SymmFit:

Shortcuts

Share

Category