EngagedRider Widerstandsbänder

We recommend wearing the bands at least once a week for maximum improvement. If you are working through a specific issue, you may want to wear them every ride until you have successfully overcome the issue.

Wearing the bands for 10 -15 minutes is plenty for most riders at first. To start with, we recommend wearing them after your warm-up. As you become familiar with them, incorporate them as part of your warm up for optimal muscle activation. You can build up to wearing them for a whole ride, although we recommend taking them off for the last 5 to 10 minutes to give your body a chance to feel the adjustments without the bands on.

You can also wear them just for one aspect of your ride (for example, when working on a particular lateral movement, or flying changes) to improve that specific exercise.

To begin with, we recommend adjusting them off the horse with the knees bent. Use the guidelines to ensure the bands are even. There should be enough resistance that they will not slip off, and you can feel some muscle activation. They should not be so tight that they are uncomfortable.

As you get more familiar with the bands, you can gradually tighten them to achieve even more muscle activation. You will know that it’s time to tighten them when everything feels “easy” at your current adjustment level.

The bands are only suited for intermediate riders and above. We strongly discourage beginner riders from using them. They are a tool to improve and refine an already independent seat and balanced position.

Advanced and expert riders will also benefit from the bands, as they help to make minute adjustments in straightness, posture and symmetry. These small adjustments can make significant improvements to performance at the highest levels.

The bands will not stop you from riding through spooks or other behaviours as usual. Some riders have reported being able to more securely sit through spooks or bucks with the bands on. However, if your horse is particularly spooky on a specific day, we suggest that you stop using them that day. Let your comfort level gauge your use of the bands.

The bands can easily be disengaged by raising the heels with the knees bent. They do not have a very strong bounce back, and most horses are not worried about them coming off. Once disengaged, stop your horse as soon as it is safe to do so, and remove them from your upper body.

Most horses take very well to the bands (we recommend gently laying the bands on the horse’s neck, saddle area, flank and croup prior at first, with increasing intensity, to gauge the horse’s reaction and accustomise them to the bands).

Like with all aspects of riding, care needs to be taken at all times. Beginner riders should not use the bands, nor should they be used on very green horses.

The bands are equipped with a safety release which will only operate if you are caught on an external object (a fencepost, for example) while wearing the bands. The bands will then release, but will need to be sent to us for checking before re-using them.

You would need to check in with your medical team before using the bands. This is not something we can advise on, as we don’t have the benefit of your full medical history (nor are we medical professionals).

We highly recommend finding a specialist rider physio in your area, who can advise you as to whether the bands will benefit your riding.

The bands are used by many para-riders, or riders with physical issues, to help them strengthen specific muscle groups and achieve more stability in the saddle, but every rider should be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

We recommend joining the Equisk Coaches Programme. We are continually adding more resources to help coaches get the most out of their Equisk tools. You can also check out some informative videos on our YouTube channel.

We aim to ship worldwide and currently deliver to over 100 countries. If checkout is not working for your country, please contact us and we will try to add your country to the list!

We are based out of the beautiful Sunshine Coast, in Australia, and shipping to the other side of the world can take some time. For standard shipping, we estimate up to 14 working days for customers in North America and Europe, although most packages are delivered within 10 working days. If you want your order quicker, we also offer express post and courier options for worldwide delivery within 3-5 days. We can help you to track your order if you get in touch with us!

No problems - there should be a tracking link in the shipping confirmation email that you received after you placed your order. If you can't find it, just choose the "track my order" option on our Help Centre, or contact us and we will happily help you to track your order!

Overseas Taxes, Duties and/or Tariffs may be payable by you depending on your country.

European Union - If you place your order from a EU country, VAT is included in the price, and you do not have to pay VAT on your order (please note that this does not apply to non-EEZ countries such as UK and Switzerland).

Any local government import and duties incurred are the responsibility of the recipient. Please understand that this is not within our control and we cannot pre pay these duties. If you are not sure what duties you may incur, please contact us and we will do our best to provide you an estimate.

If you choose to refuse a shipment or a parcel is returned to sender, we will charge shipping to resend it to you, and we will charge a handling fee of €4.95 if you prefer a refund.

All of our products come with a 12-month warranty. If they break or fail within 12 months of use, please let us know, and we will replace them free of charge, with free postage.

We will also provide a refund if your product arrives in a damaged condition, or does not do what it is supposed to. You may need to provide us with a photograph to explain the problem.

We are so confident that our training aids will help you become a better rider that we offer a Training Difference Guarantee on our training aids - currently, we offer this guarantee on all our SteadyHands riding gloves and on EngagedRider resistance bands.

Our Training Difference Guarantee means that we refund you the full purchase price of your item(s), excluding shipping. The items can be lightly used, as we understand you may have tried them, but must still be in good condition.

Before refunding you under the guarantee, we will offer you some guidance on using our training tools to get the most out of them. However, if you follow our guidance and they're still not working for you to make you a better rider, we will then fully refund you.

If you change your mind before we have shipped your order, we are happy to cancel and refund your order in full. If we have already shipped out your order, you will need to send it back to us in order to receive a full refund or exchange of the same value.

Items for change-of-mind returns must be unused and in their original packaging.