The best AXIO to start out with for all user levels and goals is the green single-mass AXIO360. It’s the easiest to control, but still offers significant resistance for strength benefits. The 360 is most versatile as it can be used for warmup, training and recovery. It also integrates most easily with more dynamic movement patterns and body positions.

Obviously, other than portability, those devices only offer resistance in a single direction and with very low-level proprioceptive requirement. AXIO Trainers are different in that they strengthen with a complete 360 degrees of resistance while also developing elite-level proprioception. AXIO Trainers are also more progressively challenging and great for all user levels. So as you improve with an AXIO you can progress by varying positions, adding movements, or using the advanced models.

Yes. Even though AXIO is great for athletes, particularly in overhead dominant sports, AXIO is also a great tool to improve general fitness, balance and coordination for all user levels. We have people from 8-80+ that use AXIO in a variety of ways.

Any AXIO products purchased from axiotraining.com can be returned for a full refund (minus the shipping charges) or exchanged within 30 days of the delivery date. For more information on returns and exchanges click here.

There is a link on the main menu of the website under LEARN. Exercise Library

We recommend consulting with an orthopedist or physical therapist to diagnose and treat injuries. However, with virtually any shoulder injury, the AXIO 360LITE is most appropriate for patients once cleared for loading the joint.

Learning to feel, develop timing and control the internal weight/s in an AXIO can take a little practice. Similar to learning to jump rope, it is expected to lose control and have to start over. The key is to go slow at first so you can better sense the weight and maintain control. Then gradually increase speed with practice.

AXIO Trainers combine the resistance from gravity (like a typical dumbbell) with an additional internal rotational resistance. This combination of forces makes an AXIO punch much more than its weight.

Best way to feel the ball roll inside your AXIO is keep the central handle parallel to the ground while moving the AXIO back and forth slowly and smoothly. This will help you feel ball roll up each side of the channel.

Sure does. Different rotational directions and orientations will recruit your muscles in different firing patterns and varying intensity. Many people notice they have better control in one direction over another. It’s best to master both directions with any position or movement when using an AXIO.

If you hear a clicking sound occasionally that sounds like metal contacting metal, this is either the internal weight hitting the inner rims due to the user not applying a consistent force to keep the weight to the outside of the channel. Or with AXIO Trainers that have multiple weights, if the user does not generate a smooth force to keep the weights moving in unison, they will bump into each other, creating noise and making AXIO difficult to control.

We recommend doing multiple repetitions of 20-30 second intervals at a tempo you can control. Speed will come with practice. Using the last 5-10 seconds of each interval can also be sprinted. If you lose control, just like with jumping rope, get it going again. The clock is still ticking. For greater endurance training or for low resistance recovery, repetitions can last up to 2 minutes duration at slower tempos.

Yes. It would definitely be easier to control an AXIO Trainer if we were able to use our eyes to keep track the moving weight. AXIO is intentionally designed to force us to rely and enhance our other sensory systems (other than our favorite, vision) in order to sense and control the device. 

Using an AXIO is particularly beneficial for athletes because it targets a combination of neuromuscular control, joint stability, and dynamic strength in ways that traditional training tools and methods do not.

Yes — using an AXIO can absolutely give you a cardio workout, especially if you rotate it continuously for 30-60 second intervals. AXIO provides greatest cardiovascular benefit when used with both hands and combined with full-body movements. AXIO creates reflexive muscle engagement across multiple muscle groups which ramps up your heart rate quickly, even when not moving fast. It activate so many systems at high contraction speeds which requires your body to work hard to control, which burns energy and raises oxygen demand, not only when training, but for an extended period of time after your workout.

AXIO Trainers create unpredictable, multi-directional forces due to centripetal force that require dynamic strength, feel and micro-control. Additionally, using an AXIO develops elite-level proprioception, our ability to sense and control body position and force, to simultaneously engage coordinated muscle contraction to improve movement efficiency and performance.

Using an AXIO Centripetal Trainer is challenging to control the first time because it introduces a type of sensor input, resistance and movement your body isn't used to—specifically, centripetal force combined that requires dynamic instability and coordination to control. Additionally the neural demand is extremely high because requires high-level feel, timing and control compared to strength training with more linear, predictable, conventional methods.

Getting frustrated when trying the AXIO Centripetal Trainer for the first time istotallynormal—in fact, it’s almost expected. It’s not a failure on your part; it’s a sign that your nervous system is learning something completely new. Remember- Frustration = Learning. That shaky, out-of-control feeling means your body is trying to figure it out. You’re engaging muscles, deep stabilizers and motor pathways that haven’t been challenged like this before. It’s like learning to ride a bike or jump rope- it feels awkward until suddenly it doesn’t.

AXIO strengthens multiple muscle groups at the same time in a way that improves stability, balance, control and coordination. It also acts as a hand-held ergometer that will improve aerobic conditioning and cardiovascular health with short intervals. You become not just stronger and more aerobically fit, but also more coordinated, agile and injury-resistant. AXIO is also portable, versatile, progressively challenging and fun. It's a great component in any fitness program.

Yes — using an AXIO Centripetal Trainer will absolutely improve your balance, and not just in the general sense. It specifically enhances the type of balance athletes and active individuals need: dynamic, reactive, and sport-ready.  Contrary to what many people may think, balance isnt’ just about strength. Instead it’s about our nervous system’s ability to sense, anticipate and modulate muscle contractions to control stability. Learning to control AXIO’s unpredictable, multi-directional forces enhances our nervous system to make split-second, micro adjustments to maintain control and stability. See “Balance" section in AXIO exercise library for variety of training drills.

Athletic performance relies on fast-twitch muscle contraction, high-level sensorimotor function and reflexive control. Unlike the instability that comes from using inertia from a blade or water, forces from an AXIO are multi-directional and unpredictable which creates very precise, high-speed type II fiber recruitment just like what is needed in sport. AXIO requires instant reflexive reaction, fine motor control, and greater synchronized stabilization to control which carries over optimally to preventing injury and improving sports performance.

Yes — using an AXIO Centripetal Trainer is conceptually similar to rhythmic stabilization techniques, but it’s different in several ways. AXIO offers another level in terms of intensity, precision, and versatility.Rhythmic stabilization techniques develop a persons ability to brace and prevent motion. Using an AXIO develops much greater dynamic stability and muscular control because the speed of contractions are significantly higher and the forces are constantly changing at a high rate of speed. Using an AXIO is different in that It does not teach us to brace to prevent motion, but instead enhances are ability to sense and modulate force to control motion at an elite-level. AXIO develops micro-stability and movement control, as well as improving our ability to use ground reaction forces most efficiently for optimal movement and function. An analogy for comparison would be that if rhythmic stabilization is like painting with a paint roller, then using an AXIO is like painting with a brush. There’s far greater precision painting with a brush.

AXIO Trainers can be easily wiped clean with any gym wipe or equipment cleaner. If you want to really brighten up your AXIO, simply dampen a towel with WD40 and wipe thoroughly and then wipe dry with a clean towel.

AXIO Trainers over time break in with use and so some debris can accumulate within the outer channel or on the mass/es. We recommend occasionally “tuning” your AXIO to keep it working smoothly. To do so simply follow instructions in the AXIO Care section on our website.