Health and safety

Last updated October 11, 2026

Talk to a clinician first if

• you have a heart, lung or kidney condition, high blood pressure, diabetes, or any other medical condition;
• you have a joint, bone or back problem, or you’ve had surgery or an injury recently;
• you’re pregnant, or gave birth in the last 12 months;
• you take medication that affects your heart rate or how you tolerate exercise;
• you’ve been inactive for a long time, or you’ve ever had chest pain, dizziness or fainting during exercise.

Stop and get help if

You have chest pain or pressure, trouble breathing, dizziness or fainting, numbness, or sharp or worsening pain. In an emergency, call your local emergency number (911 in the United States).

What Axial’s adjustments are, and aren’t

• Readiness scores are an estimate of your training readiness, worked out from the check-in answers and numbers you enter. They aren’t a measure of your health, and they can be wrong. Listen to your body. You can swap, shorten or skip any session.
• Working around an injury means Axial swaps exercises that commonly aggravate that area. It isn’t treatment, and it doesn’t replace a rehabilitation plan from your clinician.
• Pain reports change your plan, but Axial can’t tell you what is causing the pain. Get persistent or strong pain checked.
• Axial doesn’t measure anything. Every number comes from you or from files you import.

Pregnancy and postpartum

Axial asks whether you’re pregnant or recently gave birth, asks about warning signs at check-ins, and adjusts or pauses training. That is general screening and doesn’t replace advice from your own obstetric provider. Check with your provider before you train during pregnancy or after birth. Stop and contact your provider if you have vaginal bleeding, fluid leaking, regular painful contractions, shortness of breath before you start, dizziness, chest pain, or calf pain or swelling.

Train safely

• Warm up. Start lighter than the app suggests if you’re unsure, and build up.
• You choose the loads. Use safety pins, a spotter or a rack for heavy lifts, and use the How to links to check your form.
• Run and ride where it is safe. Swim with a lifeguard or a partner.

Contact

Questions: hello@getaxial.training.