Professor Juris Terauds, while at the University of Alberta, in Canada invented the stepping machine in 1976 and the Xiser^® Wellness Machine^® in1977. Further, through extensive research the Wellness Machine^® was refined and made into the most efficient training device available. All aspects of the new training machine were researched from a biomechanical and physiological point of view, by a team of experts, including Professor Juris Terauds, Dr. Hans Gros, of the University of Stuttgart in Germany, Dr. Anthony Bauer, of Lakehead University in Canada, Dr. Iraklis Tsaroukas of the University of Thessaloniki, in Greece, Dr. Pierre Garvais of the University of Alberta, Dr.Stanley Plagenhoeff of University of Massachusetts, Dr. John Cooper of the University of Indiana, Dr. Mitsumasa Miyashita of the University of Tokyo (members of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports www.isbs.org ) and others, making the Xiser^® Wellness Machine^® into the “perfect” optimum trainer, in particular for sprint training and other forms of high intensity interval training.

By 1992 the Xiser^® Wellness Machine^® was recognized by U.S. News and World Report as the best fitness device available. In short, the Xiser^® Wellness Machine^®, invented and patented by Dr. Terauds, is the most practical, efficient, and biomechanically and physiologically correct trainer available. The Xiser^® Wellness Machine^® was researched and tested to ensure correct body alignment, an impact free workout, promote stabilizing muscle activity, correct posture and improve balance, with either anaerobic or aerobic training. It is the only interactive maximum velocity trainer available. There is no other trainer like it.

From the start, the Xiser^® Wellness Machine^® has been Made in the United States, using the finest materials and technology available.  

Find out more information about the inventor of the Xiser, Juris Terauds, Ph.D.