Eyemaxxing Exercises
Eyemaxxing exercises are designed to challenge the functional skills of the visual system. Rather than simply making the eye muscles stronger, vision training focuses on the interaction between the eyes and the brain.
What can eyemaxxing exercises train?
Different exercises target different visual skills.
- Eye coordination
- Binocular vision
- Focusing and rapid focus changes
- Saccadic eye movements
- Smooth pursuit and tracking
- Peripheral awareness
- Eye-hand coordination
- Visual reaction and attention
Tracking, saccades and cognition
Tracking exercises challenge the ability to follow a moving object accurately. Saccadic exercises challenge the rapid eye movements used when shifting attention from one target to another.
Other exercises combine visual tasks with cognitive challenges, requiring the brain to process information while the eyes are working.
Cognitive vision training
TrainYourEyes combines visual exercises with cognitive tasks. The challenge is not simply to move the eyes — you may simultaneously need to remember, react, recognize patterns, make decisions or solve visual tasks.
The difficulty increases gradually as performance improves.
Can anyone start?
Before beginning targeted vision training, it helps to understand how your visual system currently performs. TrainYourEyes offers an online vision screening designed to identify signs that certain binocular visual skills may need further assessment.
Eyemaxxing is not random eye exercises. Effective vision training should have a purpose, a progression and a measurable visual challenge.