The last
round shouldn't come down to your breathing.
Your engine gives out before your muscles do. AIRWAAV opens your airway so you breathe more efficiently when the workout turns over, and gives you a bite to clench into when the bar gets heavy. Breathe easier, brace harder.
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AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece · patented bite plate
Open bite channel for an easy, barely-there feel. Most athletes start here. See PX1 vs PX2 →
Molds in minutes
30-day guarantee
Free ventilated case
Worn at the Games
By Games athletes since 2021
Breathe + brace
One tool, both jobs
15+ years
Peer-reviewed research
Made in USA
FDA-compliant facility
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The workout doesn't beat you. Your breathing does.
You know the feeling. Halfway through the metcon your legs still have something left, but your breathing falls apart. You drop the bar to catch up. You stand at the rig watching the clock, gasping, waiting to go again. The thing that breaks first usually isn't your muscles. It's your engine.
Most athletes train everything except the one system that gives out first: how efficiently they breathe under load.
You've seen it on the floor
You don't have to be elite to need it.
You've watched the top athletes compete with AIRWAAV in for years, so it's easy to assume it's gear for people chasing a podium. It isn't. The breathing that falls apart on an athlete in a long event is the same breathing that falls apart on you in a Tuesday workout. You don't need to be the fittest in the room to want to hold your pace longer and feel stronger on the bar. You just need to train.
How it works
One mouthpiece. Two things you feel right away.
AIRWAAV does two jobs at once: it opens your airway so you breathe more efficiently, and it gives you a complete bite to clench into when the bar gets heavy. Here's each one.
1 · Breathe
It opens your airway under load.
The bite plate holds your jaw in a position that opens the airway, so air moves more freely when you're redlined. In a peer-reviewed study, athletes wearing the mouthpiece showed about a 20% reduction in respiratory rate at the same effort, meaning you move the air you need with less work. You hold your pace deeper into the workout instead of dropping the bar to catch up.
2 · Brace
It gives you a bite to clench into.
When you bite down hard on a heavy clean, snatch, or wall ball, a full clench sends a surge of neural drive to the muscles doing the work. It's a peer-reviewed effect called concurrent activation potentiation. AIRWAAV's bite plate is engineered so your whole bite makes contact at once, so the clench you already do produces more force and a more stable midline.
Why the bite plate is the whole thing.
For most people, biting down is front-loaded and uneven, and the back molars barely touch. AIRWAAV's bite plate was engineered through 15+ years of research and dozens of iterations so your whole bite makes contact at once. That complete, even clench is what drives both the airway position and the force effect.
See what's happening in your mouth.
The bite plate opens your airway and gives your clench something complete to bite into. This is the mechanism in motion.
"Can't I just use a $10 mouthguard?"
A drugstore boil-and-bite is built to protect your teeth in contact sports. It molds to your existing bite and crowds your mouth. It does nothing for your airway and nothing for your clench.
$10 boil-and-bite
Bulky, crowds your mouth and breathing
Molds to your flawed, uneven bite
No airway positioning
A piece of flat plastic, no engineering
AIRWAAV bite plate
Low-profile, designed to open your airway
Engineered for full, even tooth contact
Helps you breathe easier and clench harder
15+ years of research and iteration
You're buying a better engine.
The best in the sport train with it.
"With AIRWAAV, I have better jaw stability and increased output in my lifts. It helps me level my heart rate and have better control of my workouts."
James Sprague
2024 Games Champion · Fittest Man on Earth
"The thing I enjoy most about training and competing with AIRWAAV is the edge it gives me on all my competitors. I am able to breathe easier, lift heavier, as well as recover faster, and in our sport that is a key to success."
Dallin Pepper
Multiple-time Games athlete · Games podium
"It’s nice to be able to bite down on something when you need to feel strong, powerful, and dig deeper. AIRWAAV gives me that edge I need to push just a little bit harder without messing up my teeth or jaw."
Abbie Domit
Elite competitive athlete
"With AIRWAAV, I have better jaw stability and increased output in my lifts. It helps me level my heart rate and have better control of my workouts."
Colten Mertens
Multiple-time Games athlete
Hear it from the community, in their own words.
EST
2021
Games athletes have worn the mouthpiece since 2021
On the floor and in the gym bag from the start.
We didn't show up last season.
Games athletes have worn AIRWAAV since 2021, on the competition floor and in their daily training. When you train with it, you're using the mouthpiece the sport has trusted from the start.
On the floor since 2021
Worn by Games athletes
Trusted by the roster
Thousands of athletes have already made the switch.
Games athletes and 6am regulars. Men and women, every body type, boxes and garage gyms. AIRWAAV is showing up in workouts everywhere.
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Join thousands of athletes who train with AIRWAAV, from the Games floor to the 6am class.
15+ years of peer-reviewed work.
Developed with Dr. Dena Garner, a leading researcher in muscle physiology and airway performance at The Citadel. The effects are published science, not a marketing claim.
20%
lower respiratory rate
In a peer-reviewed study, athletes wearing the mouthpiece showed about a 20% reduction in respiratory rate at the same workload. You move the air you need with less effort, so your engine holds up deeper into the workout.
50%
lower cortisol post-workout
In a peer-reviewed study, mouthpiece use reduced post-exercise cortisol by up to 50%. A lower stress response means better recovery between hard sessions and across a heavy training week.
See the published research
The Effects of Jaw Clenching and Mouthpiece Use on Bat Swing Velocity in Division II Athletes
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2024 · Allen, C. & Garner, D.P.
The Effects of Mouthpiece Use on Cortisol Levels During an Intense Bout of Resistance Exercise
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2011 · Garner, Dudgeon, McDivitt
Mouthpiece Use During Heavy Resistance Exercise Affects Serum Cortisol and Lactate
Cogent Medicine, 2017 · Dudgeon, Buchanan, Strickland, Scheett, Garner
A Comparative Study and Review of Research Related to Oral Appliances and Athletic Performance
Jacobs Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016 · D.P. Garner
Your jaw and teeth will thank you, too.
When you grit through heavy barbell work, there's a barrier between your teeth taking the load instead of grinding enamel on enamel. Most people don't buy it for this. It's just a good reason to keep it in.
PX1 or PX2? The difference, simply.
Same patented bite plate, two fits. It comes down to how locked-in you want it to feel. You can switch or grab both in the cart.
PX1 · Open fit
Lighter, breathe-first feel.
An open bite channel that sits light in your mouth. Easiest to talk and breathe around, and the most natural for high-volume conditioning and mixed-modal work. If you're new to a mouthpiece or you mostly chase your engine, start here. Most athletes do.
PX2 · Locked-in
Snug, stays put when you clench hard.
A tighter, fuller fit that holds when you bite down on a heavy clean, snatch, or grind. If you love the feeling of clenching into something solid on the barbell, the PX2 gives you more to bite. Many athletes keep both and pick by the workout.
Want both? The Hybrid Pack includes a PX1 and a PX2 at a discount.
The Mayhem Edition
Train in Mayhem blue.
The Mayhem Edition is the same PX1 and PX2, in Rich Froning and Mayhem Nation's signature blue. Built for the same breathing and bracing benefit, styled for the most decorated team in the sport.
Mayhem Blue · PX1 or PX2
Add force to every lift.
Molds to your teeth at home in minutes. Wear it on your next heavy day. Backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can feel the difference or send it back.
AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece
PX1 · Open fit · lighter, barely-there feel
AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece
$49.99
30-day money-back guarantee
included
Ventilated case
included
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Not sure on fit? Grab both in the Hybrid Pack
Feel the difference, or get your money back.
Mold it, take it into your next workout, and judge it by your own breathing and your own numbers. If it's not the difference you hoped for, we'll make it right with no hassle.
Questions athletes ask first.
I'm not a Games athlete. Is this really for me?
Yes. The breathing wall that hits an elite athlete in a long event is the same one that hits you in your daily metcon. You don't need to compete to want to breathe easier and hold your pace. Most people who train with it never make a leaderboard.
PX1 or PX2 for functional fitness?
Most athletes start with the PX1. It's the open, lighter fit that's easy to breathe around in conditioning. Go PX2 if you love clenching into something solid on heavy barbell work.
Will it get in the way when I'm gasping in a workout?
No. It's low-profile and designed to open your airway, not crowd it. The PX1 in particular sits light and lets you breathe and talk. Most people forget it's in within a few minutes.
Does it really help both breathing and strength?
Yes, and they come from the same bite plate. The jaw position opens your airway so you breathe more efficiently, and a full clench on the plate sends more neural drive to the muscles doing the work. One tool, two benefits.
How do I fit it?
Heat it, bite to mold it to your teeth, and it's ready the same day. No dentist, no impression kit. A few minutes start to finish.
What's the Mayhem Edition?
It's the same PX1 and PX2 in Rich Froning and Mayhem Nation's signature blue. Same benefit, Mayhem colorway. You can find it in the Mayhem Edition section above.
Don't let your breathing call the workout.
Breathe easier when it turns over, brace harder when the bar gets heavy. One mouthpiece does both. Mold it tonight.
30-day guarantee
At the Games since 2021
Made in USA
AIRWAAV · Official Mouthpiece of the World's Strongest Man · Made in the USA
Statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Research referenced is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Individual results vary. The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition, and is not a guaranteed dental protective device.
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