As I write this, in April 2022, Hunter McIntyre has just broken the HYROX world record in an incredible time of 55mins 09secs (update – he has since beaten that – you can see the list of up to date HYROX World Records here). After picking my jaw up off the...
In this article, we will look at the sled pull station in HYROX, and how to appropriately train for it. The sled pull has caught out many athletes competing at HYROX. It’s certainly an area where it’s very easy to lose a lot of time. Along with the wall balls and...
If you’ve ever participated in a HYROX, you’ll have likely noticed that running during the events can be so much harder than when just running in isolation. There is a big difference between running 1km with completely fresh legs, and running 1km straight after...
The sled push, at HYROX, is one of the functional stations that can catch many competitors out – especially if they haven’t experienced a HYROX event before. It’s very easy to exhaust your legs on this station – which is relatively early on in the race – and find...
If you’ve yet to enter a HYROX competition, you may be questioning just how hard it is. The reality is, there are a few possible ways of answering that which we’ll look at in this article. It’s Very Hard The first answer would be to say “it can be very hard”. To...
