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5 Data Points to Improve your HYROX Performance
As you'll know if you’ve been following this site, and our Instagram, for a while, I’m a bit of a HYROX data geek. I love getting into the numbers to see if it can reveal anything about how to improve our performance in the sport. In this post, I will summarise what I...
The Best Supplements for HYROX
If you train for HYROX, you already know the demands are brutal. You’re pushing strength, endurance, and recovery to their limits, often in the same session. That’s why nutrition matters so much - it’s the fuel behind every rep, run, and recovery block. Most of what...
How to Pace Your Running at HYROX
Understanding the best way to approach the running sections of a HYROX race is not easy. HYROX is very different to pacing something such a normal 5km / 10km running race, for example. In those you are only running, and will likely have a reasonably good idea of how...
An Interview with Dena Hogan
Dena Hogan is 40 and lives in Ireland with Tom, her husband, and her 4 children. She has competed in HYROX for several years. In 2022, she was part of the women’s elite race at the World Championships in Las Vegas. Let’s start by talking about how your experience...
How to Achieve Your Target HYROX Time
If you’ve ever completed a HYROX, it’s likely (if you are anything like me) that you’ve analysed all the data from your performance, and started to work out where you need to improve for future races. You also, perhaps, have a target time you want to achieve in your...
2022 HYROX World Championships
The 2022 HYROX World Champions are Hunter McIntyre and Kris Rugloski (both of the United States), who both won their title at the HYROX World Championship in Las Vegas (at the Las Vegas Convention Centre) on 14th May 2022. The event, held at the Last Vegas Convention...
HYROX Training Plan Fundamentals
Understanding exactly how to best to train for HYROX can be overwhelming. On the positive side, we know the requirements of the event so understand exactly what we are training for. On the other hand, the sport places a range of demands on the body, and so a range...
Is the HYROX Sled Push Getting Harder?
I was inspired to write this article shortly after competing at HYROX London in May 2022. Having previously entered 2 HYROX competitions, I felt I had a pretty good idea of what to expect from all elements of the race. I’d trained hard for the event in London and, in...
HYROX Frankfurt – April 2022
HYROX Frankfurt on Saturday (23/4/22) saw some incredible performances, including a new potentially controversial World Record (more on that below). Frankfurt – often termed “Bankfurt” or “Mainhatten” – is known for the skyline of its impressive business district (the...
What is the Best Footwear for HYROX?
When preparing for your first HYROX, there’s a lot of things to consider; you’ve got the training, the tactics, the nutrition, and more. But one major question that regularly comes up is "what footwear should you wear for a HYROX race"? You see, HYROX isn’t just a...
HYROX: From Average to Elite
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 floor at...
HYROX Sled Pull Guide
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...
Your Guide to Compromised Running
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...
How to Crush the Sled Push at HYROX
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...
How Hard Is HYROX?
HYROX has exploded in popularity over the past few years. You have probably seen the finish-line photos, the packed arenas, and the exhausted but smiling athletes. For more info on the sport itself check out our Beginners Guide to HYROX, but for many newcomers one...