Monday 20th March 2023; The Gym Group, the lowest cost, nationwide 24/7 gym, announces today it is now offering HYROX training classes in 12 gyms across the capital. HYROX, the World Series of Fitness Racing, organise ultra-accessible fitness events around the UK. As one of the fastest-growing fitness methodologies in the world, HYROX combines running with functional movements in a supreme test of fitness and has been named as one of the top growing fitness trends for 2023. The HYROX team has trained The Gym Group’s expert fitness instructors to deliver a combination of strength and endurance workouts, which are designed to help prepare for the HYROX race events.
The Gym Group is the only low-cost gym in the UK offering HYROX training classes to its members, with classes on offer up to six times a week, and monthly memberships at the participating London gyms costing from £24.99 a month. Digital functional training HYROX Ready training plans will also be available to even more members via Fiit – the UK’s leading interactive hybrid fitness platform, and official training provider for HYROX. Simulating the HYROX race, the training plans are available as 4 and 8-week programmes suitable for the home and gym, available exclusively via the Fiit app and all Live It members at The Gym Group can access these training plans for free.
Jennifer Tardiff, National Group Exercise Manager at The Gym Group said: “HYROX is such an exciting addition to our group exercise classes timetable, offering a unique new workout programme available for our members. We are proud to be the lowest-cost UK provider of HYROX classes, and with our partnership with Fiit, we are bringing this popular endurance training to even more of our members.”
Eddie Dier, HYROX UK General Manager said: “We are so pleased to reach a new audience and continue to make HYROX super accessible to the nation. We recognise this as an important step in ensuring competitive sport and fitness is accessible to everyone. We look forward to new and existing members at The Gym Group trying the HYROX classes and hopefully getting involved in an upcoming race!”
HYROX races take place across 11 countries, with ca.90,000 participants racing this season. The HYROX season runs from September to May and so far in the UK, races have taken place across London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Birmingham. The UK season will culminate with a final two-day race at London Kensington Olympia on the 30th of April & 1st of May.
*Participating gym locations: Canning town, Oxford Street, Paddington, Ealing, Monument, Wood Green The Mall, Tooting, Wandsworth, Catford, Battersea, Vauxhall, Greenwich
About The Gym Group
The Gym Group is the lowest cost, 24/7 nationwide gym with 230 UK locations. The Gym Group’s founding mission is to break down barriers to fitness for all, providing high-quality gyms and expert advice at affordable prices, with flexible, no-contract monthly memberships. The Gym Group are sector leaders in sustainability and the UK’s first carbon neutral gym chain. For more information visit: https://www.thegymgroup.com/
About HYROX:
HYROX was founded in 2017 by Christian Toetzke, an industry veteran in the international cycling, marathon and triathlon world, and Moritz Furste, one of Germany’s greatest ever hockey players and successful entrepreneur. HYROX was born out of the founders’ desire for an event that would bring the endurance and functional fitness worlds together in a format that replicated the activities that regular gym-goers did in their workouts. HYROX bridges the gap between traditional long-distance endurance events and functional fitness; it attracts competitive athletes and enthusiasts from all sporting backgrounds.
HYROX is one of the fastest growing fitness modalities on the planet, participation in 2022 increased over 100% and in 2023 will have a forecast 90,000 participants globally. In 2022 the google search term HYROX increased by 127% and it was named in over 50 global Health and Fitness trends articles from independent media. Aligned with significant international brand partners, including PUMA, foodspring and Redbull, HYROX is now continuing its rapid global expansion plans with over 40 races planned for 2023 in 11 different countries. For more information visit www.hyrox.com/
About Fiit
Fiit is the #1 rated interactive hybrid fitness platform in the UK & Ireland’s app stores, with a growing community of over 90,000 live members. Named ‘The home workout app to beat’ Fiit takes its members’ training to the next level with effective, convenient, and efficient workouts – all led by world-class trainers. Members get unlimited access to mat-based classes across three studios: Cardio, Strength and Rebalance. They can also Train, Recover and Compete with interactive bike, tread, row and air bike workouts. Specialising in functional fitness and HIIT, members can choose from 1,000+ on-demand workouts and 30+ training plans at home or in the gym — including dumbbells, kettlebells, strength, bodyweight, combat, yoga, Pilates, mobility, breathwork and more. Plus, by wearing a fitness tracker, members can compete against the wider community on the live leader board in group classes. Founded in 2017 with headquarters in London, Fiit offers an open ecosystem and is available on any iOS and Android device, Samsung 2018-2022 TVs, Amazon FireTV and Sky Q, where it joins the platform as its first fitness streaming partner with real-time metrics on screen from 25+ fitness trackers. Fiit is also available live in three of The Gym Group’s London and Manchester studios. For more information, visit www.fiit.tv
