Perspectives on the sport. Written by our Athletes, and our Founders.
Learn how to manage your training plan by distinguishing between local weekly tweaks, long term key focus adjustments, and full plan updates. Protect your historical data while deliberately refining your future sessions...
Missing a workout is common, but how you react defines your progress. Learn to evaluate the purpose of missed sessions, prioritise recovery over cramming, and use deliberate tweaks to maintain consistency without...
Waistbands fail on cheap training shorts because thin, single-layer elastic stretches out under repeated squatting, lunging and sled work, then loses its recovery and sags. The fix is a structured, multi-layer or...
The best hoodie for cold-start training sessions is a technical thermo hoodie with a brushed interior for warmth, barbell-proof reinforced seams so it survives strength work, and enough stretch and breathability to...
To layer a quarter-zip for warm-ups and cool-downs, wear it over a technical tee as an adjustable outer layer: zip it high to trap heat while you raise your temperature, then open...
For grip-heavy training blocks you want kit that stays out of the way of your hands and forearms: a fitted top that does not bunch at the sleeve, shorts or half tights...
Running every day is not the fastest way to build a HYROX engine. Running smart is. Consistent easy volume across four to six runs a week, mostly slow, with one or two...
Flat side pockets beat bulky cargo pockets in training because they hold small items close to the body without bouncing, dragging or snagging, while loaded cargo pockets swing and shift on every...
A Build block cashes in your aerobic base by layering race-specific intensity on top of it: threshold intervals to raise your sustainable pace, compromised running to survive station fatigue, and repeat-effort strength...
Base training feels like going backwards because you deliberately slow down and cut intensity to build aerobic capacity, so your easy pace, your gym numbers and your sense of "fitness" can all...
Zone 2 is the safest and most effective way to build a HYROX engine at 45 and beyond because it develops aerobic fitness with minimal injury risk and low recovery cost: exactly...
The impatience tax is what you pay when you skip base training and jump straight to hard, race-specific work: early gains that stall within weeks, a fragile aerobic engine, and a raised...
The 2-year race-team testing loop makes better kit because prototypes are worn through real HYROX training and racing, fed back to the makers, then revised repeatedly until the failure points are gone....
The 80/20 rule says roughly 80% of your training time should be genuinely easy and only about 20% genuinely hard — the same polarised distribution the elite HYROX data shows. As of...
The physiology of Zone 2 comes down to three slow-building adaptations: more and larger mitochondria, better fat oxidation, and a denser capillary network: together they raise the pace you can hold aerobically,...
A season without a team taught me that racing alone is a skill, not a downgrade: HYROX strips away the teammates who once shared the load and hands the whole result to...