Perspectives on the sport. Written by our Athletes, and our Founders.
Breathability is a fabric's ability to move heat and water vapour off the skin, and it works through two routes, air passing through the fabric and sweat evaporating from its surface. HYROX...
During repeated high-output work, moisture adds weight and, more importantly, changes how a fabric drapes. Dry, a top hangs off you and moves as you move. Soaked, an absorbent fabric sags, stiffens...
A fitted chest and relaxed stomach cut performs better because the top stays close where it needs to move with you, across the chest and shoulders, while leaving room over the stomach...
Heat-sealed construction removes fabric failure points by bonding pieces together with heat and pressure instead of a line of stitching, so there are no needle holes, no thread to snap and no...
Ventilation holes get laser-cut instead of sewn because a laser melts and seals the fabric edge as it cuts, creating a clean hole that will not fray, unravel or need a stitched...
A fabric is sweat-wicking when its fibres and knit pull moisture off the skin by capillary action and spread it across a wide surface, so a small volume of sweat covers a...
The trade-off between ultra-light kit and durability is real but manageable: thinner, lighter fabric has less material to resist abrasion and tension, so it can wear faster, while heavier fabric lasts longer...
Some tops cling when wet because absorbent fabrics like cotton soak water into the fibres, making the material heavy, limp and adhesive against sweaty skin. Tops that stay off the skin use...
Fabric weight affects a 90-minute HYROX mainly through how much sweat it holds, not through the dry grams. A light fabric that stays light when soaked keeps you cooler and drag-free across...
Reinforced shoulders matter for sled and rack work because both movements load fabric hard across the top of the shoulder, exactly where a garment is thinnest and most prone to abrasion and...
Technical kit feels lighter than cotton when soaked because synthetic fibres like polyester repel water and hold only surface moisture, while cotton absorbs water into every fibre and can carry several times...
Heat-sealed pockets survive HYROX training better than plain stitched pockets because they bond the fabric without needle holes, removing the weak points where seams fray, gape and tear under repeated load and...
Seams fail first on the sled because the push and pull load the shoulders, back and hem with heavy abrasion and repeated stretch, concentrating force exactly where panels are stitched together. This...
Laser-cut ventilation generally keeps you cooler where it is placed because the openings are larger and precisely targeted, while woven-in ventilation spreads smaller openings evenly across the whole garment for consistent all-over...
Polyester beats cotton for HYROX training because it is hydrophobic, so it moves sweat to the surface and dries fast instead of soaking it up, staying light where cotton grows heavy, cold...
When the arena is freezing at 7am, wear a heat-holding removable layer over your light race kit and keep it on until minutes before your heat, then race in the singlet or...