Perspectives on the sport. Written by our Athletes, and our Founders.
Linear periodisation shifts your training gradually across a block, from high volume and low intensity toward low volume and high intensity, while undulating periodisation varies volume and intensity within each week. For...
Nylon-elastane is used for squat-proof women's shorts because nylon fibres are strong and tightly knittable, giving an opaque fabric that does not go sheer when stretched over the glutes, while elastane provides...
For HYROX you actually need three things: trained-in shoes with grip, a technical (non-cotton) top and shorts, and chalk. As of 2026, everything else — compression, gloves, fancy socks, gadgets — is...
Elite HYROX athletes warm up in three phases: a 10 to 15 minute aerobic pulse-raiser, dynamic mobility for the hips, ankles and shoulders, then rising-intensity build-up runs and a taste of each...
Two weeks out from HYROX, your priorities are: hold fitness with a taper (don't build it), lock in a tested race-pace plan, rehearse transitions and standards, and protect sleep and food. No...
Compression garments provide a small, inconsistent performance benefit during a HYROX race but a more reliable benefit for recovery and comfort afterwards. The evidence for improved power output or endurance in-race is...
Denser fabric is not always more durable because durability comes from fibre quality, weave structure, stretch recovery and seam construction, not from sheer weight. A heavy, dense fabric can still abrade, lose...
To breathe on the HYROX SkiErg and rower without redlining, sync your breath to the machine's rhythm, exhaling hard on every drive and inhaling on the recovery, and hold a controlled stroke...
Both belong in HYROX training, but for different jobs: use the treadmill for controlled Zone 2 volume, precise pacing and station-to-run transition work, and use the track or road for building the...
You read a HYROX result by comparing your station and run splits against known benchmarks, then finding the biggest gap. That is usually not your slowest raw split, but the one furthest...
Your last big session before HYROX race week should be a race-pace simulation of two to four station-and-run pairings, run 9 to 11 days out, at your target race effort rather than...
Woven-in breathable holes outlast printed mesh panels because the openings are built into the knit structure itself, so they cannot peel, crack, clog or wash off the way a printed or bonded...
You taper for HYROX by cutting training volume roughly 40–60% over the final 7–14 days while keeping intensity sharp, so you arrive fresh but not flat. As of 2026, the evidence is...
CrossFit is decent but incomplete preparation for HYROX. It builds the strength, work capacity and pain tolerance the stations demand, but it systematically under-trains the one thing HYROX is decided on: sustained...
The HYROX sandbag lunges feel heavier every metre because they arrive seventh, after two sleds and a row have already drained your legs, and because lunging is a slow eccentric grind that...
Zips fail in HYROX training because grit, sweat and repeated abrasion from sleds, floors and constant washing jam or break exposed teeth and pull tabs, and a flapping zip is also a...