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Training guides
Programming, periodisation, and the week-by-week structure that gets you race-ready.
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Hyrox is a runner's race with a strength tax
Pure runners blow up at station 4. Pure lifters miss the time cut. The honest balance between strength and running for Hyrox, and what it means for your training week.
6 min readTraining
Hyrox training apps: cheapest, best, and the honest middle
TrainingPeaks, Marchon, HAC, Suth Performance, free PDFs, what you get at each price point, and what you need. The honest comparison.
6 min read
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Six things that make the difference between 95 and 89 minutes
The athletes who break 90 don't have dramatically better fitness than those stuck at 95-100. They have six specific habits the others don't. Here they are.
6 min read
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Hyrox for shift workers: training around nights, rotations, and broken sleep
Healthcare workers, police, paramedics, firefighters, your sleep cycle is broken by design. Here's how the Hyrox build adapts to your rota.
6 min readTraining
Hyrox for parents: training around school runs, bedtime, and small humans
You don't have 90 minutes a day for training. You have 35, after bedtime, three days a week. Here's how the Hyrox build works when you're a parent.
5 min read
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Hyrox doubles: the strategy of two athletes, one clock
Doubles isn't half a Hyrox per athlete. It's a different race, pace decisions, handoff strategy, and station splits that share weaknesses without amplifying them. The complete framework.
7 min readTraining
Training for Hyrox with young kids: the realistic plan
How parents of small children actually train for Hyrox without sacrificing family time. The 4-day plan that fits around the chaos.
6 min read
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How to break a Hyrox plateau: a diagnostic for athletes stuck at 90-95 minutes
If you've raced Hyrox three or four times and your finish time hasn't moved, the fix is rarely 'more training'. The diagnostic that locates the actual bottleneck, and the targeted intervention that breaks it.
8 min read
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Hyrox off-season: what to train when you're not racing
The 6-12 weeks between race blocks decide how good your next race block is. The off-season template that builds the engine for next year.
6 min read
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From CrossFit to Hyrox: what transfers, what doesn't, what you'll find easy
CrossFitters already have 70% of Hyrox fitness. The 30% that needs work decides whether you finish in 75 minutes or 95.
5 min readTraining
Hyrox simulations you can run at home with limited kit
No sled, no ski erg, no wall ball target. The home substitutions that still build race-specific fitness.
5 min read
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Hyrox doubles handoff strategy: transitions that win the race
Doubles is two athletes, one clock. The handoff and split-station strategy decides 5-12 minutes against pairs of similar fitness.
6 min read
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Hyrox training week structure: how to split your sessions
Whether you train 3 days or 6, the right split changes more about your race-day outcome than your total volume. Sample weeks for every commitment level.
5 min read
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Women's Hyrox: weights, pacing, and what's different
The women's standards, the strategy shifts that matter, and the training adjustments that get a woman from finisher to sub-90.
5 min readTraining
Hyrox for Masters athletes: training over 40, 50, and 60
Masters categories make Hyrox accessible at any age, but the training has to change. Recovery, intensity distribution, and what to drop as the years add up.
5 min read
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How to qualify for the Hyrox World Championships
The qualification times, the categories, and what your training year looks like if you actually want to be on the start line in May.
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The 12-week Hyrox training plan: structure, progression, and what each week is for
A week-by-week breakdown of the standard 12-week Hyrox build. What changes week to week, why the order matters, and how to adapt it to your life.
7 min readTraining
Hyrox vs CrossFit: which one actually suits your goals?
Same kit, different sport. A frank comparison of Hyrox and CrossFit, the demands, the community, the training load, and which one fits you.
6 min read