r/hyrox

Competing in Denver for my first Hyrox in November. I’m guessing I should stop drinking alcohol, but when?

Hey peeps,

I’m preparing for my first hyrox and I’m trying to understand how people judged their readiness before race day.
Did you have a specific workout, simulation, pace, or benchmark that made you feel ready?
And looking back, what did you underestimate the most?
Was it the running, sled, wall balls, pacing, or something else?

thks guys.

Folks, I need to get faster. I’m strong, but I’m slow. I’m running doubles and really don’t want to slow my partner down. I run a decent amount (25-30 miles per week) but most of that is zone 2. My zone 2 pace is around 13:30 minute mile. I can run a single mile in about 9:30-9:45 minutes. I want to be able to hold a 9 minute mile or faster pace and have until the end of the year to get there. How should o structure my running? More tempo? All out intervals?

A lot of us train in commercial gyms where there’s no wall ball station.
I noticed most people hold two dumbbells like they’re doing a shoulder press.
Instead, I’ve been holding one dumbbell on my palms because it better mimics the grip you’ll use on a wall ball during HYROX.
I made a quick 10-second video showing the difference:

Curious to hear your thoughts. Do you think this is a better alternative, or have you found another way to practice wall balls without a wall ball?

Hello. I’ve been running and training for HYROX for about 55 days now. I wasn’t a runner before.

I can run 8km on a treadmill in 56-57mins now. And I do most of my runs indoors because of the temperature and humidity outside and my heart rate shoots up even if I go slow. Temperature is always above 35°C/95F. Two days ago I couldn’t do more than 5.5km outside and it took me an hour. I just feel so discouraged now. Will I be able to finish my race.

I’m doing the opens women race and comfortable with every station. I’m just so scared about the running. Because 90% of my runs have been indoors on a treadmill and there was AC. My HYROX will be indoors and I’m told the venue is air conditioned.

Hey all! I'm signed up for my first HYROX and travelling in from Qatar for it, so I'm on the hunt for a partner in the Men's Open category.

A bit about me:
- First HYROX, but I've been training hard and know the format
- 10k pace ~6:00/km - looking to pair with someone who can hold around 5:30/km or less so we push each other on the runs
- Solid on the stations - comfortable across the board, so I can hold my end there

I'm already holding the tickets with a transferable option, so the slot's secured. Cost just gets split as per the invoice.

Ideally I'd love to team up with someone chasing a competitive-but-fun first outing. If the pace and vibe match, drop me a comment or DM and we can chat splits and strategy before race day.

Cheers! 🙌

I have my first Hyrox in just three weeks, and I am a bit stumped about which shoes to wear.

Have the following with me right now:

Adidas Evo SL
Adidas Pro 4
New Balance 1080

Which one should I go with for the race? Or should I just grab a new pair? 😆

Hey y'all. Just wanted to share my experience after my first half rox.

Context: I'm a 28M, 185cm, 81kg. I'm fairly fit, but in all honesty still a shit runner. Started training for hybrid by myself like 3 months ago, but I think I haven't been doing it quite right.

500m runs, 700m ergs, reduced weight on the sleds (Edit: that's how the race went)

Burpee Borad Jumps killed me. That was the first time through the race I contemplated giving up. Nearly threw up afterwards and had to rest for like 3min by the hydration stand. Head judge swung by, threw some ice on my head and kept me going.

Lunges was the worst. I honestly nearly gave up and threw the sandbag on the ground. Once again, head judge swung by and told me he wouldn't allow me to give up.

Wall balls are a nightmare, but the fact you can sit down and rest from time to time made it possible.

Final time: 1:21:30 - shameful, but I'm sort of proud I pulled through.

Hi everyone,

I have Hyrox Sydney tomorrow morning for a women’s doubles and we currently still have no start time published. What do we do in this situation? How do we know when to plan to show up? And why don’t we have a time published?

We've spent the last year building software that generates individual HYROX training plans based on race date, current running volume, available training days, strengths and weaknesses, and injury history.

We're looking for a handful of HYROX athletes to test it and give honest feedback.

There's no cost—we're simply trying to learn whether the plans are genuinely useful before taking things further.

If anyone would be interested in trying it, let me know in the comments or send me a message. I'd also love to hear what features you'd expect from a HYROX training app.

Hi. So I am posting this coz i get really anxious everytime I realize that the event is just a month from today. I am joining my first Hyrox open, I just gave birth last year CS september so im aiming to compete* before he turns 1..
I was a bit worried coz i thought it wont be allowed to finish the race for more than 2hrs. In reality when i did the simulation it took me more than 2hrs and every station was just half except for the weights but non stop. so it got me thinking if i do the whole 8km run and 8 stations completely it will take 4hrs lol
i am used to running but have a very weak upper body strength i lose it easily with the erg also i weigh 40kg but the push for some reason is easier for me than the pull. Wall ball just kills me too.

Hi everyone,

I'm Andrea, I'm passionate about Hyrox and strength training.

Together with a PhD in neuroscience and a strength coach, we're building an app that measures nervous system metrics. That's not really the point of this post though.

We're looking for 10 Hyrox athletes to give free coaching to, in exchange for being close to your training and understanding your problems, challenges, and what actually gets in the way of progress. We do this so we can build something that solves real problems instead of guessing what athletes need.

In exchange for trying it out:

• Free 1:1 coaching from a strength coach and a neuroscientist from our team
• Full access to the app

Not trying to sell anything, genuinely looking to help people out and receive feedback. Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Hello all,

I need to buy new shoes. I will have my first hyrox race in one month. I‘m a beginner and my pace is around 5min/km. I was thinking about to buy the Puma Velocity Nitro 4, because I don’t want carbon plated shoes and in the reviews, are one of the most versatile. Is there any difference between the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 “normal” version and the Hyrox one?

Thank you all

Trying to figure out what the usual time frames are for Hyrox for context I’ll be joining Hyrox SG singles open women on Nov 27th. I need to leave for the Philippines as I have another flight the next day at 5am.

General timeframe posted on the site:
FRIDAY | 27 NOVEMBER
MORNING
HYROX MEN OPEN
HYROX MEN ADAPTIVE
HYROX MEN PRO
AFTERNOON
HYROX WOMEN PRO
HYROX DOUBLES MEN OPEN
HYROX DOUBLES WOMEN OPEN
HYROX WOMEN OPEN
HYROX WOMEN ADAPTIVE
LATE AFTERNOON
HYROX DOUBLES MIXED
EVENING
HYROX CORPORATE RELAY MEN
HYROX CORPORATE RELAY MIXED
HYROX CORPORATE RELAY WOMEN

For “Afternoon” Schedule usually what are the heat times and the latest heat start time for this? Aiming to ride a 7pm flight.

Thanks for your help!

Is this possible or even a good idea? Is there any weekly plan similar to this that makes sense?

Hello there, I had been training for hyrox for quite some time and always just used chatgpt or claude to track my trainings, stretching routines + calories. Now I thought that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to build an app inside iMessage that would act as your own personal trainer that you'd speak to in human language as with any AI and it would track your progress, teach you exercises, and be specifically trained to prepare you for hyrox. What do you guys think? Would you use something like this?