Wtf is hyrox ? New crossfit?

the run time is more than half the event and about half of the stations are heavily aerobic so I'd say aerobic fitness is about 66%-70% of the race. You basically have to be strong enough not to get destroyed by the workout stuff, but the pure strength stuff maybe makes up ~15 mins of an hour long event.

Went to an event once... It's crazy the percentage of people there just maxing out gear. Like 75% easily including women too. I doubt it'll ever have any decent level of testing and no way we will ever see out of comp testing. Most people who do it will talk about how they are superior to runners as they drug themselves to 10 year shorter life and infertility issues. It's an event full of men with breasts and women with deep voices...

Holy roids Batman!

Gotta love the people who exercise and look down on others who are small or slow and think that they are the healthy ones despite all the research saying androgens kill you earlier than normal

I think it's a lot harder on the men's side -- building the strength to not get fried by the pro men's weights is hard to do without putting on enough muscle to be detrimental on the runs.

A friend of mine ran a ~1:15 half at Valencia a couple months back and then then had a rough time with a hyrox a few weeks later. Pretty sure he crushed the running but was towards the bottom of the field in all the weightlifting -- and he's a relatively big guy for a runner.

There's a British guy called Jake Williamson who's pretty good at Hyrox. He was a decent footballer (soccer) when younger, and was a good level runner (World Athletics has his PBs as 1:54.29 over 800m & 4:04.13 over 1500m but I think he ran faster, and he also has a decent 400m PB)

Hyrox is most definitely run orientated. You have to be a good runner, with all the 1000m runs inbetween! I did a 'mini' Hyox and it killed me, running inbetween kettlebell lungers and intense bike and rowing sessions. It is definitely more 'fitness' than strength, like crossfit. There is no hiding in the runs.

It's an abbreviation of 'Hybrid Rockstars'!

(Yes, honestly, I'm not joking).

I think a lot of runners severely underestimate how jacked people can get without roids if they train and eat properly. that physique is 100% attainable natty.

So list the top 10 and their 5k prs...

Interesting. I've just seen bits and pieces of an event and the running people were doing looked like casual jogging between sets. But those were probably just the cross fitters not able to actual run decently well. Which explains why runners seem to perform better. It probably won't ever be a thing for me personally, but I'll at least check it out a bit more.

I know some people who do Hyrox training and competitions. My impression is that they just want something goal-oriented to help them stay fit in a very well-rounded sort of way. That said, it's not for me but I always hated doing weight workouts.

he's not wrong though, a lot of the physiques just look a bit 'off' compared to typical strength based athletes. Way more body builder physics (muscles knotty in odd places even when running) than decathlete builds than you would expect...that's very a very unscientific approach but something certainly doesn't pass the smell test.

I suspect if rigorous testing were implemented there would be at least 50% turnover at the top.

yeah the pro mens weights might be above the threshold than can be handled efficiently w/o dedicated training.

Like your friend might be pretty good at Hyrox as a 1:17 HM guy with a little more bulk and training. I just think a bigger runner is probably closer to being able to handle the weight events than a weightlifter is to being able to run a 1:15 half.

I think the people who do well now mostly have a decent running/triathalon background base and then stack strength on top. They seem to fare much better than the lifters trying to compete at the running portion.

The hybrid influencer guy you speak of is the most obvious doping case I've seen since Mo Katir. The difference is, doping has no place in our community, and in the Hyrox community it's always "PEDs or not he still put in incredible work and is top 1% peak athlete!"

Matt Boling and others like him would be very good in Hyrox comps.

Hyrox requires athletes in the pro category to regstier for a pro card if they want to be considered for Elite 15 racing. One of the main reasons mentioned for this is because they are implementing drug testing at events. They done some already and it sounds like they will do more moving forward. Whether it is viable or not, there are some Olympic aspirations for the leaders of Hyrox, so it sounds like they are making a lot of changes to give themselves the best shot at it. They just came out this week with a new points system that will determine Elite 15 after this season, and they also announced Elite Doubles teams next year will have to be same nationality (again, maybe for Olympic-hopes reasons).

I've done a few events, in the Open category (lower weight than Pro category). As a 2:50s female marathon runner I've placed quite high despite being around 115lb. But making the jump to the Pro category is quite daunting (for ex. sled push goes from 102kg to 152kg). I would still say it is a runner's sport, but not if you've spent no time in the last few years in the gym.

Crossfitters running is like Decath guys running a 1500m. The events just don't make sense together. When 9/10 events are about explosiveness you're best suited focusing 100% on explosiveness.

It's yet another way for mediocre runners to be pro's at something and it has enough running to bring them in.