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Training · Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min
After your first Hyrox: recovery and what's next
What the days after your first Hyrox usually feel like, a simple way to handle the first week, and how to decide what comes next.
Training · Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min
Lost your Hyrox doubles partner four weeks out?
What to do when your Hyrox doubles partner drops out close to race day: how the official name change works, and how to find a replacement at your pace.
Training · Sep 11, 2026 · 3 min
Picking a Hyrox target time you can actually hit
A method for estimating your Hyrox finish time from your run pace and station benchmarks, with every number labeled as the estimate it is.
Training · Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min
Doubles strategy: who takes what in a Hyrox
The full Hyrox doubles race plan: splitting the eight stations by strength, keeping the slower runner fresh, transitions, and what breaks a pair.
Training · Aug 28, 2026 · 4 min
The Hyrox roxzone: the station nobody trains
What the Hyrox roxzone is, how many minutes it quietly costs, and how to train transitions so the ninth station stops being your slowest.
Training · Aug 25, 2026 · 3 min
Your first Hyrox: the whole checklist
Everything a first-time Hyrox athlete needs sorted, from a month out to race morning: format, gear, pacing, packing and the mistakes to skip.
Training · Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min
Which division? Weights for every Hyrox category
What changes between Hyrox open, pro, doubles and relay: the sled, carry, lunge and wall ball loads for every division, from the current official rulebook.
Training · Aug 23, 2026 · 7 min
The nine places Hyrox doubles pairs win or lose time
The nine places Hyrox doubles pairs win or lose time, ranked by value, with elite pair tactics, 26/27 rulebook edges, and which numbers are measured.
Training · Aug 23, 2026 · 5 min
The eight Hyrox archetypes
Eight Hyrox archetypes from the gym floor, the runner who met the sled to the lifter staring down 8 km, and who each one pairs best with for doubles.
Training · Aug 18, 2026 · 3 min
Surviving the last station: wall balls
How to train, pace and break up 100 Hyrox wall balls: standards by division, technique that avoids no-reps, and a set structure for station eight.
Training · Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min
What to eat before a Hyrox (and what will ruin your race)
A practical pre-race eating plan for Hyrox: the days before, race morning, timing, caffeine, and the mistakes that quietly cost people their race.
Training · Aug 11, 2026 · 3 min
Psychology of Hyrox doubles: why a partner changes your race
What a century of research on effort in pairs says about Hyrox doubles: why partners pull harder, why the weaker athlete overperforms, what breaks pairs.
Training · Aug 11, 2026 · 1 min
How to find the right Hyrox doubles partner
Pace compatibility beats friendship: what actually predicts a good Hyrox doubles race.
Training · Aug 10, 2026 · 3 min
No sled track? How to train sleds for Hyrox
How to prepare for the Hyrox sled push and pull without a sled: the substitutes that transfer, the ones that don't, and how to handle the surface problem.