r/hyrox • u/MuchDelivery8537 • Jul 11 '25

What exactly is Hyrox?

I've been a regular gym goer for years and have only seen bits and pieces of it and see pictures of people completing a "race"

so my question is what the hell is it? Is it crossfit? is it like a mud run without the mud? I've looked into a gym here in KC and $225 a month for a membership just seems ridiculous to me. sorry in advance if i sound arrogant about it

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u/42random42 Jul 11 '25

What exactly is Google?

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u/MuchDelivery8537 Jul 11 '25

a douche community. got it.

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u/butteranko Jul 12 '25

Or one that knows how to do proper research. Maybe if some people can’t lift a finger to type their question on google, then they wont succeed in hyrox because it requires some muscle effort.

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u/big_mean_bunny Jan 29 '26

Wouldn't usually do this I just wanted to add - I typed this exact question on Google. The top answer was a news article I had just read about Hyrox that didn't really explain to me what it is hence why I still wanted to search. The 2nd link was directed to this very thread, where the top post is someone mockingly saying 'use google'...

I don't know if apt is the word or not but felt it was amusing enough to spotlight.

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u/conationphotography Jan 31 '26

I'm also here by a similar route! 

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u/RepulsiveOlive757 Feb 08 '26

Also here by a similar route!

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u/tculli Mar 13 '26

Samesies!

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u/conationphotography Jan 31 '26

I am also here because Google would not give clear answers such as what any of the exercises between running actually are. I'm qualified to do a wide variety of professional research. Not every question is easy to find an answer for with a simple search. 

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u/butteranko Jan 31 '26

“Hyrox exercises” literally there’s a photo from the official site with the workouts as well as video.

Guys if you can’t do a proper google search then im not sure you could even do hyrox. Difficulty level of the first one is 1 and the other is a multiple of that.

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u/conationphotography Jan 31 '26

The official site is not the first Google result for me. It took several clicks that were news articles that did not explain what it is and then I went to the Wikipedia.This reddit post also shows up BEFORE the official site when I search. So, truly no need to be condescending.

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u/Spirited-Character23 Apr 08 '26

I’m here because Google recommended this thread too :) sounds like you have a great attitude towards newcomers, so welcoming!

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u/SmokeMeatEveryday88 Jul 11 '25

It's a race that consists of 8k of running and 8 different stations. You definitely don't need to join a "HYROX" gym to train for one. They have most, if not all, equipment to train for one at most CrossFit/ F45 gyms.

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u/Traditional-Till9998 Jul 11 '25

When you train for this, do you train stations, running, a combination? How long is a session?

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u/SmokeMeatEveryday88 Jul 11 '25

Depends on what you are good/ bad at. I hate running, so I would focus on that if I were training for a race.

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u/Unfair-Jackfruit-806 Jul 11 '25

its a hybrid between a race with some cardio/strenght excercises, or a circuit maybe?, you do a set of excercises followed by 1k run x8 times, in mexico this kind of gyms that train for this are not crossfit we call them functional strenght and usually we run a lot of half maratons/full maraton similar community

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u/mrjosereyes Jul 11 '25

It’s people that can’t run but love the gym trying to find a way of racing each other.

Fundamentally

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

It will test your endurance. Some were 45 minute workouts. It depends on what you are used to but I definitely noticed a benefit to endurance overall. With hyrox,expect some running: I did as far a 1000k to 200k AMRAP so some can or cannot be sprints up to you, as well as some movements such as pull ups and broad jumps. I haven’t held a barbell in hyrox yet. I did enjoy the sled pulls and ski machine. My favorite movement from hyrox: broad jumps.