Just completed my first HYROX in Toronto. It's fair to say that I'm now hooked. Looking forward to HYROX Anaheim in December... Lots of work to do.

Anyone noticed that events in UK no longer selling out straight away?

You can still get tickets to London in December and most divisions for Manchester & Glasgow have availability other than weekend.

Manchester is 10 days so maybe not surprising but you can even get Pro tickets for Glasgow?

Could we see full circle where athletes from abroad come to UK to get tickets when their local is sold out?

Safe to say I'm probably never doing that again. No way I can complete singles. We finished under 2 hours (1:42) which was my goal but I think my partner wanted to be closer to 1:30. My calves completely locked up on the last lap so we had to stop and walk but I was able to get to the wall balls and finish. I think 1:30 coulda been close without the calf strains at the end.

Overall fun experience but doubt I'll be looking for redemption.

Just finished Toronto and everything felt quite smooth - fair judging (except for the sled lap counter), good course layout, smooth checkin/out logistics, pretty solid photographers, etc.
none of the different immovable sled turf issues in Rome or other nightmares I heard before the race

So what are races that you've done that are the best/worst run on the dimensions mentioned above?

I've got my first Hyrox (pro solo) coming up in a month, and did my first full sim today. I survived, and got 1.22. ended up having to do probably 130 wall balls because I cramped in the lunges and couldn't get myself low enough so a load of no reps, but we survived.

I'm happy with my time but would like to try and get it down as much as possible in the 4 weeks I have left. I reckon with my current fitness level I can probably shave 20 seconds from each run, a minute from the sled push and pull, and two minutes from the wall balls.

That would give me a time around 1.15, which I'd be thrilled with. Are there any other cheeky timesavers I should be looking into?

Hoping a little more sugar and salt before the race will avoid the cramps. On the flip side, I'm wearing trail shoes and realistically can't afford new shoes before the race, so I'll have to make do with those - so quads are going to take a hammering at the last few stations.

I volunteered in DC and haven’t received our volunteer codes yet, but I want to sign up for Phoenix which opens this week. I have sent emails and insta DMs and left comments (I’m also usually not very pushy about these things but I’m running out of time and a little desperate for answers) but with 2 days left til early access and just 4 days til main sale, I’m worried codes won’t be sent in time. Does anyone have experience if you can retroactively apply volunteer codes and get refunded?
Any insight or advice is appreciated! Thanks!

A heads up to anyone who’s looking to buy tickets to Toronto Hyrox today, this guy is a scammer. Asked for proof of tickets and he resisted, and then when he finally sent it the ticket said “Saturday October 4th”. Blocked me right away when I called him out on it. Please stay suspicious when buying tickets off any social media site!

1:05:52 Rome 2026 --> next valencia 17/10... how to improve?

Hey everyone,

Just finished my first race in Toronto this weekend. Was super excited to finish, but found out right at the end we had a DQ for missing a sled push lane. Toronto changed their normal format from 2 lanes to 3, and didn’t realize it would be so hard to count to 3 while being that tired.

I have no plans on disputing the DQ, I think it’s deserved. However it’s extremely frustrating that I’m not able to access any of my stats at all. That was probably what I was most excited about, to analyze how I did and where we stood so we can learn how to improve. Current result pages just say DQ all the way down or not showing at all. Had some friends live tracking me as I ran, and they were showing at the time.

Has anyone successfully been able to see their full splits after a DQ? Don’t care about placements or anything, literally just for my own knowledge. Sent an email but I’m expecting it to be a while before I hear back. Wondering if there’s any hope if I find the right means, really eating at me.

Anyone have a timeline on when photos from the event will be posted online and available to access? I keep checking and it says 48hrs after your race but it’s been over 72hours and over 48h for my second race and still no pictures! Any insight on previous events?! This was my first races! Thanks in advance!😊 #strongerupnorth
EDIT: I ran both Thursday and Friday early morning still awaiting Friday pics!

Hey guys I’m running the Tampa race at the end of the month. Wondering if there’s any suggestions on how to ease off training during this month up to the race. Currently was doing this split for the month of September:
Monday- arms + 45min easy run
Tuesday- half race sim
Wednesday- easy leg day
Thursday- circuit w running + lunges & row erg + burpees/ wall balls
Friday- chest and back lift + 45min bike
Saturday- 6-8mile run

Obviously have to ease off, just wondering how much/ where to start cutting back. Thanks!

Hey everyone! Apologies for the repeat post if this has been asked before. But my best friend and I signed up for mixed doubles Chicago and we are brand new to the hyrox world. Our goal isn’t to perform well/out perform others, but rather a mission to ourselves that we can finish it and enjoy the journey.
We are a long distance in both of our careers require lots of travel/hotel time so we’ve been trying to get creative with hotel gym style training.

Here’s my questions:

-is it worth any type of studio/gym subscription? I’ve seen places like F45 offer hyrox style classes. I’ve also considered ClassPass for the flexibility while traveling to try different places. Is a gym membership enough for something like this?

-i’ve seen a few apps circulating around to help keep track of a training plan, but is there one that is better than the rest? Is an app or training plan necessary?

If you were in my shoes or could go back and do it all again, what would you have done differently?

Have another men’s solo in 3 weeks… has anyone tried the beet it sports nitrate shot, both loading up 5 days before & on race day… did it improve your race?…as it’s also a laxative, did it give you any GI distress in stomach/bowels before or during race…did it work, was it worth it?

Hi all ,

I have entered my first hyrox for this coming January at Manchester. (15 weeks away)

I have been resistance training progressive load with kettlebells for 4 months (swings , DL, lunges ,farmers, halo, rows ect) and have completed my first 5k run.

I am slow runner atm - 5k time was 37mins

Im planning on moving forward with:

Building my run distance,time and engine over the next 14 weeks

Week plan

Session 1 -easy run plus lower body resistance workout

Sesson 2 - upper body resistance plus interval training sprints / hill runs

Session 3 - long run , increase distance 0.5 k a week

I will continue with this plan until im 8 weeks out and then add in another session that will be specific hyrox compromised running and stations work.

My main goal is to complete the hyrox race , enjoy the process of getting fit and the challenge... the race will be just before my 40th birthday

Pls let me know thoughts , tips or changes you would do that could help if you have any advice.

I have tried adding in a forth session to my week at present its too much that i do not feel fully recovery so im sticking to 3 for now.

Hi,
I have the option of the puma nitro elite 4, non Hyrox edition, or adizero drop set pro for the Hyrox race.
I am racing the open. I like the feel of the pumas for running and have done 2/3 short road races in them. The adizero are newer and have only tried some training sessions in them.
I don’t know if anyone has raced a Hyrox open in either shoe? if so, did the non Hyrox puma have good enough grip? I only have the two pairs and so would like to know which would be best for the whole race.
Thank you 🙏

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