Hyrox has grown into a global circuit of about 100 races a year by appealing to both amateur exercisers and elite athletes.
Source: HyroxI Thought I Was Fit Until I Tried Hyrox
The global fitness race turns everyday workouts into a competition, a travel circuit and, unexpectedly, a social life.
My Hyrox race strategy was simple: Do as little as possible and stay close to Andi. Andi, who had completed mandatory Swiss military service. Andi, whose idea of fun is sailing 100 nautical miles and summiting four mountains in 24 hours. He with the annoying washboard abs would complete every workout station at the race in Osaka, while I did the bare minimum: Run. Slowly. For 8 kilometers.
Nobody accidentally finishes a Hyrox. It’s a fitness race with a simple but punishing format: Run a kilometer, complete a workout station, repeat eight times. The stations range from pushing a weighted sled to rowing to burpee broad jumps. The race always ends with 100 wall balls — squatting and throwing a weighted ball against a target about 3 meters off the ground — on legs that have already turned to jelly.