For the uninitiated, Hyrox is a fitness race comprising eight one-kilometre runs, each followed by a different functional fitness station – think sled pushes, farmer’s carries, sandbag lunges ...

I hadn’t practised any of these since completing my first HYROX last year. This was three rounds of 20-metre 75kg sled push (excluding sled weight), as well as 20kg sandbag lunges.

a 200m farmer's carry (using a kettlebell); 100m of sandbag lunges; and 100 wall ball throws. There are no qualification entry requirements or finishing time restrictions. And each Hyrox race ...

“Running Hyrox now is going to get me to stand up ... Farmers Carry (holding two kettlebells over a 200 meter distance), Sandbag Lunges (lunging forward to 100 meters with a sandbag strapped ...

sandbag lunges and wall balls. As such, training for Hyrox requires you to build all-around fitness – running all the time might make you great at the 1km sections, but it’ll do nothing for ...

One of the biggest draws of HYROX, especially for those coming from ... stand tall holding a single dumbbell close to your chest, or a sandbag over your shoulders if possible (A).

Dearden says that a classic Hyrox training session should incorporate ‘something that drives some leg fatigue – through either a sled push or pull, or a lunge or squat variation – and gets ...

Hyrox describes itself as “the ultimate ... Each race starts with a 1km run, after which you do a functional movement from sandbag lunges to wall balls, which is repeated eight times.