Hyrox: How fitness sport became the latest viral craze
Founded in 2017, mainly as an indoor discipline, Athletes compete in an eight-leg race, running one kilometer on each leg and then perform fitness exercises.
Athletes performed exercises including 1km on a standing ski machine, 50m sled push, 50m sled pull, 80m burpees, 1km indoor rowing, 200m kettlebell lifts, 100m sandbag lunges, and finally 100 throws and catches. . Medicine balls fall from the wall.
The World Championships are held every year, with participants competing in singles and doubles competitions. A new relay event by nationality has been added to the 2024 World Championships in France.
This sport is related to cross fitnessbut with different, simpler exercises and prioritizing endurance over raw strength.
Hyrox’s popularity can be primarily attributed to two things: accessibility and visibility. It’s designed to go viral, whether by giving competitors patches to put on their gym bags instead of medals, or by promoting “Train Club Tuesdays” that let people tag gyms that offer classes.
“It’s challenging, it’s never easy but at the same time it’s very achievable,” three-time world champion Lauren Weeks told BBC Sport. “When you take someone off the street and train them You will feel a sense of pride when it takes months to complete.
“They treat every athlete like they’re a pro. If you go to an amateur event, they have a hype man, they have a walk-in tunnel. There’s always a DJ playing upbeat music.
“You have a timing chip and you know the exact minute and second of everything you do. They just did a lot of things right.”
