Hyrox Race Live: Watch Our Runner and Weightlifter Take on the Latest Viral Fitness Challenge.
When Health Editor Beth Skwarecki and staff writer Meredith Dietz pitched the idea of training for a Hyrox race, my first question was simple: what is Hyrox? I envisioned a CrossFit competition rebranded as a new social fitness craze by combining previous concepts, like CrossFit and SoulCycle, or HIIT and Barre, or Peloton and Parkour. I wasn’t far off the mark, but Hyrox is a simpler concept: a Hyrox is a training competition mixed with a traditional race , where participants run one-kilometer intervals and pass through a fitness station after each run.
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Beth is a professional weightlifter and Meredith is a seasoned marathoner, so Hyrox was the perfect opportunity to test their skills in a challenge that requires both. I happily accepted their offer, and since then, Beth and Meredith have been documenting their Hyrox training process on Instagram, training countless hours, and writing several answers to frequently asked questions, such as ” why is everyone suddenly doing Hyrox ?”, how to train for Hyrox as a runner who doesn’t strength train , and how to train for Hyrox as a bodybuilder who doesn’t run .
The big question is who will do better, and we’ll get the answers today. Beth and Meredith are in New York City today to compete in their first-ever Hyrox doubles race, and I have a spectator ticket to keep you updated, root for them, and, in Meredith’s words, “watch us die.” I don’t expect to die, but I do look forward to us all gaining a better understanding of what Hyrox is and what it takes to complete a Hyrox race .
What smartwatches and fitness trackers do they wear?
For the Hyrox race, Meredith wore a Garmin Forerunner 970 with the unofficial “Roxfit” app on her left wrist to track the race, an Amazfit Cheetah 2 Pro on her right wrist to test the built-in Hyrox feature, and a Garmin chest heart rate monitor . Beth wore a Coros Pace 4 on her left wrist, a Fitbit Air and Whoop MG on her right wrist, and a Coospo chest heart rate monitor .