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HYROX Training and Preparation Guide

HYROX Training and Preparation Guide

Training for HYROX is about getting comfortable with sustained effort and learning how different movements come together on race day. From repeated runs to demanding workout stations, preparation is what helps everything feel more connected once the race begins. This guide is designed to help you build toward that experience. Each training category below focuses on a specific physical demand of HYROX and shows how it supports the stations you’ll face, from sled work and lunges to rowing and wall balls. When your training mirrors the race, confidence follows. New to HYROX? Get familiar with the race format, key concepts,...

HYROX Stations: Overview and Guide

HYROX Stations: Overview and Guide

HYROX is built on one clear idea: show up, move forward, repeat. The race follows a fixed structure that rewards consistency rather than variation. You run, you work, and you keep going. Across the course, you complete eight 1 km runs, each followed by a workout station. Together, they create a format that challenges endurance, strength, coordination, and pacing from start to finish. Here’s what you’ll take on across the eight HYROX stations, step by step, as the race unfolds. SkiErg station The SkiErg is the first workout station in a HYROX race and comes immediately after the opening 1...

HYROX Weights, Repetitions & Distance by Division

HYROX Weights, Repetitions & Distance by Division

This guide helps you understand how HYROX weights vary by division. While distances and repetition counts remain consistent, the loads change based on category, giving you a clear structure and the confidence to choose the race format that fits you. Every division follows the same eight-run format. PUMA x HYROX shoes stay steady across all eight runs. What are the HYROX divisions? HYROX divisions shape how you take on the race and how the workload is shared. They determine whether you race solo, with a partner, or as part of a team, and how weights, repetitions, and distances are applied...

What is HYROX Training?

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HYROX is a global fitness challenge of endurance and functional strength. It consists of 8 x 1 km runs, each followed by a workout station.

Since its start in Hamburg in 2017, the HYROX workout has grown into a global series of events, held in more than 30 countries and supported by an active international community. Its structured race format invites people from all backgrounds to take on a meaningful challenge in their own way.