If you’ve spent any time on TikTok recently, chances are you’ve seen someone dragging a weighted sled across a warehouse floor while looking simultaneously exhausted and exhilerated. Welcome to the world of Hyrox: the fitness event attracting everyone from marathon runners and gym lads to super-shredded 70somethings.
Part race, part functional fitness event, Hyrox combines eight 1km runs with workout stations including rowing, ski ergs, lunges, burpees and a truly distressing sled push. And while people online love describing it as ‘fun’, your first Hyrox can feel more like being repeatedly humiliated for two hours in public – all while a professional
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