As an avid Crossfitter, eyeing up a rival functional fitness event like HYROX feels like something of a betrayal. I love the CrossFit way of training, but I also love a new challenge, and an 8km fitness race that features a different functional workout station every kilometer sounds like my kind of challenge.
On holiday recently, away from my usual CrossFit routine, I decided to try out a session created by HYROX master trainer Jade Skillen. The routine looked straightforward enough: A 1km run followed by 10 burpees, 10 push-ups and 10 lunges, repeated five times in total. The only fly in the ointment was that I’d be performing it on a woodland trail after a wet spell—not exactly the most appealing surface for burpees, but not bad enough to back out, so I set off.
