Fitness fanatics are only just realising what HYROX stands for
Hyrox is a global fitness racing competition that combines functional fitness and endurance. It is often described as a fitness race for "every body," designed to test participants' strength, power, speed, and endurance. The event format combines running with functional fitness exercises, making it appealing to a wide range of competitors – from trained athletes to recreational individuals.
Hyrox is structured as a set course, where participants complete 8 kilometers of running (divided into 1 km loops) interspersed with 8 functional fitness stations. Athletes must complete a fitness station immediately after each kilometer of running. The goal is to finish the entire course as quickly as possible, and the results are ranked based on performance.
One of the unique aspects of Hyrox is that it welcomes athletes from a wide variety of fitness disciplines, including runners, CrossFitters, gym-goers, and functional fitness enthusiasts. However, you must be over the age of 16 to participate.
But what does Hyrox actually stand for? One fitness fan recently took a closer look at the name HYROX, and jokingly said finding out what it actually stood for made him "want to puke".
Taking to TikTok, online fitness coach Harry Mackarness revealed that HYROX stands for Hybrid Rockstar.
In the caption of the video, he wrote: "HYROX - Huge fan of hybrid training, been doing it my whole life and coach in that way too - but finding out that HYROX means Hybrid Rockstar makes me want to puke. Can't unhear that now."
In response, one commenter said: "Is that true? Oh lawd." Another remarked: "HAHAHAHHA I could've gone my whole life without knowing that."
A third commented: "I'm just going to forget you ever said that." But others didn't see a problem with the name.
One asked: "What's wrong with that? Sounds quite cool." And another argued: "I like it, it's fun."
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