03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
People are only just realising what HYROX stands for and joke it makes them 'want to puke'
Fitness competition HYROX has boomed in popularity over the last few years, but some people are only just now realising what it stands for - and it's giving them the 'ick'
Fitness fans have been getting the 'ick' after realising what HYROX actually stands for.
HYROX is a fitness competition which has gained international popularity in recent times. It's designed to test the participants' strength, endurance and overall fitness.
The event itself is a circuit-style race, consisting of eight functional movement stations, as well as 1km of running before each. HYROX can either be completed individually or with a partner, and you don't need any fitness qualifications - you just need to be at least 16 years old.
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 the comment section people were equally baffled after only just realising what HYROX stands for. "Is that true? Oh lawd," said one person. "HAHAHAHHA I could've gone my whole life without knowing that," commented another.
"I'm just going to forget you ever said that," added a third. However, others don't mind the name at all. "Wha"'s wrong with that? Sounds quite cool," commented one person. "I like it, it's fun," said another.
HYROX was launched in Germany in 2017 and quickly established itself as the fastest growing fitness sport in the world. Now fitness competitions take place in 11 countries in over 30 different cities.
It was created by founders Christian Toetzke and three-times Olympic Medallist and World Champion Moritz Furste. Toetzke wanted to create a strength and endurance event that would be open to everyone.
Speaking to The Hybrid Letter, he explained: "I wanted to create a sport based on exciting competitions with the most fun and the most variety. I did research. There are 200 million or more people who are going to the gym three or four days a week or more. When you ask people: what's your sport? Over 50% say 'fitness.' Every other sport has gamification, benchmarking, and competition. So we thought there must be a way to create a competition that is exactly designed for these millions of people.
"This is a group of people, I believe, that is as big as the running community. We really believe this is the healthiest way of training."
As well as a 1km run before each exercise, participants do 1km on a standing ski machine, 50m of sled push, 50m sled pull, 80m burpee jumps, 1km indoor rowing, carrying a kettlebell 200m, 100m lunges carrying a sandbag, as well as 100 throws and catches of a medicine ball off a wall.
