Train your limiter, not your strengths.
Practical HYROX guidance for pacing, station execution, compromised running and recovery. Start with your limiter, then read only what moves it.
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29 articles. HYROX-specific.
Each article is built from real coaching experience and athlete data, not generic fitness content.
RACE PREP · NEW
HYROX warm-up: a 20-minute race-day routine
Use START-10 to arrive ready for the first run without spending the race before it begins.
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MASTERS RACE PREP · NEW
HYROX warm-up over 40: start earlier, not harder
Use the WARM check to personalise START-10 from readiness signals, not age-based rules.
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HYROX OVER 40 · NEW
HYROX over 40: what racing at 45 taught me
A 1:03:29 race, the hidden cost behind fast stations, and the training priorities that matter after 40.
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RACE EXECUTION · UPDATED
HYROX race week: lock the plan, lose the noise
A seven-day taper and decision system for arriving fresh, organised, and ready to execute.
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START HERE · GUIDE
How to use LimiterIQ: from first tap to first workout
Complete your profile, assessment, Week 1 plan, first workout and training log.
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PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS · NEW
You’re fit enough. Your training is solving the wrong problem.
A constraint-first framework for athletes whose fitness is rising but whose result is stuck.
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Compromised running · VIDEO
Why your run dies after the sled - and what to train instead
Diagnose the exact reason the sled changes your running before adding more kilometres.
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Assessment · VIDEO
Stop guessing your HYROX limiter: a five-step evidence test
Your hardest station is not automatically your limiter. Use evidence to choose the next block.
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Pacing · VIDEO
The adrenaline opening-pace trap: protect the race you want to finish
Why the first kilometre feels easier than it is - and how to set a pace that survives the stations.
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Race pace · VIDEO
Fresh pace is not race pace: build the kilometre you can reproduce
Your standalone speed is useful - but HYROX rewards the pace you can recover after every station.
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Grip · VIDEO
Is grip really your limiter? Diagnose the hands before adding more holds
Grip failure is visible. The cause may be endurance, posture, tension, breathing or race-wide fatigue.
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Wall balls · VIDEO
Why wall balls fall apart: the final station begins kilometres earlier
Diagnose pacing, breathing, accuracy, local endurance and accumulated fatigue at the finish.
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DIAGNOSIS
The 6 HYROX limiters: find the one costing you time
Most athletes train their strengths and stall. Here are the 6 limiters, and how to find yours.
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STRATEGY
Pacing your HYROX: why most athletes blow up at minute 22
The pacing strategy that separates podium athletes from everyone else.
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TECHNIQUE
How to run after a heavy sled push
The first 60 seconds after sled is where races are won and lost.
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TRAINING
Sled push training: load, technique, and progression
How to train the sled push for HYROX. Load, position, faults, progression.
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TECHNIQUE
Wall balls: the station that breaks the most race plans
Why wall balls fail more athletes than any other station late in a race.
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RECOVERY
Sleep and HYROX performance: the recovery you can't shortcut
Sleep is the highest-leverage recovery tool. Practical evidence-based protocol.
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PHYSIOLOGY
Threshold training: the most misunderstood zone in HYROX prep
What threshold pace actually is, and how to find your true threshold.
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TECHNIQUE
Burpee broad jumps: the technique guide
How to BBJ without destroying your back or burning out by rep 40.
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RACE CRAFT
The hidden minutes: why transitions cost you the race
Sixteen handovers, ten seconds each. The run-in, set-up and run-out routine that wins back free time.
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THE ENGINE
Building Your Aerobic Base
Your aerobic base is the engine behind every HYROX run and station. How to build it, the sessions that matter, and a self-test for your limiter.
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STATION SKILL
Grip and farmers carry: stop the silent race leak
Build grip endurance, clean turns and a carry plan that protects the run after the farmers carry in HYROX-style racing.
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ERG PACING
SkiErg pacing: open hard without redlining
Use efficient SkiErg technique and a three-phase pacing plan that protects the stations and running still to come.
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ERG PACING
RowErg strategy: recover without giving time away
Turn the RowErg into controlled speed with efficient sequencing, a calm recovery and a split that protects your exit run.
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STATION SKILL
Sandbag lunges: build a clean 100-metre plan
Use legal reps, stable stacking and a tested break strategy to keep sandbag lunges from destroying the final run.
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LIMITER SYSTEM
Strength endurance: why one station cracks your race
Diagnose strength endurance, separate it from raw strength and build repeatable force that survives race fatigue.
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RACE DIAGNOSIS
Your HYROX Race Did Not Fall Apart Randomly
Your HYROX race did not fall apart randomly. Diagnose opening pace, station cost, breathing control, fuelling and compromised running before changing your plan.
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RACE FUELLING
HYROX race fuelling: rehearse the four-window chain
Build an individual plan, test it under realistic load, and change one weak link at a time.
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