Rox Lyfe - The HYROX Podcast

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Jane Erbacher from Erg Army ( @ergarmy ). Jane – who runs Erg Army – is an all round awesome person, and a guru at teaching the rowing and Ski ergs.  She has run hundreds of workshops all around the world helping to educate people on how to properly use the machines and has helped to coach some of the worl...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Mark and Oli Fricker (@mark_does_hyrox and @frickerx ). Mark and Oli are one of the fastest father and son doubles teams to have competed in HYROX. What’s more, Oli is currently in the top 30 Pro men in HYROX, he’s one of the fastest ever British athletes and is looking to break into the Elite 15 this season. And Mark is one of the...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Jason Daniel ( @jasondaniel__ ). Jason is the founder, and owner, of @LSKD – the huge, Australian based, activewear brand that has grown to over $100m in revenue, with a mission is to inspire you to be 1% better every day through sports, fitness and adventure. Jason built LSKD following his career in motor...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Tom Jarrett (@tom.brigade). At HYROX London, Tom completed an “Ultra HYROX” – running 10km instead of the standard 1km between each station! That’s a staggering 80km total, plus each of the usual stations in a truly incredible achievement. In this chat we talk about the his mindset and nutrition for the race, his...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to speak with Wilhelm Lilge ( @wilhelmlilge ) Wilhelm holds the 60-64 age group world record in HYROX with a time of 1.09 – from his first ever solo race! He is not only an impressive athlete though but has been a coach for much of his life, including many years as a national running coach for the Austrian Athletics Association where he’s worked...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we chat with IamFallfromGrace (@IamFallFromGrace) - an Australian Red Bull player, a professional Gamer and a prolific content creator. She certainly breaks the gamer stereotype – having recently competed in her first HYROX, in Melbourne, and in the past has taken on numerous fitness events, including competing at the OCR World Championships. In this chat, w...

In this week's episode I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Sinéad Bent ( @sineadbentx ). Sinéad has burst onto the HYROX scene in the past year or so, and recently, in London, broke the Women’s Open world in an incredible time of 58.47, as well as an age group world record in the womens doubles. She is, for sure, a potential future Elite 15 athlete in the sport, and it was great to get t...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we get to speak with Ida Mathilde Steensgaard (@idamathildee). Ida recently qualified for the Elite 15 race at the 2025 HYROX World Championships following her performance at the Hong Kong major. She has a PB of 62 mins in the Pro division and is a hugely exciting talent, especially as HYROX hasn’t been her primary focus for very long at all. In this chat, w...

In this week's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with the legendary Tia-Clair Toomey ( @tiaclair1 ). Tia is surely one of the greatest athletes of all time: seven-time CrossFit Games champion, 2016 Olympian for Australia, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and even a qualifier for the Winter Olympics in bobsleigh. Having Tia on the podcast has been a dream of mine since Rox Lyfe began,...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Ash Harrell (@ash.harrell). Ash has a 57mins Mens Open HYROX to his name, and has represented Great Britain in the Cross Country. He had the fastest total run time at the HYROX World Championships in Nice, and he’s helped coached HYROX athletes to break age group world records. In this chat we cover loads, including lots of great r...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Travis Owles (@travisowles). Travis was recently part of the team that took the HYROX World Record for the Men’s Relay in Poznan. He also broke the World Record for the fastest ever mile of burpee broad jumps (in a crazy time!), AND he also has the record for the most amount of HYROXes completed in 24 hours. In our chat Travis talk...

I’m Greg, and in this episode, I’m excited to bring you my chat with HYROX athlete, Charlie Hendrie ( @commando_charlie ). Also known as Commando Charlie, this week’s guest has quite the story. We talk about his time in the marines, to being a bodyguard for Elton John, to being arrested for a £1m drug deal, and then to HYROX – where has just won his age group in the Pro division in Manchester. It...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to speak with Rebecca Mason (@becmasonpt). Rebecca is one of the fastest ever women in HYROX, she won her age group at the 2022 in Las Vegas, and then finished 6th in the Elite 15 at the Manchester World Championships the following year. Unfortunately, she recently had to retire from competing in the sport due to a long-term injury, so I talk to...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to speak with Rylan Schadegg (@ryalnschadegg). Rylan recently qualified for the Elite race at the HYROX World Championships after an incredible 3rd place finish at the Elite 15 Major in Amsterdam. What makes his performance even more remarkable is that he's been battling serious health challenges over the past year—and heading into Amsterdam, he...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Fabi Eisenlauer ( @fabi_eisenlauer ). Fabi has already put down the 2nd fastest Men’s Open time ever this season (52:30), he ran 58mins in the Mens Pro division recently in Amsterdam, and then the following day won the Mens Pro Doubles division with Alexander Roncevic, beating Hunter McIntyre and Graham Haliday in the process. As a...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Nick Bare (@nickbarefitness). Nick is an incredible athlete, and entrepreneur who has taken on a variety of fitness challenges and built a huge social following in the process. Weighing in at 90kg, he has completed a sub 2:40 marathon, taken on many Ultras, competed in body building shows, and now he has turned his attention to HYR...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I chat with Lauren Smith ( @ls_sports ). You’ll likely know Lauren from the HYROX live streams where she is part of the team presenting on the Elite 15 races at the Majors and HYROX World Championships. She also regularly presents on many other sports including CrossFit, rugby, rowing, cycling and much more. In this chat, Lauren tells us how about her journe...

In this week's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with Paul Rimmer (athlete_lab_uk). Paul is an expert in testing athletes to help them find their true performance capabilities. I went to see him recently for lactate threshold testing and I thought it would be useful to get him on the podcast to talk about the work he does with athletes. We cover different ways to determine your lactate...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I chat with Clare Rafferty. Clare wears many hats in the world of HYROX. She is an athlete, a coach, an ambassador, a race director and part of the Global Master team! In this episode she shares more about her roles in HYROX, her running training, how the sport has helped her from a mental perspective and lots and lots of great coaching advice! You can follo...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, HYROX co-founder Mo Fuerste is back to explain everything you need to know about the all-new HYROX Pro Doubles Elite 15 competition , as well as discuss the new rule changes for this season , the growth of the sport, and the qualifying process for the HYROX World Championships! It's a great, informative chat about all the changes coming up in this great...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Lukas Storath ( @lukefithyrox ). Lukas is a bit of a HYROX legend. He was the first man to break 60mins in the Pro division, and was the winner of the first ever HYROX World Championship (in Oberhausen). But at the age of 44 he continues to perform at the highest level in the sport. He was the winner of last season’s Last Chance Qu...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, we get to speak with Paul Gillingham. Paul is one of the most experienced HYROX athletes in the world. At the time of writing he’s completed 39 races, in 12 countries, and has competed at the last 3 World Championships. He is one of the top performing athletes in his age group, and is part of the over 40 age group Mixed Relay World Record team. He has also...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Marc Dean ( @marcdean_ ). Marc won the Men’s Doubles at the 2024 HYROX World Championships in Nice, along with Jake Dearden (who has also recently been on the show), against some incredibly strong competition, winning in a time of 52:34. He is a seriously impressive athlete with his eyes set on the Elite 15 – despite having 4 child...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we get to speak with Kieran Reilly ( @kieranbmxreilly ). Kieran has just won a silver medal in BMX at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At just 23, Kieran is a truly incredible athlete, who can pull off tricks on his bike that only he has ever landed! In this chat we talk about his experience at the Olympics, what is takes to be an Olympian, his experience of complet...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, we get to hear from Camilla Massa ( @camillamassa.athlete ). Camilla was part of the Elite 15 at this year's HYROX World Championships in Nice, she was the overall AG winner in the 22/23 season, and her Pro Women PB is 62 minutes! In this chat we talk about her sporting background, the changes she made to her training in the weeks leading up to her incr...