Rox Lyfe - The HYROX Podcast

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with Chris Woolley ( @_chriswoolley_ ). Chris is a fantastic Australian athlete who has been competing in HYROX for many years now. In this chat we talk about how he nearly broke the Murph world record, how he structures his training week, the benefits of stair climbing for HYROX, his sleep tips that help him train like a beast while working as...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with John Singleton. John is a coach and osteopath who has been coaching some of the world’s most competitive athletes since 2007, many of which have gone to the CrossFit Games. He is now coaching Mikaela Norman, one of the top female athletes in HYROX (who has been on this podcast too) and we had a fantastic chat about training, the difference...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I chat with HYROX Co-Founder Mo Fuerste all about changes to the qualifying process for the Elite races in the 2024/25 HYROX season. We look at the Elite 15 Major races, including where they will be held and how to qualify for them, the Last Chance Qualifier (which gives everyone an opportunity to make their way into the Elite race at the World Championships...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we speak with Brakken Kraker (@brakkenkraker). You may have heard Brakken on the Race Brain podcast, or his Running Public podcast. He is a fantastic athlete who, amongst many other achievements – plenty of which we get to in this episode – has run a 51minute HYROX mens doubles (which he did along with Rich Ryan who has been on this podcast a couple of times...

In this week's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I'm chatting with Gareth Timmins (@garethtimminsauthor). Gareth is a HYROX athlete and an ex Royal Marine commando. He's been on the show previously when he spoke to us about his experiences in HYROX and his first book - “Becoming the 0.1%” - which was the diary account of the brutal training regime for Royal Marine selection. It was a hug...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Hunter McIntyre (@huntthesheriff). Hunter the current HYROX World Record holder in the Pro division with a time of 53:22. He won the HYROX world championship in 2022 and 2023, and had been favourite for the 2024 race in Nice, but ultimately finished 5th in a performance well below his expectations. In this, his first and only podca...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, I get to chat with Meg Martin ( @megsutherland ) Meg recently became the HYROX Mixed Doubles world champion in her age group – along with her husband Will Martin – when they finished in a time of 54:58 in Nice. At the time that was only her second ever HYROX race. The day before we recorded this Meg also finished 2nd overall in the open in Melbourne. But no...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Jake Dearden (@jakedearden_). Jake was part of the fastest men’s doubles team at the 2024 HYROX World Championships in Nice, (along with marcdean_), beating out a lot of very strong competition. He was also the winner of the men’s pro in New York, he is a HYROX master trainer, and he completed an incredible 11 HYROX races in one we...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we get to speak with Michael Sandbach (@sandy6000 on Instagram). Sandy – as he’s commonly known – recently finished 2nd in the Elite race at the 2024 HYROX World Championships in Nice. He was a major part in helping to make it probably the best race we’ve seen in HYROX in a seriously impressive performance. To top off his weekend in Nice, Sandy also c...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, I get to speak with the new 2024 HYROX World Champion, Alexander Rončević ( @alexander.roncevic ). We talk all about the epic race in Nice, his tactics, lots about his training, his recent races in Vienna (where he retained his European Championship title) and Cologne (where he broke 2 World Records), and much more. Alex is an absolute legend, he’s s...

In this week’s episode on the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with Geordie Stewart (@geordie_stewart on Instagram). Geordie has quite the story. He is the author of 3 books. The first details his experience of being the youngest ever person to scale the 7 summits (the highest mountains on each of the 7 continents). His second book documents his solo journey of 13,000 miles on a bike, from the UK to...

In this week’s episode I get to speak with Vivian Tafuto (@viviantafuto on Insta). Vivian is one of the fastest ever women in HYROX. She finished 4th in the Elite race at the 2023 World Championships in Manchester and has qualified for this season’s Elite 15 after running a 1.02 in Vienna. In this chat we talk about her sporting background, her training, her race tactics, her running numbers and v...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we get to speak with Steve Moharic (@k9_steve). Steve is a former Australian Special Forces Commando, turned dog trainer and hybrid Athlete. During his early years his sporting background was in running and swimming, before he made the switch to Triathlon. After burning out in his early 20’s, he fell deep into Melbourne’s criminal underworld. That was...

In this episode we get to speak with Maurice Andre (who you may know as @SCImotivation on Instagram). In Oct 2020 Maurice suffered a paragliding accident which left him with a spinal cord injury. Doctors told him he was unlikely to ever walk again. Life would be spent in a wheelchair. Yet just a few years later Maurice has completed several HYROX races, including 2 in one day at the recent London...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast Im chatting with Fredrik Zillen. Fredrik is a running technique specialist. Over the years he has guided thousands of runners to a more efficient running technique - from complete Beginners to members of the Swedish national team in running and triathlon who have participated in the World Championships and the Olympics. This episode is full of gold and can c...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I chat with Robin Hughes from Getahead (getaheadmindset.com). Robin is a fitness psychologist, and Getahead are the official mental training partner for HYROX UK. Their app helps athletes of all levels overcome their mental barriers and unlock their full potential. In this chat we cover loads of useful information such as how to improve your confidenc...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we get to chat with Anthony Peressini ( @awildperessini ). Anthony is the husband of the HYROX World Champion Lauren Weeks. But he is also her coach, and coach to two other Elite 15 athletes in Lauren Griffiths and James Kelly. In this chat we talked about so much including his recent hybrid challenge of a heavy bench press and a marathon in the same day, hi...

In this week's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to chat with Lee Tuck ( @lee_tuck ). Lee recently ran a Men’s Doubles race in HYROX Copenhagen, finishing in 51:05. Back in November, he finished the Men’s Open in 57:09 which puts him in the top 20 fastest athletes ever in that division. That’s all obviously very impressive but what’s more he’s only been in the sport for a relatively short...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we chat with Charlie Botterill. This was recorded just a few days after Charlie won the mens open at HYROX Rotterdam in a time of 59:35. A few weeks prior to that he ran the second fastest mens pro doubles time ever - along with Jake Williamson who has also been on this pod – in a time of 51:51. Charlie is only 22 but is an amazing athlete and has quite a ba...

In this episode I get to chat with 5 different top level HYROX athletes. On 13th and 14th of April, we will see the first of the last chance qualifiers where a large number of people will be battling it out in the Pro divisions in Cologne, trying to earn themselves a spot in the Elite races at the HYROX World Championships in Nice. The field is wide open on both the mens and the womens side though...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I'm chatting with Kristi O’Connell. Kristi made her name in the world of CrossFit. She has appeared at the CrossFit Games in 7 consecutive years, 6 of those times as an individual, where the lowest she ever placed was 13th. She's now retired from competing in CrossFit but recently took on her first ever HYROX – competing in the Pro division in Housto...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I'm chatting with Jess Towl ( @jesstowl ). Jess had only raced in 2 HYROX races when she qualified for the Elite race Major in Washington DC. That seemingly incredible achievement becomes a little more understandable when you hear about her sporting background – from competing for Great Britain in the triathlon, to then moving to CrossFit where she set a...

In this week's episode I'm chatting with Tim Wenisch. Tim is only 25 years old but has been in HYROX pretty much from the beginning. He is one of the fastest athletes ever seen in the sport, and recently qualified for the Elite race at the World Championships by finishing 3rd at the Major in Vienna. He has a PB in the Men’s Pro of 56:07, and was the first man to go under 50 minutes in HYRO...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with Rich Ryan ( @reinforced_running_rich ). Rich has featured in 3 of the Elite race majors this season, and in the most recent in Washington D.C. finished 3rd in a time of 58:16, securing himself a spot for the Elite race at the 2024 World Champs. He also holds the men’s doubles world record – along with recent podcast guest Pelayo Men...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, I got to chat with Pelayo Menendez (@pelayofelechosa) Pelayo has only been racing in HYROX for a year but in that time has come a long way… In his first Pro race he had a 10 mins sled pull, and a 7 mins wall balls, and finished in 70mins, but in the most recent Major race in Vienna he finished second in a time of 56:59, qualifying him for the Elite race at...