Rox Lyfe - The HYROX Podcast

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to speak with the brilliant Dr Phil Price (@drphilprice). Phil is a senior lecturer in Strength and Conditioning, and Biomechanics, at St Mary's University. He is also the host of The Progress Theory Podcast (@theprogresstheory) and is currently researching hybrid training and is part of the HIFIm research group, who are investigating and developin...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we hear from one of the fastest ever women in HYROX, Mikaela Norman. Mikaela burst on to the scene in Hamburg last year when she broke the HYROX Women’s Pro world record in her first race.  Since then, she has also taken the Women’s Doubles World Record, and won the North American championship, and in the past, she has been to the CrossFit Games. In this int...

In today's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with George Edwards. George is one of the UK’s HYROX Master Trainers and spends a lot of time travelling around the UK coaching the coaches from HYROX affiliated gyms.  He’s a very experienced personal trainer and athlete, and in this chat we have a great discussion about his training for an Ironman which he’s currently preparing for, hi...

In today's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with the wonderful Jane Erbacher. Jane runs Erg Army (https://www.instagram.com/ergarmy/) which you may have seen online – they put out a lot of great content, and run workshops all over the world, on using the Ergs (the row and ski, as well as the concept2 bike). She’s helped hundreds of athletes fall in love with these machines and two...

On the Rox Lyfe podcast this week I got to chat with Matt Brewster.  Matt is the CEO of WIT Fitness (https://www.wit-fitness.com/), a very popular, multi brand, global retailer born out of CrossFit and who have a fantastic gym- recently HYROX affiliated - in the heart of London.  Additionally, he’s on the board of Built for Athletes, and has previously worked at Speedo, Arcadia and Beyonce’s compa...

This is a bonus episode of the podcast where I chat through the recently announced Elite 15 qualifying process changes in an exclusive interview with HYROX co-founder, Mo Fuerste. There’s been some significant changes announced that will see 4 major races, plus 2 last chance qualifiers, in the coming season, through which athletes will have the opportunity to qualify for the Elite races at the HYR...

On the Rox Lyfe podcast this week I got to chat with Elite HYROX athlete Tiago Lousa (@thelousaway). Tiago is 41 years old – he finished 9th in the Elite race at the 2023 HYROX World Championships, and set a PB last season of 57.54 in the Men’s Pro division. He’s a busy guy – he’s a coach, a crossfit box owner, he works in the police and he does all that while still being one of the top performing...

In this episode I get to chat with Elite HYROX athlete Dylan Scott. Dylan is one of the fastest ever Male Pro athletes in HYROX. He finished second at the North American championships, and ran a time of 58.38 in Chicago earlier on in the season. He’s just 27 years old and seemingly has a very bright future ahead of him in HYROX. He is well known for the amount of training volume he puts in – we ta...

In today’s episode we get to chat with a truly incredible athlete – James Newbury. James has been to the CrossFit games 4 times, and in 2019 finished an amazing 5th. What’s more, he has competed in multiple Ironman events, amongst many other sports, and it’s recently been announced that he will be taking on a HYROX when it comes to Sydney in August 2023.   We get to talk about his training, his sp...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, I'm joined by 2 other podcasters; Ian Kay (from the Fitness Racing Podcast), and Mikey Watson (from the Roxzone podcast). We have a great chat about the 2022/23 HYROX season which has just passed - looking at some of the most memorable moments, stand out performances, what was new that we liked, what could have been done better, what we're excited a...

In this episode we get to look into the mindset of elite HYROX athletes. A lot of focus gets placed on the training regimes of the best of the best in HYROX, and rightly so, its obviously important. But much less attention goes towards how these athletes think. The fact is, there are some people physically more capable than some elite athletes right now, and who probably eat better and train more...

In this episode I get to chat with one of the greatest ever HYROX athletes – Alexander Roncevic.  Alex has been in the sport pretty much from the beginning – he’s been on the world championship podium an unprecedented 4 times, he has a mens pro personal best time of 56:13 making him the 3rd fastest man ever in the sport, he’s just finished 2nd at the World Championships in Manchester, and he is th...

In this episode I chat with Mimoushka Kion who is the HYROX World Champion and World Record holder in the 55-59 age group. Mimoushka is an amazing athlete, she’s full of energy and we talk about her training, her sporting history, how she stays so young and performs at such a high level as she gets older, her mindset when competing and lots more. She was a lot of fun to chat with and there’s somet...

In this video we chat with the 2023 HYROX World Champion, Lauren Weeks. This was recorded just a few days after the World Championships in Manchester where, on the Friday night, Lauren won the Elite 15 race in a time of 59:51, making her only the second woman ever to break the 60 minute mark, and managing to do it on the grid format, on a 4 lap course (both of which traditionally make your race mu...

In this episode we speak with the UK's fastest ever HYROX woman, Rebecca Mason.  Becs has a pretty amazing record in HYROX; she won her age group at the last World Championships in Las Vegas, she’s just qualified for the Elite 15 at the upcoming world championships, she’s the and she holds the age group world record in the 35-39 age group.  It was a great chat, we talk about her background, ho...

Recently in HYROX London Olympia in April 2023, Harry Thompson took a lot of people by surprise when he won the Men's Pro race - against some very strong competition - in a time of 59:34.  It's one of the quickest times of the season from someone who is relatively unknown in the sport so I asked him on to the podcast to chat about his background, his training, HYROX tips, mindset and lots...

This week on the podcast I got to chat with Paul Gillingham. Affectionately known as "Mr HYROX" or, more recently, "Poptart Paul" (from his love for a prerace Poptart), Paul is the coach who works with our clients to prepare them for a HYROX. We speak shortly after the biggest ever HYROX event (at the time of recording) in London in May 2023 where Paul was part of the incredibl...

In this episode I chat with Australian HYROX athlete James Kelly. James was last on the podcast back in October 2022 a few days after he’d won the Mens Pro race in Birmingham when he went sub 60minutes on his HYROX debut. He’s now back in Europe to race in Cologne and to try and gain back his spot in the Elite races at the upcoming 2023 World Championships. We had a really good talk, all about how...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Kate Davey. Kate is one of the clients who has been working with the Rox Lyfe coach, Paul Gillingham, and she recently finished 3rd in HYROX Barcelona in her first ever Pro race. At the time of recording she’s the 17th fastest Female of the season so very much knocking on the door of the Elite 15. She’s the second fastest UK women ever, s...

In this episode I get to chat with the fastest HYROX man of all time, Hunter McIntyre. This was recorded just a few days after Hunter smashed his own world record at HYROX Barcelona, in a simply incredible time of 54:07.  It was his first race of this season, and in this chat we talk about his training for the race, his plans for his upcoming training camp to prepare for the world championships, w...

In this episode I get to chat with Terra Jackson . Terra is one of the fastest women ever in HYROX. She recently featured in the Elite races at the European and North American championships, and is the 7thfastest woman so far this season in the Pro division. She’s also the Deka Fit and Deka strong world champion, and in this chat we get into details of her training, her running and strength number...

Mandy Williams qualified for the 2023 HYROX World Championships with her partner in the mixed doubles after racing her first race in Glasgow.  In this interview, we talk about some more but, in particular, focus on the fact that she was relatively recently diagnosed with autism at the age of 45 and get into what that means for her, how it affects her competing and training, and lots more. &nb...

At aged 43, Felicity Cole is the oldest of the qualifiers for the Elite races at the HYROX regional championships in the 2022/23 season. She is the current Women’s Pro world record holder for the 40-44 age group, and recently finished 12thin the Elite races at the HYROX European Championships. In this chat with her we cover her sporting history, the factors she considers to be important for HYROX...

Joel Enoch completed an incredible 4 HYROX races (2 doubles, 2 individual) in one day at HYROX Glasgow in Feb 2023.  The feat was to help raise money for 2 worthy charities. In this video I talk to him about the day, how he got on, how tough it was, how he fuelled for the events, and much more.  If you'd like to donate to the causes Joel was racing for, then check out this link https://w...

In this video we talk to Sebasitan Conrad, shortly after his HYROX debut in Stuttgart.  Sebastian is a truly INCREDIBLE runner (check out the video for example of his running times) and believes that, in time, he can get close to breaking the Men's Pro HYROX World Record (currently held by Hunter McIntyre).  Sebastian shares some of his sporting history, his amazing run times, what he th...