Totally agree! I'm a high level triathlete in terms of race sprints almost every weekend and sometimes 2 Back to back Sat n Sundays. Also MMA over a decade. I'm a whee Ladd 155lbs but about to do my 1st Hyrox in Dallas this weekend. Only trained for 2 weeks but that's because Tri season just ended weekend before last. I've been simulating the event via training about 3 times.... Lol I know it's not optimal nor ideal but I was just invited to do this upon leaving Tri Best of Best Championships 2 weeks ago. Had no idea what this was until then. I will try and update how it goes. Personally I'm pushing for podium AG. But we shall see. Let's Goooo!!!

@@JoshTheSonOfBethIsaacs Hi! We'd like to get in touch with you for a possible quick interview 💪🏼. Can you send us a message to @hyroxamerica on instagram? :) Cheers!

@@HYROX_OFFICIAL That would be awesome! I ended up signing up for the GORUCK division due to sellout. So this is gonna be quite interesting. Totally love a challenge!!! See yall Saturday!!! LET'S GOOOO!!! IG msg sent FYI

or one is a copy of the other sport. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Looks like CrossFit but it's just sparkling workouts.

Agreed! Robbing people for hundreds of dollars per month. Also, handstand events have nothing to do with fitness. 😇

this must be parody..they even went and got a fake Justin Medeiros...how !!

@@newrivervalleywellnessdotc1260 Hunter was a games athlete lol. Don't know if he still is.

@@sethwood1676 he entered the Games one time, did not meet the standars though and got a free pass. Unfortunately he did not make it to the next level and had to quite that year after one day of competing, if the first event were more running based hé surely would have make it to day two. After that one games appearance he never entered again I think.

What exactly is the different emphasis you’re referring to? Looks like a 100% rip-off of CrossFit to me.

So you agree it's BS - everybody loves a race but don't call it a (new) sport, it's just a race which undeniably is CF inspired

@@jka461 It's not a new "sport", no, it's a different discipline within the existing sport of functional fitness 👍🏽

Exactly……Brooke Wells would smash that douchebag who thinks he’s “the best”

Lmao right!

The main difference I see is that crossfit is incredibly skewed towards strength. Most pro crossfitters are very high level weightlifters and about middle school level endurance atheletes.

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A huge difference is that hyrox is standardized to have the same race everytime, which makes it more similar to traditional sports and could potentially give it a Olympic Games spot at some time. Crossfit will never be at the Olympic Games if it doesnt change to have more standard workouts per competition.

At least they aren’t showcasing handstand walking!

@@jrparker4804 you can like it and understand it's not new

I wonder if Hyrox is planning to change this in the future and allow elite athletes to compete at the Pro level and allow Age Group athletes to compete at the level they otherwise normally compete?

@@beckjacob i inquired and they stated probably not. Logistically it is obviously more work. I was remiss not to mention the timing system is very cool and allows you to concentrate on racing as it lets you know when to enter the Hyrox zones. I also asked where the WC would be held this year but they did not provide. It would be nice to know if it will be outside the US so people who qualify know if they plan to compete they will to get a passport. If you like these hybrid events I have also competed in Dekafit. Hyrox is much more challenging but significantly more expensive.

You got this!

Hyrox women are the most beautiful in the world. Good luck

Exactly

@@RalfIwan CrossFit has exactly the same thing And they’ve been doing it for close to 15 years

I came into the comments to find this one. "The sport of fitness"? Who could have imagined? A CrossFit brand competitor is not a bad thing. I'm down with that and would be an audience for something like HYROX. But yah, they lost me on those statements. I'm out.

Crossfit is more of a powerlifting competition with muscular endurance elements, and a sprinkle of aerobic fitness. Hyrox is more a of a endurance based event with a sprinkle of strength and a lot of muscular endurance.

@@erik3475 Yes and to say "I invented this", "there's nothing else like it" is wildly overstating the case, deluded and does not acknowledge the obvious start of where this derives from which is so obviously CrossFit its almost embarrassing for them to float over that talking point.

Agreed 🤙🏽 I can see CrossFit trolling one day and run Hyrox exactly as it is in a CF comp 😅 Hyrox is great as I will always root for humans to move and challenge their body but Hyrox doesn’t come close to testing the full capabilities of a CF comp or what the human is capable of. Hyrax just has a lower barrier of entry

Tbf he may not have made the cut but if i’m not mistaken he still holds the record for murph which is similar in comparison to hyrox. He’s just probably not as well built out for games then others.

How do you start? Are there gyms in the UK?

@@factsnchill168 all new to me but am running 1 long run, a day of 1km repeats x6-8, recovery jog and 2 days weights with some of the functional exercises thrown in

Did you think the documentary was going to be about you ?

@@lean2281 What a sassy question. Damn are you funny. No not only about ME, but maybe also about the good upcoming and ascending athletes who are not in the elite. Only the Elite was able to win high money prices.

@@miafuwa6893 you aren’t an athlete

@@lean2281 :;-) Lean trys to provocate

Agree 100%. CF continues to marginalize itself with weirdo handstand walking events. Maybe CF hates money? Gimmicks are holding CF back from becoming accepted by a mainstream audience, and Hyrox removes that crap.

Do you even watch it? They have running in the games every year…

To be honest, a hyrox event is a circus... The noise, the loud music, the super loud and abnoxious commentators. Fun none the less 🙃

@@trevorjohnsondesign3530 If you're talking to me, then yes I do watch the CrossFit Games and pretty much all the events prior to the games and have been doing so for many years. So, to say that they have running in the games every year, somewhat tells me maybe you have not been watching over a long period of time. I would say they have incorporated running a little more as in actually testing their running ability. If you watch the games, why are the athletes always gassed when they did have the 2-3 mile run? I'll tell you because they not use to it and don't train it that much because they know it's not heavily tested and see it as an event they most would take off a little but instead they train muscle ups and walking handstands and etc. All I am saying is that Hyrox actually has functional and tests true fitness capability versus CrossFit is all about entertainment and circus like movements

I do Crossfit and whilst I agree the games are having more and more clown like movements. There is always a running event. The whole point though is that they you don’t know what event you’ll get so you have to work everything.

As stated by an US American. He would not technically be a liar if he could do 200 in a row - with a 1kg ball thrown up to a 2m high goal. The most outstanding thing about US citizens is their confidence and self-marketing. Still all respect to Hunter, he just is a beast.

Crossfit is not very balanced, a mediocre powerlifter would totally destroy the worlds best marathon runner at the crossfit games. Even though running is the most fundamental skill of a human being. A well rounded fitness competition should weigh a lot more on the endurance side then strength, if it is based on human beings.

@@erik3475 Is a Marathon Row (42,195m) considered a feat of endurance?

@@hamiltonblair7934 It is endurance, but the to top times at the crossfit games were laughable and would be comparable to a VO2 max at less then 50

@@hamiltonblair7934 also that is one event that goes at aerobic threshold, compare that too how many of the events that test maximum strength

@@erik3475 Laughable?! Compared to what?

I actually really like it. No ridiculous head banging or handstand walking, which literally has nothing to do with fitness.

"This is a workout anyone can do" like a lot of douche bags?

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He didn’t qualify for the games, but do not sleep on Hyrox. It appeals to the masses with no “high skill, low meaning” events like handstand walking. Handstand walking means absolutely nothing when it comes to being fit. Hyrox could actually take over as the “sport of everyone” since everyone can do it.

Hunter m got a free ticket to the CrossFit games a couple years back and didn’t make it past day 1. And he’s super fit. Elite CrossFit athletes are on another level

Couldn't disagree more

@@erica9563 i m genuinely curious. Would like to share your thoughts ? I mean bragging about getting into fistfights.. how is this not toxic?

Ehhhh he’s a likable douche though. Think he’s more real than 99% of the juice heads in crossfit.

@@quentingallea166 I would rather hear real talk from Hunter than the same old crap from Tia and others in CF. “It was hard, but I sent it” etc. It’s just not entertaining to listen to them talk. Robot interviews. I love hearing badass folks talk for real, like Hunter. Also, handstand events have nothing to do with fitness.

@@jrparker4804 I see, interesting. Thank you for taking the time to share.

No CF handstand events = awesome

So this is CrossFit pretty much… this is NOT a new sport… this is just a different way to organize a CrossFit event. No disrespect to the “athletes” but…. 😅