Hybrid Fitness Report

HYROX super-coach Chris Bayens joins Jude and Paul Reynolds to explain why he considers HYROX an endurance sport and how that belief shapes his training programmes. Chris discusses why full HYROX simulations are often unnecessary, the purpose of overload blocks, threshold training versus VO2 max work and why athletes should not blindly copy the sport’s elite performers. They also examine Cole Learn and Joanna Wietrzyk’s development, the future of HYROX world records, optimal racing weight and why Chris recommends eating for performance instead of deliberately training in a calorie deficit. #ChrisBayens #HYROX #HybridFitnessReport Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BOXROX network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20 at wodlete.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @wodlete #HYROX #HYROXWorlds #HybridFitnessReport

Jude and Paul Reynolds make their far-too-early predictions for the 2027 HYROX World Championships in Hong Kong, covering the men’s and women’s Singles and Doubles podiums. Both predict a first-time world champion on the women's side while with the men it is almost impossible to call. They also debate Hunter McIntyre’s aggressive racing strategy and identify the athletes who could disrupt their selections. Plus: HYROX reverses its changes to UK volunteer rewards, Pat Vellner ruptures his Achilles at the World Fitness Project, a stacked HYROX Tenerife field and Jude’s upcoming Deadly Dozen and DEKA races. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BOXROX network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20 at wodlete.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @wodlete #HYROX #HYROXWorlds #HybridFitnessReport

Should you try to cut weight before a HYROX race, or just prioritise a productive training block? Jude and Paul Reynolds discuss Paul’s plan to drop 4–5kg ahead of HYROX Valencia and why Jude would rather see him gain 1kg than lose strength, fitness and training quality through an aggressive calorie deficit. They also explain why easy training days can still create too much mechanical stress, debate Jake Williamson’s Singles potential, assess Cole Learn’s recent performances, discuss the latest carbon-plated HYROX shoes and add Backyard Ultras to the League of Hybrid Fitness Sports following Mark Dowdle’s extraordinary 94-loop victory. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20 at wodlete.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @wodleteuk #HYROX #HybridFitnessReport #HybridFitness

'Hyrox Vice World Champion' Louis Ossealer - ex-baseball player and javelin-thrower - joined us this week to talk World Championships, training, plans, triathlon, CrossFit and the mental side of being a top athlete. Follow Louis on Instagram @louis_osselaer Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

We chat with Ryan Douglas about his background, route into Hyrox, World Champs win and his plans going into the new season. And he addresses whether maybe he has the best CrossFit body in Hyrox? And Jude starts to get a little antsy about the THREE DAYS he took off from training last week. Follow Ryan on Instagram @ryandouglas44 Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

The early-season HYROX points race is underway. Paul and Jude Reynolds break down the results from HYROX Istanbul and Chengdu, what they mean for Elite 15 and Challenger qualification, and which athletes have taken advantage of the opening races. They also discuss whether Luke Greer and Jake Williamson are now the team to beat in Men’s Doubles, the new HYROX shoes coming from PUMA and Nike, and the rapid growth of fitness racing in China. Jude then explains why he has significantly reduced his training volume for a deload week, while Paul shares what his own eight-hour training week looks like. They also examine James Kelly’s decision to step back and why recovery needs to begin before an athlete reaches burnout. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Picking out some key stories that the guys enjoyed from the CrossFit Games including 2 out of 3 Brits on the women's podium! And Jude reviews his week at the Deadly Dozen Institute of Fitness as well as competing at the DEKA Manchester event in the singles, and the doubles with Jeremy McConnell. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Jude recaps a very busy two weeks post-World Championships as he competed at the ByAthena (half-Hyrox) event in London (1st overall) and Hyrox Sydney 6 days later (2nd overall). Paul picks at Jude's 2025 World Championship race scab, and they guys compare notes on training. Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ Hyrbrid Fitness Report is part of the BoxRox network. Download the app for all the latest on competitive fitness and fitness training. 📸 Instagram: @boxrox With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

In the second part of our their World Championships review, Paul and Jude look at Jude's U24 Doubles race, plus some of the standout performances of the world championships. As well as looking ahead to the new season including some interesting Hyrox rule changes. Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Part 1 of two episodes which will look back on the 2026 Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. In this short episode, shot outside of the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm we look back at Jude's first race: the U24 mens singles where he triumphed with a PB of 56:06. Apologies for the sound quality - there was a LOT of background noise going on and this was the best we could manage! Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Recorded 3 days before the Elite15 in Worlds, Jude and Paul chat with Jude's doubles partner and fellow U24 singles contendor, Michael ODonnell. They give their predictions for Elite15 races and the U24 men...while trying very hard not to offend any of their friends and fellow-competitors... Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

A belated review of Hyrox Barcelona where Jude ran the singles and Paul did the doubles with Zayd. Then a look at training leading into Worlds, and a peak into next season including the first Elite15 race...on the Hyrox cruise... Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Adam joins us again for some FlatOut racing updates, after their Norwich race at the Saxon Air hangar, before the Ipswich event and announcing a new event in the autumn! We talk about the challenges at the Norwich event, a new parent-and-child, how AI is helping, and much more.

Interview with Julia & Ian Stirling from Race Durare (www.racedurare.co.uk); a sandbag-based hybrid fitness race based in Shropshire, UK. They talk to us about the selling points of their sandbag-focused hybrid fitness race, and how their pioneering use of AI is helping to lead the way in judging standards. 0:15 - WoDLETE 0:51 - Introduction 2:42 - Interview with Ian and Julia Stirling from Race Durare Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

In which Paul and Jude recap three events in three countries as they both did Hyrox in Miami and Malaga; and in Macclesfield, Jude became the 2nd person in the world to go under 40 minutes at Deadly Dozen. 0:15 - Hyrox Miami 30:13 - Deadly Dozen Malaga 38:57 - Hyrox Malaga Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Great chat with Kevin and Paul - two of the three founders of By Athena who put on 'The Urban Race' previously known as 'Survive the Eight.' We talk about their race, hybrid races in and for the community, and how to press-gang your friends into doing Hyrox races and business with you... 0:15 - Intro & Hyrox chat plus training catchup. 20:54 - Interview with Paul & Kevin from By Athena To get tickets for their Battersea event on 27 & 28 June, go to https://www.by-athena.com/event-details/the-urban-race-battersea-park for details, and follow the link on the page for tickets. You can also find them on IG @by_athena_events Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Big interview with Jude's Hyrox Pro Doubles partner, Michael O'Donnell. They review their performances with eachother in the doubles, and against eachother in the singles, and then look forward to the final quarter of the racing season. 0:15 - Introduction and Hyrox updates 4:30 - Interview To buy a pair of Hygloves, go to: https://hygloves.org/collections/all Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

The first in our new series looking in-depth at different hybrid fitness stations. This week Jude helps us look in-depth at squatting: what it is, what it ISN'T, how to train for it and advice for race-day. And Paul just tries to cope with the idea of it. Plus some Hyrox updates and head-scratchers and training updates. 0:15 - Introduction 0:47 - Hybrid fitness updates including Hyrox & DEKA 21:35 - Squats! 58:04 - Quote of the Week and Lidl shoes 59:40 - Week in Workouts/training update Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

This week's main feature is an interview with Dean O'Grady from MacTuffX - a new hybrid fitness race that is going BIG in the UK in 2026. Paul and Jude give updates on their training regimes with Jude almost ready for Hyrox Glasgow and Paul...struggling. They look ahead to the Hyrox DC regionals (taking place as I write this) and are intrigued by what's going on in the (media) world of Hyrox,. 0:15 - Introduction 1:24 - training update 9:20 - DC Regional Preview 13:05 - Crossfit Open season and new sport launch 26:06 - Interview with Dean O'Grady from MacTuffX Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.

Paul and Jude catch up on the last few weeks and get real about training struggles, injuries and what to do next. And we have an interview with Will and Toby all about the relatively new sport of Metrix. With its nightclub vibe, it's breaks between stations and unabashed best-of-breed approach to building a popular sports event. 0:15 - Introduction 15:38 - Training update 23:34 - WoDLETE 24:34 - Interview with Will & Toby from Metrix Please like, subscribe and follow the pod. And it would greatly help if you left us a rating on the platform where you watch or listen. Follow & Subscribe: 🎙 New episodes every week — follow Hybrid Fitness Report on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite platform 📸 Instagram: @hybridfitnesspod Music by Infinite NCS Music ‪@InfiniteNCSMusic‬ With thanks to our sponsors WoDLETE. For 20% off and free delivery on orders over £50, go to wodlete.co.uk and use the code HFRPOD20.