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Hyrox
HYROX is an indoor fitness competition that combines of running and eight functional workout stations, alternating between running and Functional training, functional exercises. It bills itself as "The World Series of Fitness Racing" and "A Sport for Everybody". A HYROX competition is made up of a run followed by a functional exercise station that is repeated eight times for the eight different workout stations. The events are standardized across all locations, allowing athletes to compare results globally. HYROX was launched by Christian Toetzke and Moritz Fürste. The first HYROX event was held in Hamburg, Germany in April 2018. History HYROX was founded by Field hockey at the Summer Olympics, Olympic field hockey champion Moritz Fürste and Christian Toetzke, and first introduced in Hamburg, Germany in 2017. The first HYROX event had 650 participants. According to Fürste, the original brief was "to create an event that is a 200,000-euro (about $214,000) production that lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Weeks
Lauren Weeks is an American Hyrox athlete. She is a three-time world champion in Hyrox. Career Prior to competing in Hyrox, Weeks competed in CrossFit. Her best result was at the 2017 Regionals, where she placed 14th. She was introduced to Hyrox in 2019 while still a trainee nurse. Weeks won the 2020 and 2021 Hyrox World Championships. She competed in the first season of the reality competition show Spartan Games in 2021. After placing in the top three in the first season, Weeks returned to compete in the second season in 2022. She competed in the 2022 HYROX World Championships while eight months pregnant and finished ninth. Less than a year after her pregnancy, she won the 2023 HYROX World Championships. In 2024, Weeks won the first Hyrox Major of the 2024/25 season in Amsterdam, with a time of 58:12. She placed second at the second major and first in the third. In the fourth and final major of the season, Weeks beat her own world record and won the competition. Personal li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
