Hyrox

Do you ever sign up for an event that is more than 3 months away, and you feel like it won’t be that bad? Maybe you are excited at first. But the closer it gets, the more apprehensive you feel. The butterflies start twirling around in your belly when you mentally prepare. You avoid looking at the details of how you should train or physically prepare, just so you don’t have to think about it? Or…is that just me? Hyrox Dallas is 2 months away, and as the days creep past, my apprehension ramps up.

I’ve looked at all the details. I’ve glossed over the parts that aren’t my favorite (hello, lunges, wall balls, and *gulp* burpee broad jumps). From station 4 on I’ll most likely be questioning all of my life choices to this point.

Hyrox training?

Have I trained specifically for this event? 🤫 No, not really. One of my trainers has though, and his new favorite word is “metcon” …short for metabolic conditioning. I’m sure it will improve my fitness and conditioning, but it sure does hurt during the workouts! Also, instead of feeling like I have improved in speed and efficiency, I feel like I have become slower. Or maybe I’m increasing in speed, but at a slower rate than everyone else in our group. Either way, I’m not really sure what would be the most effective way to train for this event within two months. One day, my partner and I will go to an actual gym and do a run-through of everything to see what we need to work on.

Mental Game

Like everything else in life, most of what trips me up is all in my own head. It is a lot of work to overcome my fixed mindset, but I’m continuing to put in the work and I’m seeing improvement. I’ve learned to automatically say “yet” after every “I can’t” statement. Maybe one day I won’t start statements with “I can’t” but for now I’m retraining my brain to be open to possibilities. Maybe this will help me not be so apprehensive about how this competition will end up. Worst case, this takes two+ hours of my day and I want to collapse at the end. Anything better than 1.5 hours will mean I’ve met my own personal goal. I’ll most likely still want to collapse at the end though. 🤣

In Conclusion

I haven’t trained specifically. My mindset is a work in progress. I feel like the workouts have either gotten harder or I have not improved to the level I expected to. T-2 months until Hyrox competition (with a Spartan Beast sprinkled in a month from now for good measure). Why did I decide to sign up for all of this stuff?That is a question I ask myself daily leading up to the BIG DAYS.

Then I just sit back and quote my crazy trainer….”It’ll be GREAT”! *Cue the eye rolls* 🙄