Matt B. Davis

ATHX Finals 2025: What to Expect on December 6 at NEC Birmingham

ATHX Finals 2025: Full Preview and Pro Division Breakdown The ATHX Games Finals return to NEC Birmingham on December 6, 2025, bringing together athletes who qualified across six major stops on this year’s calendar. Nearly 6,000 finishers took part across London (January 18–19), Glasgow (April 5), Cardiff (June 14), Birmingham (August 30–31), Dublin (September 6),…

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DEKA World Championship Preview Plus HYROX Open Champs Debate (Good Idea or Mistake?)

TOPICS • HYROX Regionals format and Open feeding Worlds• New Elite 15 last chance qualifier and prize money• Puma’s upcoming HYROX shoe• Deadly Dozen crossover week• Thanksgiving running misery• Dave’s run together race story• DEKA China’s production level• DEKA Worlds preview• Elite FIT field including Greyson, Kent, Ryker, Isaac, Aitor, and Cole Walkington• Women’s field…

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How the New HYROX Regional Championships Will Work

HYROX has introduced Regional Championships for the 2025 and 2026 season. The events combine Elite 15 championship races with a full weekend of Open-weight divisions that provide the only Open-weight pathway to the Age Group World Championships. This structure creates one coordinated qualifying weekend for both Elite and Age Group athletes. Elite 15 Championship Races…

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How to Watch HYROX Melbourne Major Live Stream

HYROX is streaming every championship heat of the Melbourne Major live on YouTube. Livestreams open 30 minutes before each start time. HYROX Melbourne Live Stream Quick View Friday 12 December Elite 15 Women• 4 PM Melbourne • 5 AM UK • 12 AM USA Eastern Elite 15 Men• 7 PM Melbourne • 8 AM UK…

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PUMA Athlete Jake Dearden Shares First Impressions of New HYROX Shoe

Following Hybrid Fitness Media’s coverage last week of PUMA’s HYROX shoe preview in London, PUMA athlete Jake Dearden has now released the first detailed public review of the model. In a new video posted this week, Dearden says PUMA invited him to the company’s Run Train headquarters in Boston to test early versions of the…

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HYROX Melbourne 2025 Major: Prize Money Breakdown and What’s New This Season

How Prize Money Works at HYROX Majors HYROX increased the Major payouts this season. Every Elite 15 athlete from first place through fifteenth place receives prize money. This structure is in place for Melbourne. 2025/26 HYROX Majors Prize Money 1st place – $15,0002nd place – $9,6003rd place – $6,0004th place – $4,8005th place – $4,2006th…

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HYROX Melbourne Major 2025: Full Elite 15 Start List, Roll-Downs, and How Qualification Works

HYROX returns to Australia for the second Major of the 2025–2026 season. Hamburg opened the series in October. Melbourne is next, followed by Phoenix and Warsaw. This guide breaks down how the Elite 15 fields were formed, which athletes are actually lining up, how far the roll-down process went, and what the weekend looks like…

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Bianca Sierra: Mexican National Team, Motherhood, HYROX Win + Jamie Filer on Anxiety Coaching

Jamie Filer Topics • Rates, value, and the tension around telling your spouse to raise their prices• Jamie’s path from bodybuilding dot com live coverage to editor in chief of a Canadian muscle magazine• Building the “anxious lesbian” niche and why mental health has to be part of coaching• Eating disorders, control, and how strength…

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Puma To Drop Deviate 4 in London and Phoenix?

For our follow-up coverage, including Jake Dearden’s first detailed review of the new PUMA HYROX shoe, read our latest article here. The biggest HYROX event ever is coming to London from December 4 to 7, and PUMA is using the weekend to showcase what appears to be the next step in its hybrid fitness lineup….

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HYROX Dallas Recap: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why the Bridge Should Be Standard

Topics – What HYROX got right in Dallas– Why the bridge setup needs to be at every major race– Judging updates and wall ball enforcement– Sled carpets, mixed doubles volume, and course flow– Brendan King’s race, volunteering, and big PR breakthrough– How adding track work changed his performance– Behind-the-scenes observations from the crew all weekend…

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