We present to you our 3rd month of the Hybrid Fitness Top 20, which attempts to rank the Top 20 athletes in our sport. Hybrid fitness is not an exact science. It is a term being defined by athletes, fans, and media members as this competition grows. Each voter has their personal criteria. Each athlete…

Hyrox announced the World Championship today. Here is the press release. HYROX, the global sport of fitness racing, reveals today the highly-anticipated location for the HYROX World Championships for 2023/2024 season and a record $150,000 prize purse for the sports highest honor. The pinnacle event of the HYROX race season will be held at the…

DEKA FIT Northeast occurred on August 26, 2023, just outside of Philadelphia, in Oaks, PA. Coming into the weekend many billed this as the most stacked DEKA FIT field in history and it certainly lived up to that with multiple world records and numerous World Champs qualifiers. Here is how it all went down: DEKA…

Two weeks ago at HYROX Sydney, Chris Woolley was sitting on the rower next to James Kelly, comfortably in second place. The two even joked, “Where’s CrossFit?”, while they waited for Ricky Garard & James Newbury, two seasoned CrossFit athletes, to join them. After leaving the row, Chris struggled with his last 3 runs, his…

On Saturday, August 12, 2023, we got to witness the highly anticipated HYROX debut of elite CrossFit athletes, Ricky Garard and James Newbury. Newbury has been competing in CrossFit since 2011 and has been to the Games 4 times, finishing 5th in 2019. Ricky started CrossFitting in 2012 and has been to the Games twice,…

We present to you our 2nd month of the HFM Top 20, which attempts to rank the Top 20 athletes in our sport. Hybrid fitness is not an exact science. It is a term that is being defined by athletes, fans, and media members as this type of competition grows. Each voter has their personal…

Here is the DEKA World Championship outlook on the men’s side. As was the case in the women’s field, there are some stacked age groups that will see a number of their members toeing the Elite line on race day, but that also means there will be some competitors who are just outside of the…

 We are a little over 4 months out from the DEKA World Championships in Dallas, Texas and competitors have been getting their DEKA marks at affiliate gyms all over the U.S. and abroad and at the larger DEKA FIT events. For some, DEKA provides an opportunity to push outside of their comfort zones, start new…

HYROX recently announced the qualifying structure for the 2023-2024 season. There will be six qualifying events before the World Championships. The first event in Chicago will be the “HYROX Major” taking place on November 11, 2023. All times achieved in the calendar year 2023 will count as qualifiers. In addition, there are currently 12 races…

Hyrox sent information to at least 30 top athletes this morning regarding updates, rules, and regulations about the 23/24 Season. We have summarized it here. We will be having a call with HYROX HQ tomorrow morning to ask additional questions. The 23/24 Elite 15 series consists of: The Majors: Qualification to these Major events occurs…