Anthony Peressini and Lauren Weeks are a Husband and Wife coaching and athlete team in the HYROX and broader Hybrid Fitness realm. They are competing in and coaching athletes for HYROX, DEKAfit, DEKAmile, DEKAstrong, DEKAAtlas, CrossFit, and other functional fitness endurance events. In this podcast they detail their own experiences with the Elite fields as both athlete and coach, as well as provide educational material with the scientific and anecdotal material they use on their coaching platform.
HCP #109 - The Long run for Hybrid and Hyrox. Upcoming race in Salt Lake City.
In this episode, Anthony goes solo and discusses his workouts and the upcoming race in Salt Lake City! He then addresses some listener questions, including nutrition timing during a race and several questions regarding the long run and it's use in Hybrid Fitness and Hyrox.LINKS BELOW!!TheFeed link for 40% off for new customers (this was extended)!!https://thefeed.com/theTheFeed link for $80 in Feed credit or 5% back in Feed credit:https://thefeed.com/teams/the-hybrid-engineJoin The Hybrid Engine coaching platform: https://app.fitr.training/t/TheHybridEngine/THE Affiliate track link:https://app.fitr.training/p/40221220% off forever code for being one of the first 30 on THE Affiliate:"THEAffiliateFounder" STUDIES:"Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes Are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40878015/
6 Sept 2026
HCP #108 - Hyrox kicks off in North America & Europe! History is made in Acapulco. Blood shunting during transitions back to running
In this episode, Anthony goes solo and discusses some awesome results from this weekend including wins in Washington DC and Acapulco, plus the historic win in Acapulco where Lauren becomes the first woman to outright win a race male or female in an elite or pro field. Coaching topic today is about the transition from a modality movement like biking in triathlon or the rower/sleds in Hyrox back into running.LINKS BELOW!!TheFeed link for 40% off for new customers (this was extended)!!https://thefeed.com/theTheFeed link for $80 in Feed credit or 5% back in Feed credit:https://thefeed.com/teams/the-hybrid-engineJoin The Hybrid Engine coaching platform: https://app.fitr.training/t/TheHybridEngine/THE Affiliate track link:https://app.fitr.training/p/40221220% off forever code for being one of the first 30 on THE Affiliate:"THEAffiliateFounder" STUDIES:"Moderate–intensity double interval training to prepare the bike-to-run transition in long-distance triathletes: A narrative review"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17479541261440466"Physiological and biomechanical adaptations to the cycle to run transition in Olympic triathlon: review and practical recommendations for training"https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/34/5/384Prolonged cycling lowers subsequent running mechanical efficiency in collegiate triathleteshttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/362409330_Prolonged_cycling_lowers_subsequent_running_mechanical_efficiency_in_collegiate_triathletes
23 Aug 2026
HCP #107 - Physiological difference of double threshold versus single long threshold session, HYROX!
In this episode, Anthony and Lauren are talking as Lauren prepares for her trip to Portland to visit Nike HQ! They go over their workouts from this past week and discuss Anthony signing up with Charlie for Salt Lake City and recap how the Hyrox races this past weekend went for people, who improved their points and who was racing! They discuss the Last Soul Backyard Ultra and how enticing that format would be for either of them to race! Lauren has to jump off a little early and Anthony goes on to review a very important coaching article about the Physiological differences of double threshold versus a single long threshold session (link to article below)!!LINKS BELOW!!TheFeed link for 40% off for new customers (this was extended)!!https://thefeed.com/theTheFeed link for $80 in Feed credit or 5% back in Feed credit:https://thefeed.com/teams/the-hybrid-engineJoin The Hybrid Engine coaching platform: https://app.fitr.training/t/TheHybridEngine/THE Affiliate track link:https://app.fitr.training/p/40221220% off forever code for being one of the first 30 on THE Affiliate:"THEAffiliateFounder" STUDIES:"Comparison of acute physiological responses between one long and two short sessions of moderate-intensity training in endurance athletes"Kjøsen Talsnes et al. (2024), Frontiers in Physiology, 15:1428536. Open access: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2024.1428536/full
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HCP #102 - Cold open with Lauren Weeks!!! What have we been doing, THE Affiliate, Listener Qs
Published 18 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then you tell me, hey, I think I'm going to go There's a Decafit and you said first, maybe Florida. And then we're like, oh, look, there's one in Chicago coming up. That was July 10th that you could try to go qualify for the Decafit World Championships because luckily this year it does not fall on the same date as an elite race. It falls the week after London. So you're putting... you know, back to back weekend. So that's going to be pretty tough later in this, in this year, but you can, to have that opportunity, you need to go get a qualifying time and a qualifying race. And so you flew out the deck of it. […]
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