HYROX racing and no-nonsense coaching insights. Training breakdowns, race reviews and real talk from the sharp end with Chris Bayens and Aaron Woodman
Hyrox Coaching Podcast
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HYROX racing and no-nonsense coaching insights. Training breakdowns, race reviews and real talk from the sharp end with Chris Bayens and Aaron Woodman
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Hyrox World Champs 2026 review - Mastering Race Strategy in Extreme Conditions
<p>In this episode, Aaron and Chris analyze the recent Hyrox World Championships, discussing race strategies, rule clarifications, and insights into athlete performances in challenging conditions. They also explore the implications for future competitions and rule adjustments.</p>
June 17, 2026
Building Better HYROX Athletes with Adam Cheang
<p>Episode 22 sees Aaron and Chris joined by HYROX coach Adam Cheang for a wide-ranging conversation on coaching, athlete development, training mistakes, and a full preview of the 2026 HYROX World Championships.</p><p>Adam shares his journey from personal training, strength and conditioning, and combat sports into HYROX coaching, discussing the lessons learned from coaching fighters and how those experiences shaped his approach to managing ambitious endurance athletes. The conversation explores the realities of fatigue management, why easy training should actually be easy, and how many athletes sabotage their progress by constantly chasing harder sessions rather than adapting to the work they've already done.</p><p>The lads dive into some of the biggest misconceptions in HYROX training, including the obsession with Zone 2, the tendency to overcook threshold work, and why many self-coached athletes become trapped in a cycle of accumulating fatigue rather than building fitness. Adam explains why he has moved away from traditional long-run programming for many HYROX athletes and how specificity has become increasingly important as the sport continues to evolve.</p><p>There is also an honest discussion around marathon training and HYROX, why trying to pursue both at a high level often ends badly, and the coaching mistakes Adam learned from his own experiences. The group explores how athlete psychology, ego, and the desire to do "more" can often become the biggest barriers to long-term progress.</p><p>To finish, the conversation turns towards Stockholm and the HYROX World Championships. Aaron, Chris, and Adam break down the Elite 15 fields, discuss likely race strategies, identify dark horses, debate who will pace correctly and who might go out too hard, and give their predictions for the men's and women's solo and doubles races. As always, there are a few controversial opinions, a few bold predictions, and a healthy amount of disagreement.</p><p>Topics covered:</p><p>• Adam Cheang's coaching background and journey into HYROX<br>• Lessons from MMA, boxing, and strength & conditioning<br>• Why easy days need to stay easy<br>• Fatigue management and long-term progression<br>• Common mistakes self-coached athletes make<br>• Marathon training vs HYROX performance<br>• The evolution of HYROX from hybrid fitness to a standalone sport<br>• Threshold training and pacing misconceptions<br>• Athlete psychology and coaching communication<br>• 2026 HYROX World Championship predictions<br>• Elite 15 men's and women's race previews<br>• Doubles race analysis and dark horse picks</p><p></p>
June 11, 2026
HYROX performance: energy systems explained for Hyrox
<p>In this episode of the HYROX Coaching Podcast, Aaron and Chris dive into one of the most misunderstood areas of HYROX performance: energy systems.</p><p>Despite the heavy sleds, lung-burning stations and repeated high-intensity efforts, HYROX remains an overwhelmingly aerobic event. The lads break down the three energy systems, explain how they work together during a race, and discuss why so many athletes end up training the wrong qualities after focusing on the parts of the race that hurt the most.</p><p>Using practical race examples, including the sled push, they explore how aerobic fitness influences not only running performance but also recovery between stations, fatigue management and the ability to repeatedly produce force throughout the race. The conversation also covers pacing, threshold training, oxygen kinetics, doubles strategy, cross-training and why strength only remains useful up to the point where you're strong enough.</p><p>If you've ever wondered why strong athletes still blow up, why some competitors seem to recover while running and others never get their breathing back under control, or why coaches keep banging on about aerobic development in a race that includes a 202kg sled, this episode is for you.</p><p>Topics covered:</p><p>• The three energy systems and how they contribute during HYROX<br>• Why aerobic contribution arrives earlier than most athletes realise<br>• How the sled push demonstrates energy system interaction<br>• Why pacing mistakes often show up later in the race<br>• The importance of oxygen kinetics and recovery between stations<br>• Why doubles is still predominantly aerobic<br>• How threshold training transfers to HYROX performance<br>• The role of cross-training in building aerobic capacity<br>• Why strength matters until you're strong enough<br>• Managing fatigue versus simply producing more fatigue<br>• Recovery as a key performance metric<br>• Practical training takeaways for HYROX athletes</p><p>As always, if you enjoy the episode, please leave a review, share it with a training partner and follow the podcast for future episodes.</p><p></p>
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