JAKE DEARDEN ran his first marathon on Christmas day at the age of 17 as a test of his endurance. "I just went out and decided to see how far I could run and it ended up being a marathon," he tells Men's Health. "After that I signed up for my first 100-kilometre...
IN RECENT YEARS, the fitness community has found itself split into two camps: committed CrossFit loyalists and newly converted Hyrox fans (with the ultrarunners observing from afar, shaking their heads at the chaos). Between CrossFit and Hyrox, both modalities require...
I REMEMBER THE first time I saw Hyrox, back in 2019. I thought it was a very cool concept. Competitive pay-to-play fitness was on the rise, and the idea of constructing a 'fitness race' was something I'd toyed with myself at several events I'd helped to organise. One...
This is how Hyrox world champion, master trainer and Red Bull athlete Jake Dearden trains to be one of the world's fittest men
And why training for one won't necessarily prep you for the other
It's undeniably popular, but is it a good gauge of how fit you are?
