BACK HOME IN New Zealand, there were nights the road had already iced over, and I’d pull my gloves on and run anyway. Ten kilometres, every night, for a year. Mates thought I was mad. But getting out the door when everything in you says stay on the couch, that’s been...
IN THE DAYS leading up to his shoot with Men's Health, Bailey O'Brien is asked the all-important question: shirt on or off for the cover? He opts for the former, if that's alright with us.We said yes, obviously, because (a) that's very much our modus operandi, and (b)...
HYROX DEMANDS VERSATILITY. You don't just need the endurance to run eight non-consecutive kilometres, you need the strength, mobility and functional fitness to complete sets of SkiErgs, sled pushes, sled pulls, burpee broad jumps, rows, farmer carries, sandbag lunges...
LET'S CALL A spade, a spade, Hyrox is a hugely physical sport. The fittest people rise to the top, and no amount of mental preparation can replace the time invested in getting physically prepared. If you haven’t put the training in, race day is going to be a long day...
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...
Devon Keen, founder of men’s mental-health group Lads Coffee Connection on why he's racing HYROX Sydney for the charity Race for Impact
The hybrid athlete and gym founder has built a devoted fitness community, competed at the HYROX World Championships and transformed himself from a kid with sporting dreams to the face of the hybrid fitness movement. But if you ask Bailey O’Brien, he’ll tell you he’s only just getting started
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