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Nobody talks about this part of Hyrox training. Let me explain.
Today started like any normal Saturday training session. Doors opened at 8 am and it was already 35C.
I grabbed the sled and the 10 m of turf in a big garbage bag and headed outside ready to work solo for an hour.
Then my buddy Vaughan zoomed up on his red Vespa. He and I made the podium together back in March at Hyrox Cancun in Men's Doubles 50-54.
Oh shit.
The atmosphere instantly changed from a solo grind to "Oh, it's on like Donkey Kong!".
You need a friend like Vaughan in your life. An absolute savage. He's the kind of guy who is up for any challenge and will push you to your limit.
We set up the 10 meters of turf, the sled with rope, and started loading.
The warmup was 10 meters push, 10 meters pull, then a 100 m run. Then you did a 20 m towel carry with 70 lbs followed by a 100 m run.
What's a towel carry?
Our heaviest dumbbells are 50 lbs, and our heaviest kettlebells are 53 lbs. But if you loop a towel through the handles and grip the towel, you can carry 2 kettlebells in each hand.
So each towel had 2, 35 lb kettlebells. 70lbs in each hand. 140 lbs in total. Almost my body weight.
The sled felt like a toy during the first 2 rounds of 45-90. Then 135-180-230.
I threw on another 50 lb dumbbell. The pile and the sled weighed 300 lbs.
We did 6 rounds of 10 m push, 10 m pull, 100 m run, 20 m towel carry, 100 m run.
I threw the 100 lb sandbag on it for the coup-de-grace.
400 lb sled push. Unload the bag. 300 lb pull back. Reload the bag.
A couple of rounds of that and it was 8:45 am. The Competition Class spilled outside with us. They were doing ring dips and heavy overhead carries with dumbbells.
The atmosphere was charged. Music blasting, sweat dripping off of bodies everywhere you looked, chalk, and the quietness of focused work getting done.
Vaughan and I took all the plates, sandbags, kettlebells, dumbells, turf, rope and sled back inside. He grabbed a wallball and the rower. He did a 1000 m row and 100 wallballs. He did a personal PR with an opening set of 50 wallballs unbroken.
I went outside to a small patch of gravel under a palm tree. I clicked the stopwatch on my Garmin and hit the gas.
For Time:
24 goblet squats with 35# kettlebell
100 m run
18 gs
100 m run
15 gs
100 m run
12 gs
100 m run
9:07
Remember that scene from Raiders of The Lost Ark when their faces were melting?
That was me. I stumbled around for a minute. My shirt fell off, my hair was sticking up in the air like a haystack. I had that wild-eyed crazed look.
I could see a couple of guys I didn't know waiting for the 9 am class. They were looking at me. I could see a mix of concern and fear on their faces.
I remember that look. That was me in December of 2015 when I first walked in the doors for my first class so many years ago.
Why do I write this stuff down? Life moves so quickly. There are amazing people in your life right now that won't be there next year. But we take so much for granted. We act like we have all the time in the world don't we?
If you're reading these words, this is the sign you've been waiting for.
Decide to do hard things,.
To take risks.
To live outside your comfort zone.
Tell people you care about that they're special to you.
Be the example.
Say hola first.
Smile first.
Give away hugs and high fives.
Be the guy that brings the energy and enthusiasm to the moment and share it freely.
I appreciate you.
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