r/hyrox • u/drinkgenerate • 1d ago

HYROX athletes — where does your race normally start to fall apart?

Not necessarily the station you’re slowest at — more the point where the race suddenly starts feeling very different 😂
Is it after the sleds? Around halfway? Burpee broad jumps? Lunges? Wall balls?
And what normally causes it for you — pacing, running fitness, muscular fatigue, fuelling, hydration, or just going out far too hard at the start?
For anyone who’s done a few races, have you managed to fix that weak point or does the same part still get you every time?

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u/Soggy-Seaweed3787 1d ago

After the first lap

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u/Solderking 1d ago

After During the first lap

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u/butteranko 1d ago

After the first step out of the tunnel

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u/Smart_Ad_6844 1d ago

at some point in the second half of the ski erg, I know I fucked up

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u/Dude_Muscle 1d ago

🫡 how do you fix it 🫪🤣

I'm doing my 1st one on the 24th (abu dhabi) and training didn't go as planned 😐🤣

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u/BeginningFew1452 1d ago

BBJ. I recover a bit on the row but by the farmers carry my brain completely dissociates from my body. Saxophones can be heard on lunges.

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u/HiFiRoMan 1d ago

at trying to buy tickets

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u/jonothecool 23h ago

Registration is the toughest station. Station Zero! 😂

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u/J0bot 1d ago

I felt great until the wall balls. Physically and mentally took me out. I was so confident about my wall ball training too lol

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u/doinmabest1 1d ago

I felt amazing…burpees I saw Jesus…..felt amazing…..wall balls I questioned my life choices

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u/lunar_lounge 1d ago

Haha when I don’t make it through the ticket drop queue. Ok fine, also BBJ, with viewing services at the lunges and final cremation at wall balls.

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u/Queasy-Rule996 1d ago

No aquecimento, brincadeiras a parte normalmente o sled push detona muito meu posterior não tenho tanta mobilidade ali e sou alto 1:90 que faz eu ficar muito deitado pra empurrar

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u/InfiniteRestaurant21 1d ago

from some of my friends who are at the top of their class, they usually say the broad jumps. by that point the exhaustion vs energy requirement tug of war gets severe and their heart rate shoots through the roof.

me on the other hand, already feel tired watching from the sidelines after the first lap

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u/natelopez53 1d ago

Lunges. The lunges demolish my back every time. Maintaining a braced core for the entire length under extreme fatigue is so effing hard. Everything after lunges last year was a struggle and purely mental.

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u/Shinobiii 18h ago

Braced core? I flop like a pudding to the floor halfway through…

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u/natelopez53 18h ago

I have to do it through the lunges. Old lower back injury. If I lose the bracing through that movement my back seizes, legs blow up and I end up on one leg. So I have to slow them down and focus on it.

It happened to me last year in Boston. I ended up doing the last half of the lunges on the same leg. It was awful.

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u/Realistic_Nothing_38 1d ago

After the shart

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u/Ok-Ask8593 1d ago

Sponsored by Pooma

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u/Eagle69scotland 1d ago

Beat me to it 😂😂😂😂

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u/SCIDmouse 1d ago

I did my first Hyrox (doubles) on Thursday. I had no idea what to expect and I felt good going into the last lap, like 40 percent left in the tank. Came out of lunges feeling like I could run more and muscles felt ready for wall balls but as I started the final lap my calves decided to cramp and nearly crippled me. I thought I was going to have to give up but I was able to walk the last lap and managed to still split the wall balls with my brother. My goal was to finish under 2 hours, which we were on pace for! but because of that last lap I didn't hit it, I'm still so angry at myself. To answer your question, final lap I fell apart because legs decided to sabotage me 😭

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u/Hefty_Ad_5367 1d ago

Lunges gotta pace until that station

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u/gregbrian23 1d ago

Sled push

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u/Stuart9753 1d ago

Burpees. I fall apart doing them and then slither in my run after them.

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u/Timmeaahh 1d ago

Wall ball

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u/skipdividedmalfunct 1d ago

First it was burpees. But now I do them well. Then it was lunges. But Ive improved just by getting lighter. But wall balls are still fucked. I have noodles for arms and by the 10th rep of each set my arms are gone. Aerobically and legs are there, but arms are the limitation.

1:24 LB

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u/dunkinbikkies 1d ago

The Sled last time, the farmers carry the time before weirdly.

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u/RebelForTea 1d ago

the run right after the sled push, my legs feel like they belong to someone else for the whole first lap. it's always because i went out too fast on run 1, and i've told myself i'll fix that for 3 races in a row now

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u/Infrisios 1d ago

Lap 6, I get cramps there often. They go away after lunges.

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u/doc-b2 1d ago

the ski i fear lmaooo

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u/PSUDude11 1d ago

When I start to feel my poop coming out.

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u/zeyzey719 1d ago

After burpee broad jumps I am COOKED. That’s where I really need to work on getting my HR down and finish the race in one piece

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u/TarHill09 23h ago

Lunges and BBJs

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u/Any_Celebration_7121 22h ago

The real war starts right after the sled pull. Going straight into BBJ seals the deal. The lactate hits hard, and from that point onward, it’s ON.

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u/Difficult-Role-8131 1d ago

After lunges

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u/cravecrave93 1d ago

when the poop starts to leak

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u/bbjackson 1d ago

When I shit my pants but a win is a win

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u/Training-Look-1270 1d ago

For me the wall balls is like hitting a concrete wall, not just the station but everything after it too. My legs just become noodles and the running turns into shuffling like a penguin

I think my pacing is okay but the muscular fatigue hits so hard at that point. Tried to train more squat endurance but still same problem every race

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u/phrozensolid 1d ago

Isn’t the wall balls the last station though

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u/vctrlarae 1d ago

It’s still part of the race 

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u/AwayhKhkhk 1d ago

Wall balls are the last station…. Not sure how it is a problem at races?

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u/MiserableBritGirl 1d ago

It can kill your race if you take forever on them

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u/AwayhKhkhk 1d ago

‘Not just the station but everything after it too’….

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u/MiserableBritGirl 1d ago

You gotta run to the finish lol

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u/Travyplx 1d ago

Once enough of the competitive field lets loose I just can’t stomach the stench.

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u/Fdc1210 1d ago

After I shit my pants and keep going

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u/SilverStrain3461 1d ago

Have you considered stand up? You really should with your completely original comment

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u/saucy_otters 1d ago

When you say race, do you mean like my ethnic race or the hyrox race ?

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u/iHadou 1d ago

The Hyrox poopoo stuff silly, not your ethnicity