Hey folks - looking for advice and some athlete encouragement. TLDR; I signed up for Hyrox Women’s Pros to give myself the challenge after completing my first Open (and Hyrox ever) last year. I am already strength training 4-5 days per week, and paused on running these past few weeks after completing a 5K, 10 Miler, and my first half marathon in January, March, and April. Just got back into my Hyrox training yesterday, and my coach suggested using RMR training to level up if I want OR do a 3 run/2 strength train/1 Hyrox prep day per week. I’m the only woman I know in my gym group who is signed up for Pros.
I love structure, but I don’t have access to most Hyrox equipment in my apartment gym where I regularly strength train (as RMR highly recommends, especially for Pros). I could sub some equipment, but it’s just not the same for things like sled pulls and pushes and Ski Ergs. So, that’s why I do Hyrox prep once a week at a gym that has it. I prepped for my first Hyrox using the 3-2-1 split my coach suggested before, but I struggled a little bit to keep it progressive and focused like an RMR program that was Hyrox-specific.
I’ve honestly really enjoyed resting from running these past few weeks and just strength training in the gym with four full body splits I made myself. But my race is in September, so I have time, but I don’t want to waste it. BUT I also don’t want to start to hate Hyrox because it’s taking over my training exclusively. I know Pros is a step up - and I’m willing to invest time and money - but I enjoy working out for overall health and fitness (lost 50 pounds since 2023) and now that I’m done with weight loss, I want to get STRONG and HAVE FUN, like learning calisthenics and doing Olympic lifting (which I just started learning and have made progress in, like crow pose and my clean).
TL;DR I want to do Hyrox Pros because I like the challenge and want to push myself to new limits - not because I want this to become my life and all of my training focusing on it 24/7. How do you balance having fun with Hyrox but not letting it consume your life, especially at a Pro level?