If you’re preparing for a HYROX race, it’s tempting to fill every training session with the exact stations you’ll face on the day of the competitions—think sled pushes, wall balls, lunges, and rowing until your arms give out. But on a recent episode of the mindbodygreen podcast, sports scientist and high-performance coach Fraser Thurlow, Ph.D., said the real gains come from outside the traditional HYROX stations.
