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07/07/2026
93kg 👉 85kg
Januarys Manchester Hyrox this year I had come off the back end of qualifying for the elite 15 out in Melbourne. Lots of travelling racing and training I was in need of a break over Christmas. I ate and drank & some might say I was bulking…
No theory. Just time off.
Fast forward 6 months. Training was dialled in to perform at Stockholm worldchamps. Not the London EMEA race or any other races. The A race was Stockholm in June. I had some important races sprinkled in before to gain points with Travis Owles for the following season.
I slowly started to drop weight to my race weight & progressively built in more specific work with Matt Whiting around my running & myself over 𝗞𝗥𝗘𝗩 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 looking at the HYROx specifics within doubles racing that I want to sharpen up.
Peaking isn’t 12 months of chasing. Peaking is perfectly controlled training through phases, looking at your strength & conditioning, body weight & supplements to support your peak aswell as your mindset and capacity to have full energy on the one goal. Your peak performance!
There were a lot of guys who would smash January Ollie in a Hyrox. But not many guys would smash June Ollie in a Hyrox. Especially on sled pull & lunges 😘
Why?
Because I trusted the process of performance and peaking at the right time. Not following anyone else’s journey apart from going all in on my own journey.
Off season training running edition…
One of my sessions is going to be aerobic running on the hills & trails knocking around 45-50 mins.
Idea behind the hills is to start building strength into the lower body. On the trails makes the impact easier to deal with rather than out on the roads.
You have to be aware of foot placement making the contact time on the ground more gentle rather than reactive.
High intense running during the in season can be pretty brutal, so giving the body time to recover on some easier work, but also build good capacity before the season begins.
These hill sessions are a perfect mixture of killing two birds with one stone. Lower body strength & aerobic development.
Volume isn’t too long or else you’ll start getting higher fatigue levels due to the hills and more stress on the body meaning it won’t recover as quickly.
Especially in a base phase where the body needs to work in a generalised approach before moving into a specific phase.
06/07/2026
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