Peloton Is Making It Easier to Train for a Hyrox Race

I make time to work out every day, typically using my Peloton Bike and Peloton app, but I don't know that I would consider myself, like, an elite athlete. For as hard as I've tried to get into, say, running, there are certain things that just aren't for me. I don't ever want to run a marathon or, God forbid, even look up what goes into an Iron Man competition, so I am generally unaware of what the broader “fitness community” is into at any given time while I mind my own business on an indoor cycle.

That's not true about Hyrox. Even I have heard about Hyrox, an indoor fitness competition that combines eight runs alternating with eight functional fitness stations. Do I see myself ever doing that? Not really, no, but I respect the hell out of anyone who wants to—and if you are among them, I have good news: Peloton and Hyrox have teamed up so you can train for your Hyrox race using the offerings of the at-home fitness giant.

You don't even have to actually be preparing for a real Hyrox race to get some use out of this. You can tap into Peloton's Hyrox content just to spice up your existing workouts. You never know—it could make you want to compete in the race.

Peloton's Hyrox offerings

Per Peloton, the joint pairing provides “a curated group of classes that will help you crush your next (or first!) Hyrox race.” Right now, all this means is that Peloton has taken the time to group together pre-existing, on-demand classes that match up with certain elements of training for a race.

A traditional Hyrox race involves those eight functional stations I mentioned:

• a 1000-meter SkiErg

• a 50-meter sled push

• a 50-meter sled pull

• a set of 80-meter burpee broad jumps

• a 1000-meter row

• a 200-meter farmer's carry

• a set of 100-meter sandbag lunges

• 100 wall balls

Thus, Peloton's curation is designed to prepare you for all of those. Classes are divided into categories designed to do the following:

• Build stamina: This section include interval runs and endurance runs and rides with longer efforts to build your stamina over time. The classes work best on a Peloton Tread or Bike, but you can complete them without either.

• Power training: This section has interval and HIIT row classes, ideally to be completed on the Peloton Row.

• Self-powered push: This section calls on you to move your treadmill belt manually, without using the motor, and is designed to prepare you for the sled push and sled pull.

• Foundational strength: This section includes full- and lower-body strength classes, as well as Bike, Tread, and Row bootcamps to build your strength.

• Recovery and mental stamina: This section incorporates meditation and yoga classes to build your mental stamina and focus, which are pretty necessary for a race of Hyrox's size and demands.

• Adaptive athletes: This section includes adaptive training classes in seated and standing formats to meet the needs of a variety of athlete types.

Finding Peloton's Hyrox training

To find the Hyrox training collections from Peloton, the easiest thing to do is just search “Hyrox” on the Peloton app. Along the top of the screen, you'll see Classes, Collections, Programs, and Music artists. Tap Collections and you'll get a banner for the Peloton X Hyrox collab. Press that and you'll get a landing page full of the classes in the sections outlined above.

You can also select specific instructors if you have a favorite whose classes are in the collection.

Each section briefly explains what the classes contained in it should be used for in preparation for a Hyrox race. for instance, under Build stamina, it says, “Prep for 8km Run & Overall Hyrox Endurance.”

You can, of course, add these classes to your Stack (Peloton's version of a playlist you create for when you want to do multiple workouts back-to-back without taking a break). That's what I would recommend: Identify the classes you want to take using the mobile app, then add them to your Stack so you can access them easily from the Bike, Tread, Row, or app.