What is Hyrox and is the viral fitness trend right for you?

Hyrox competitors do wall balls, a full-body exercise that combines squatting and an overhead press using a medicine ball.

Hyrox is an indoor fitness race combining running, strength training and endurance. Created in 2017, the company behind the race boasts that it’s the fastest-growing fitness sport in the world . It’s a bold claim, but the #HYROX hashtag on TikTok now surpasses 55 million views and Google searches for the sport have grown 233 per cent year-over-year.

In 2025, the company will hold 83 events with an estimated 650,000 competitors participating . Races are scheduled across Canada , with events in Toronto and Vancouver already sold out.

“I feel like it’s transformed people’s ideals for training,” said William Tsilkas, lead instructor at the Lab , a dedicated Hy