In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Hunter McIntyre. Hunter is the current HYROX world champion and recently broke his own World Record, finishing the race in an incredible time of 53:22. But not only is Hunter an unbelievable athlete – he is always great to chat to!... In this episode we talk more about his recent World Record race in Stockholm (including how he approached the running differently, as well as his thoughts on what happened at the burpees). We talk about he...

In this week's episode my guest is the brilliant Joe Skipper. Joe is one of the worlds top Ironman athletes. He has 3 top ten Ironman World Championship finishes to his name, including 5th in 2022, and is one of the greatest cyclists the sport has ever seen. He has won several Ironman races, and in September 2022, he made up over fifteen minutes after suffering a bike mechanical in Tenby to win at IRONMAN Wales, with one of the most impressive full distance performances on British soil. He...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is the brilliant Chris Hinshaw. Chris is a world-renowned endurance coach and founder of aerobiccapacity.com, with years of experience in CrossFit, Ironman competitions, and coaching elite athletes. He has helped coach some of the biggest names in CrossFit including Mat Fraser, Rich Froning, and Tia Clair Toomey. Beyond CrossFit, Chris has also coached Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champions, Olympians, FBI and military personnel,...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with the brilliant. Rylan is just 25 years old. At the recent Elite race at HYROX Chicago – the first major race of the season – Rylan finished 2nd in a very impressive time of 55:46 (making him the third fastest Mens Pro athlete ever). He competes in a wide range of events / sports – he isn’t solely focused on HYROX – but is seemingly able to do so to a very high level throughout. In this chat we talk about his training, how...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Olympic legend, Eve Muirhead. Eve is a very special athlete. She’s been to the Olympic games four times, and in the most recent in Beijing won the Gold medal in curling. What’s more she is a scratch golfer, a champion bag piper, and since retiring from curling has taken on a marathon in an impressive time and podiumed at HYROX. Eve can seemingly turn her hand to anything and become incredibly good at it. She is amazing, she’s...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Rugby League legend Jamie Peacock. Jamie is one of the most respected rugby league players of his generation. Amongst many other accolades, Jamie has captained England and Great Britain, won the 'Man of Steel' and 'International Forward of the Year' awards, and is the most successful player in Super League history. Since retiring from rugby, Jamie is a motivational speaker and has taken on, amongst other things, marathons, ultras,...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Gareth Timmins. Gareth raced in his first HYROX recently at Birmingham. But he’s also the author of an incredible book called “Becoming the 0.1%” which is the first ever diary account of the training regime for those going through Royal Marine Commando selection to earn themselves the coveted Green Beret. The book covers not only the brutal, raw, real life, sometimes terrifying, experiences he went through during the months of training, but...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with the brilliant David Magida. David is the current HYROX North American Champion – a title he claimed in Chicago in February 2023 when he won the Elite race in a very strong field. In this chat we talk about his training, his injury which ruined his race in this years’ World Championship, how he trains around his injuries, how he juggles being an elite level athlete with running his own gym and being a parent to a toddler, his sporting...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is the incredible Tyler Saunders. Tyler was born with his right leg missing from the hip. He doesn’t wear a prosthetic leg, yet still competes in HYROX, as well as other events include CrossFit, Turf Games, and previously Ninja Warrior. He is a hugely inspirational guy, and in this chat we talk about his background, the events he’s taken part in, tonnes around his mindset and how he approaches all that he does and lots more. It’s a great...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with the incredible Brent Fikowski. At the most recent CrossFit Games, Brent finished in 4th spot.  That was his 8th appearance at the Games, and he’s podiumed in 2 of those.  He is a truly elite level athlete who has performed at the highest level for numerous years. Brent was GREAT to speak with – he’s a very intelligent, thoughtful and interesting guy. In this chat we cover his mindset, his background, the traits he sees in the...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Simon Passmore.  Simon is 53 years old and is the HYROX World Champion in the 50-54 age group.  He’s the World Record holder in the Open division, with an impressive time of 1.01, and at the weekend just gone, in Madrid, raced in both the Open and Pro division, winning both, and setting very impressive times in the process.  We talk about his sporting background, his training, his diet, his surprising training volume, his world...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is Big Bad Bobby Dee (www.instagram.com/BigBadBobbyDee)! It’s hard to know where to start with telling you more about this amazing guest.  From a HYROX perspective, he’s just done his first races at the events in Australia, completing the Melbourne race in the Men’s Pro division in a time of 65minutes at the age of 43 and weighing in at 98kg. He’s done a LOT in his lifetime! He’s ex Australian special forces, played rugby to a very high level,...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with Dr Josephine Perry. Josephine is a sports psychologist who runs her own performance psychology consultancy, Performance in Mind. She has years of experience working with Elite and Amateur athletes, including Olympic medallists, across many sports, to enhance their mental game and overall performance. In this chat we talk about some of the most common issues she sees in athletes, how to deal with performance anxiety, what to think...

In this week’s episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast my guest is the brilliant Graham Halliday. Graham is the UK’s fastest HYROX athlete.  He has a PB in the Pro division of an incredible 57:35, and finished 5th at the HYROX World Championships in Manchester. We talk about his sporting background (which is different to most other elites), his strength and running numbers, what he’s doing to improve his running as one of the physically stronger athletes in the field, drug testing, his experiences...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to speak with the fantastic Jake Williamson. Jake has huge potential to go very far in HYROX. He is just 25, is a very fast runner – and we get into just how fast – and combines that with having plenty of strength which in theory makes him very well suited to HYROX. He already has a time of 66 minutes to his name from the Pro division but has his sights set on Elite 15 qualification in this upcoming season, as well as becoming one of the UK’s...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I got to speak with the brilliant Dr Phil Price (@drphilprice). Phil is a senior lecturer in Strength and Conditioning, and Biomechanics, at St Mary's University. He is also the host of The Progress Theory Podcast (@theprogresstheory) and is currently researching hybrid training and is part of the HIFIm research group, who are investigating and developing exercise countermeasures for the training of astronauts during space travel. Phil is an incredibly...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we hear from one of the fastest ever women in HYROX, Mikaela Norman. Mikaela burst on to the scene in Hamburg last year when she broke the HYROX Women’s Pro world record in her first race.  Since then, she has also taken the Women’s Doubles World Record, and won the North American championship, and in the past, she has been to the CrossFit Games. In this interview we speak about her training, her pretty incredible training volume, her mindset, her...

In today's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with George Edwards. George is one of the UK’s HYROX Master Trainers and spends a lot of time travelling around the UK coaching the coaches from HYROX affiliated gyms.  He’s a very experienced personal trainer and athlete, and in this chat we have a great discussion about his training for an Ironman which he’s currently preparing for, his duties as a master trainer, his recovery strategies, what he’s changed his views on with regard to...

In today's episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast I get to chat with the wonderful Jane Erbacher. Jane runs Erg Army (https://www.instagram.com/ergarmy/) which you may have seen online – they put out a lot of great content, and run workshops all over the world, on using the Ergs (the row and ski, as well as the concept2 bike). She’s helped hundreds of athletes fall in love with these machines and two of those athletes she has helped include James Newbury – who I recently interviewed on this podcast...

On the Rox Lyfe podcast this week I got to chat with Matt Brewster.  Matt is the CEO of WIT Fitness (https://www.wit-fitness.com/), a very popular, multi brand, global retailer born out of CrossFit and who have a fantastic gym- recently HYROX affiliated - in the heart of London.  Additionally, he’s on the board of Built for Athletes, and has previously worked at Speedo, Arcadia and Beyonce’s company Ivy Park.  He has a huge amount of experience in retail, and in sport in his role at WIT, and...

This is a bonus episode of the podcast where I chat through the recently announced Elite 15 qualifying process changes in an exclusive interview with HYROX co-founder, Mo Fuerste. There’s been some significant changes announced that will see 4 major races, plus 2 last chance qualifiers, in the coming season, through which athletes will have the opportunity to qualify for the Elite races at the HYROX World Championships. We cover all the details, speak about their thought process behind...

On the Rox Lyfe podcast this week I got to chat with Elite HYROX athlete Tiago Lousa (@thelousaway). Tiago is 41 years old – he finished 9th in the Elite race at the 2023 HYROX World Championships, and set a PB last season of 57.54 in the Men’s Pro division. He’s a busy guy – he’s a coach, a crossfit box owner, he works in the police and he does all that while still being one of the top performing athletes in HYROX. We have a really chat about his training, his mindset, some of the...

In this episode I get to chat with Elite HYROX athlete Dylan Scott. Dylan is one of the fastest ever Male Pro athletes in HYROX. He finished second at the North American championships, and ran a time of 58.38 in Chicago earlier on in the season. He’s just 27 years old and seemingly has a very bright future ahead of him in HYROX. He is well known for the amount of training volume he puts in – we talk about that some more, plus what his training looks like, what he’s changed in recent...

In today’s episode we get to chat with a truly incredible athlete – James Newbury. James has been to the CrossFit games 4 times, and in 2019 finished an amazing 5th. What’s more, he has competed in multiple Ironman events, amongst many other sports, and it’s recently been announced that he will be taking on a HYROX when it comes to Sydney in August 2023.   We get to talk about his training, his sporting history, how he competed in an Ironman just 5 weeks after breaking bones in his back, his...

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, I'm joined by 2 other podcasters; Ian Kay (from the Fitness Racing Podcast), and Mikey Watson (from the Roxzone podcast). We have a great chat about the 2022/23 HYROX season which has just passed - looking at some of the most memorable moments, stand out performances, what was new that we liked, what could have been done better, what we're excited about, our predictions for the next location for the 2024 World Championships and lots more. It was a...