{"id":13257,"date":"2022-11-15T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mensfitness.co.uk\/?p=13257"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:58:31","slug":"how-to-train-like-a-hyrox-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mensfitness.co.uk\/features\/how-to-train-like-a-hyrox-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Train Like a HYROX Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find out how to train like a HYROX athlete with Michael Sandbach, the fastest HYROX athlete in the UK…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Sandbach<\/a>\u00a0was the first UK male to break the 60-minute barrier in the HYROX Pro Category, and he’s the current World Record Holder for the Male Doubles.<\/p>\n

A high-level competitive football player up to the age of 24, Sandbach competed at a number of CrossFit competitions as an amateur, but fell in love with HYROX in 2021, where he finished 6th in the World Championship race in Las Vegas \u2013 and he hasn’t looked back since.<\/p>\n

2022 has been a breakout season, with a Doubles WR under his belt and currently sitting 3rd in the Elite 15 qualification table. Sandbach will be competing in front of a home crowd at the World Championships in Manchester \u2013 and with some composed performances already under his belt this year, he will be looking to make a statement.<\/p>\n

Balancing his full-time role as a rotating equipment engineer in the oil and gas Industry, he has to balance a demanding schedule with training up to three times a day.<\/p>\n

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    How to train like a HYROX athlete<\/h2>\n

    Here\u2019s a look at a day in the life of one of the UK\u2019s fittest men\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    A post shared by Michael Sandbach (@sandy6000)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n