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Does CrossFit Prepare You for HYROX?
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
Why HYROX is a good expression of CrossFit training.
The science is clear — your gym friends could save your life.
Finnish veteran Jonne Koski is still chasing excellence after a decade at the top.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
For CrossFit athletes, this race feels like home. We are no strangers to the ski erg, rower, sleds, lunges, carries, or burpee broad jumps. And we invented the wall-ball shot.”
INDUSTRY
CrossFit HQ Gives HYROX a Nod – Here’s Why It Matters
Credit: HYROX
CrossFitters, from everyday gym-goers to the elite (think Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Justin Medeiros), have begun to explore HYROX racing. However, until very recently, CrossFit as a brand hasn’t expressed its stance on the fitness race taking over the globe.
The short answer? It’s good for the brand.
At the end of April, CrossFit HQ posted a blog sharing insights on CrossFit and HYROX from the perspective of Stephane Rochet (CF-L3), CrossFit’s senior content writer and flowmaster on the CrossFit Seminar Staff. He explains what CrossFit is, how the sport differs from HYROX, and how CrossFit can complement HYROX training.
“My first thought is that comparing CrossFit and Hyrox is comparing apples to oranges. CrossFit is a comprehensive strength and conditioning program with a distinct methodology,” says Rochet.
He likens a HYROX race to doing a “chipper” in CrossFit and compares it to longer, more grueling hero workouts like “Murph,” “Clovis,” or “Glen.” Rochet doesn’t claim that HYROX lacks methodology but emphasizes that CrossFit’s methodology and definitions “describe who we are, what we do, and why we do it.”
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SPEED READS
🌎🏆 WFP Season Point Totals: Here are the overall point standings for the Pro Division at World Fitness Tour Stop 1.
Reminder: Athletes accumulate points throughout the season. At its conclusion, the top 20 athletes with the highest overall scores will be awarded their Pro Cards for 2026.
💪 🗓️ United Grid League Season: The United Grid League kicks off in less than two weeks in Miami, FL. Check out the full schedule here.
💪 🏛️ HWPO Training x Coaches Congress: If you missed it, Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training was announced as the Coaches Congress Australia title sponsor. Register now.
📺 📽️ Spend less, gain more: What is “movement economy” and why does it matter in CrossFit training and competition? Check out this video from Coach Roman Berkhan to learn more.
📋✍️ 2025 CrossFit Games Event Team Applications: Want to be part of the action in Albany this summer? The CrossFit Games Event Team application portal is now open!
ICYMI: WFP Tour Event I wrapped in Indy over the weekend — catch the highlights here.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
How Your Gym Crew Shapes Your Health
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In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared an epidemic of loneliness in America. This might seem strange in our hyper-connected digital world, but the science is clear: we're more isolated than ever.
What's even more alarming?
Research shows social isolation is worse for your health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
As someone who's spent years studying human performance and building health-focused communities, I've witnessed firsthand how the people around you can make or break your well-being.
PROFILE
Jonne Koski Brings a Decade of Experience to the WFP Stage
Credit: Lydia Stadthoewer
Jonne Koski traveled to Carson, CA, in 2014 to compete in his first CrossFit Games at 19 years old.
He had only been training in CrossFit for two years, and on the first day of competition, Koski recalls he was a bundle of nerves.
He watched videos of his role models, Jason Khalipa and Matt Chan, hoping he could one day compete at their level.
He had been training with his friends and fellow 2014 CrossFit Games rookies Lukas Hoberg and Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson. Collectively, they hoped they stood a chance against the best in the world.
That first year in Carson would set Koski on a path for the next decade of his life, including 10 CrossFit Games appearances from 2014 through 2023.
HIGHLIGHTS
Celebrating a PR, hosting a fundraiser, this, that, or otherwise? Send us a tip.
🔥ICYMI, check out this 188-kilo/415-pound jerk from Tola Morakinyo at the World Fitness Project last weekend.
Congratulations to Elisa Fuliano, who not only won the French Throwdown but also set a world record on Heavy Isabel at a live competition with a time of 3:47.
Great work to Kelsey Kiel on this easy 136-kilo/300-pound back squat. No shoes, no knee sleeves, no belt, no problem!
Well done to Victor Hoffer on this 166-kilo/365-pound jerk. Light weight! 🙌
😅If you didn't already see this amazing finish from Ty Jenkins at World Fitness Project last weekend, check out this somersault to the finish line.
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