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Gym chief hails Hyrox as fitness contest with a place for everyone
A NEW fitness craze is sweeping the country – but what is Hyrox and where can intrepid gym users have a go?
A major Hyrox event, a large national functional fitness race, took place at the SEC Centre in Glasgow on March 2 and 3.
Participants and teams from gyms across the country attended the popular two-day racing event, which made its debut there last year.
The event features eight circuits of running combined with a different “functional movement” exercise in each round.
It’s billed as a workout suitable for everyone, no matter your fitness level.
Hyrox was launched in Germany in 2017 and has gone on to quickly establish itself as one of the fastestgrowing fitness sports in the world with events already in 11 countries.
One Performance Centre in Perth, which is owned by Adam Cameron and Stephen Brown, is the only Hyrox-affiliated gym in Tayside.
“All ages, shapes, sizes and fitness levels can do Hyrox – this is why it has really taken off,” Adam said. “It is very accessible to the general public.
“My own mother actually did it and she is 62 years old!
“We had more than 40 members from our gym going along to the Glasgow event at the weekend and this is our second time taking part.
“Hyrox has become huge very quickly and it’s only going to get bigger. This is why we became an affiliated gym, because we could see the potential.”
Adam added: “At the event in Glasgow we didn’t have one person who didn’t finish it. People who didn’t think they could do it trained hard and they got it done. There was such a buzz afterwards.
“I’d recommend people come along and give one of our classes a go.”
There is a network of Hyrox Partner Gyms across the country.
One Performance Centre is the only one in Perth, while Fife has three – Fiona Livingstone Fitness on Wellesley Road, Methil; SCX Fitness at Pitreavie Sport and Soccer Centre in Dunfermline, and Pilmuir Fitness 10 on Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline.