I took the worlds BEST fitness test || Hyrox London 2022
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 2 май 2022
- Want to race a Hyrox? Use the discount codes below!
🇬🇧 JSKILLEN10 or 🇺🇸 MARKLEWIS20
To support the channel:
🙏 / marklewisfitness
For details of the gear I use and races I'm in:
💻 www.marklewis.co.uk
Follow me and Nixon the dog here:
🎥 ruclips.net/channel/UC6dr...
📖 / marklewisyou...
📸 INSTAGRAM (me): / marklewispics
🐶 INSTAGRAM (the dog): / nixonruns
#Hyrox #London #Marklewis 
Спорт
I was doing a 100km run on Saturday in North Wales and was talking to a guy at the start about motivation and training and your name came up pretty quickly! No real message, just thought you'd like to know that your influence is reaching a lot of people and giving them a chance to connect with others. Keep it up Mark!
That is awesome! One day being mini famous may be a hassle......right now I love it 🤣
Was nice running with you Kane!
@@MarkLewisfitness This was me! Missed out on getting in the top half but still pleased to get it finished. Your ethos on fitness helped shape my training for it so thankyou!
@@Adam-lv9ns Hey Adam! Yes, was nice to meet you, hopefully bump into you again in the future 🙂
Cool video. Great insight into your early Hyrox experience. I’ve just entered Manchester’23 as my first. Unfortunately’Open’ was full, so ‘Pro’ it was. Still, go hard, or go home as they say, and Cornwall is a long way from Manchester …
Big respect on your gains too! 💪
I was in the last group of men & finished 97th out of 97 people… I wanted to quit so many times (I hate running with a passion) but I kept going. Booked November’s one yesterday with the hope of knocking 30 minutes of my time. Hopefully will see you there 💪🏼
Best comment here. 💪
That text from your kid had me in stitches. Worth it now living under a bridge :) And of course, great effort, even greater result, and an awesome video.
Awesome video. Love the breakdown of the event and Jenna's shouting 🤣
She's like that at home "PUT OUT THE BINNNNNNS" 😁
I'm 45, 6' 2", 290lbs. I found your channel last week and have watched several videos since. My girlfriend, 13 years younger than me, started running a about a year and a half ago. I do walk with her sometimes, but found that I hated walking, it hurt my feet and back and just wasn't pleasant. I half ass the gym a few times a week. But when I watched your videos last weekend, it struck a chord, I went to the local shoe expert store where they scanned my feet for fitting proper shoes and found I have a high arched right foot and am a heel striker, which explained the cause of the discomfort with walking. I now have a proper pair of shoes and a desire to be better. I walked 5 out of 7 days last week for 10 miles total, and plan to keep that up, increasing my distance weekly, and ultimately breaking a 10 minute mile, and further from there. I'm currently at about 16 minutes per mile. At any rate, thank you for the inspiration, love what you're doing, I'll stop rambling now. 😎 Cheers from the USA, Kevin.
Born to run? :)
@tom Elliot I thought the same thing that book is great! Wish this guy would get some barefoot shoes.
I used to do 13 min/ mile 2 months ago but now run comfortably at a 7:30 min/ mile.
Just trust the process and put in the miles everyday. If it’s at the gym, the road or a hike. Whatever it is. Put in the work.
I’m doing an Ironman in 7 months. Something that I had always dreamed about. Set yourself an unachievable goal and work until it becomes achievable. Best of luck on your journey.
Yo Kev, did you keep up with improving your fitness?
@@ks123458 I did but switched to weight lifting with my 20 year old son since it was winter in Ohio. It's just now warming up, so I'll start mixing in walking and bicycling as well.
Crazy to think there's only a three month span between the first and second Hyrox! You really got after it in this training cycle Mark, cue the Charlie Sheen Navy Seals smash cut!
So excited to see Jen’s training and progress for Hyrox. As a woman following you for the motivation, jokes and dog content, having some female training content is going to make your channel even more cool!
I love how much Jen is screaming at you constantly to ‘run, run, run’. 🤣
Awesome to hear 😁 Only sticking Jen in for the extra views 😂😜
Just came across your channel. As a female, I might just subscribe to watch Jen's progress for motivation. You are also very much encouraging in every video. Thanks!
Amazing work Mark! I'm at the beginning of my journey... 38 and 18 stone. I did Hyrox in Manchester, tore my meniscus on the farmers' walk and finished 10th from bottom (2hs 12 mins)! I have set my sights on Manchester next year to be recovered and improve my time (I'm thinking 105mins). So pleased for you that you got on the podium. Your videos are a huge inspiration and it's such a great message to hear that we only have to be above average!
38! Youngster :))) Say Hi in Manchester!!! I expect you to be fighting fit by then!!
Good luck for next year!
Jenna shouting RUN!! and "i want to get out of here" at the end 🤣🤣 make sure to cheer for her just as hard when she competes.
love this channel. For many years I have just lifted weights 4 times a week with not much cardio. I have started training for the Hyrox Manchester event next year thanks to this channel.
Hahaha your kid's text had me cracking up! Great race mate well done
Well done Mark. And not just for the achievements here. Well done for combining humour, fitness, filming & editing, scripting, motivating others, and putting it all together into a package that works. Extremely well.
Having the influential and gorgeous Mrs Mark bellowing at you across the hall is an added bonus 😀🍩
I just signed up for my first Hyrox purely because of this video. Thankyou.
I had a lot of work that had to be done, and I remembered the thumbnail of this video. I thought the "don't stop when your tired, stop when you are done" was such a powerful mindset in the right context and it made me highly motivated. Just wanted to share that even how you make thumbnail can make difference in someones day. Cheers!
Doing my first hyrox in april 2024 and your advice is great mark. Im 54 yrs old and very apprehensive
Crazy improvement in only three months! Fantastic tea towel too!
Also Jenna's shouts must have given you at least a minute and a half in total, well played!
Huge congratulations on taking that podium spot! And sincerest thanks to you for inspiring me to run my first actual race, a year after I decided it was time to finally get off the couch. I'm your age and managed a 10k in just under 55:00 (7th in AG), which I think is just this side of above average. Wouldn't have done it without this channel.
Yesss!!! I’m excited to see Jenna’s journey, I’ve never been able to crack 30mins, I’m always about 30seconds off. Can’t wait to watch!!! Congrats on the tea towel!!!
Great stuff, looking forward to seeing Jen's journey.
Started watching your channel a couple of months ago, initially by chance - we took in a stray dog and somehow RUclips realized we now had a dog and suggested a video of one of your Nixon park runs. It inspired me to take up running again after about 10 years of being pretty inactive, and I also switched to a vegan diet 6 weeks ago after seeing your take on it.
Love the content, great mix of straightforward info (without taking things too seriously), plus excellent parenting advice!
Love that Jen’s getting involved. I was heading towards a 30min Parkrun but then got out of the habit of running- should be some good motivation to get back at it.
Wow! Incredible work Mark! Your pacing was perfection and the temptation of that first place must be biting your heals.
Jenna was absolutely gold, having your other half cheering you on makes such a difference.
Really can't wait for the pairs events. Very exciting times ahead.
Enjoy those podium doughnuts mate.
great job Mark and congrats on the reward of the 3 months training! I’m 31 and just started doing everything you are doing 10 years back. Only issue is sometimes got injured because I want to achieve your level of performance too soon, plus I swim :)
Fantastic Mark! Well done!
Great to watch and learn how you evolved from the last Hyrox.
Definitely an inspiration to change up my current training (ultra running+cycling) to incorporate more variety and have a bash at hyrox at the end of the year.
Keep these videos coming! They do as you intend!!
See at the next hyrox!!
I’ve been looking forward to this, seeing how you get. You did absolutely bloody brilliant, can’t wait for chapter 3 of the hyrox series, well done 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man, you are an inspiration! Funny, strong and humble! You are my second online "sport-guru". Thank you for all these videos you do. Peace!
Loved it! Been checking daily for this to drop. Hard work pays off, and hard really means just putting in all that focused training time. The event is just a measured reward. Congrats on the t-towel! (or is it tea towel). Bonus of having all this footage of yourself as a training tool for next go around.
Congrats on the great event Mark!
Your channel and journey inspired me to sign up for my first ever race day (12km) next month and I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your story with us all.
Dear Mark, I rarely comment on YT videos but I have to admit that I love your approach on how to improve in different disciplines, the journey and your scientific breakdown of the actual events. Keep going
As a fellow tall dude (6’7” / 2 Meters) you’re inspiring me to get out there and do more races/events that aren’t ideal for those with our size. (And hopefully I can drop the extra 20lbs I’m carrying around in the process).
Thanks for the great content, honesty, and inspiration.
Cheers
Dude! Totally excellent coverage! Glad to see that your prep worked out and that you were able to get the video out so quickly. And you're right, the move to pro just makes sense. Looking forward.
Good stuff, as always. What I enjoy most is the tactical discussions and post-mortem on what worked and didn't. Don't get too hung up on remaining true to the "above average" motto. Your fundamental point is just that to be at the pinnacle of a sport, you have to focus on it to the detriment of others, (apart from the ludicrous time commitment etc.) You are vastly above average at almost anything physical -- and still getting faster -- but this doesn't invalidate the point of your RUclips videos. You still inspire people to compete, to compete seriously, and to be smart about it.
Congrats on the podium, it's been great to watch your journey. Keep up the videos, you're an inspiration!!
Always been relatively fit. Had surgery 10 years ago leaving me with a new Aorta and a mechanical heart value. Carried on but lately been missing something. Found and followed your channel. Watched this and have signed up for Hydrox Manchester and picking out a Limitless Trails. So thank you Mark.
A very inspirational channel, only watched two videos so far but they've been great! Tempting me to try 1 or 2 of the events you do. Great work Mark! Love the channel
Epic rundown of the event Mark! My mate was competing in the same wave as you so I was shouting some encouragement towards both of you as you ran past. You looked smooth and controlled the whole way round, great work 👍🏼👍🏼
Really like your positive message of trying to do better for yourself via fitness and sharing your journey. I've done various sports throughout my life and always struggled with weight. I'm now down 55lbs since last August and 2 half marathons into the year with lots of goals this year and the coming years. Your journey and message is inspiring as someone who has renewed enthusiasm for fitness again. Cheers!
Also love the dog content! May need to add a dedicated channel 😜😂🐶
Awesome video Mark and a brilliant result, Jenna's shouting warranted a tea towel on its own surely!!!! Looking forward to the journey ahead for both of you, all the best, keep up the brilliant work and thanks for sharing
Top effort! Love your content and the above average ethos. Has helped me get from never running before October last year to being in the best shape of my life and having a sub 1:45 half marathon and a sub 45 10km under my belt in the first half of this year. Ultra training starts today! Thanks for doing what you do and for making this so accessible, and good luck to the wife (and bridge dwelling offspring)
Thanks for the inspiration! I got a Wahoo Kickr Bike in February because of you (also I'm a runner in Canada a was getting annoyed with running outside in the winter). I'm going to do a vEveresting attempt this Friday. I will be watching some more of your videos then to pass the time. Thanks for the encouragement!!!!
Whoo-hoo, family domination time! Congrats on your commitment, Jen, all the best for your journey!!!
Super excited to follow Jenna's journey! The Mountain trail race with her was really inspiring and relatable. Grats on 2nd!
Thank you so much. I'm doing my first Hyrox in Chicago in November. This was the best video and the most informative for my first race. Nice work by the way!!!!
Dude, absolutely love your videos. You're such an inspiration to this 105kg, 50 year old! Enjoy your presenting & video style. And fair play to you for attempting the pro section later in the year. I used to be a competitive ballroom dancer (yes, I was a lot lighter then), and it was always annoying when the same people would turn up in the same category, winning, when they should have moved up to next category to allow others a chance.
Oh, and I understood all of your film references, and I say, go Will Smith! Also, love your jokes which make me smile.
Well done Mark, I think you set a really good example for people to aspire to work towards. Very inspiring 🙌🏻
Mark, your videos are easily up there with the most interesting fitness content on RUclips. Well done and keep going, loving the content and bad jokes.
Nice work my dude! I love your message, it keeps me coming back and watching every video you make. Today I reached a milestone on my fitness journey, I was “category enforced” on Zwift, I am now a solid C category rider. Next is getting restricted from C group.
Great video, the narration is on point. The highlight by far is the message from your kid, that boy is going places.
I am so appreciative of this video for a few reasons:
1. Your honesty with feeling defeated and trying to stay motivated when you knew you were going to fall short. Why? This weekend I had a goal to beat my co-worker’s 2019 half-marathon time. My theory was: maintain an 8:50 pace on my Garmin. Start with the 1:50 pace group, and if I never got passed by 1:55 group, I have succeeded. I did both of those, however my overall time on course measurement was an 8:56 pace, putting me at 1:56:58. Still OK but far off my goal of sub 1:55:30. Beating myself up now even though I wasn’t even sure I could COMPLETE a half back in January. 2. Bringing Jenna on as a “project”. I have ofter thought “I wish Mark would have recorded his progression”. It will be fun and helpful to watch someone in “real time” even though she has already done some pretty Above Average activities. 3. Lastly, don’t feel “guilty” to those who feel you have climbed too high. We must always look for something to aspire to. I believe your early struggles and I see your current heights as a bar to reach for. After all, I am 42 and doing half-marathons. By the time I reach your age, who knows😜
Been watching your videos for a couple of weeks now - pretty inspiring (and sometimes I get the jokes too!).
I love that you are still aware of how intimidating all these things seem (but aren't) for us normals!
Happily getting the occasional sub-25 parkrun here (at 53 years), but zero core and upper body... This might change soon, courtesy of the MLAB effect... Thanks! X
You know what? When I started watching your channel I thought 🤔. However the more I watch you the more I've come to realise that there's no shame in wanting to be above average. Not just on my fitness journey but in life generally! So thanks for the motivation! Keep up the good work!
Congrats Mark! Great content as always. Super excited to see the Jen 2.0 transformation as well! Will do my first Hyrox in Hamburg, all thanks to you. Will see you at the London event next year! NO PAIN! 🤣
Say Hi when you're there!
Same as me, i am looking forward to my first hyrox in hamburg
Good plan, very considerate points of view ! Looking forward to it - and thank you for motivating my own journey back to slightly in the area of being able to see average in the distance :)
From now on, I’ll have Jen’s voice shouting NO PAIN in the back of my head, when things start hurting 😅
Great video, huge inspiration! 🏋️♀️👍
This is awesome Mark. Well deserved podium. 👍
I did my first triathlon last week (Olympic distance) and have turned to some of your past videos for inspiration. I am planning to do a half Ironman in February and full Ironman in May 2023. 😊
I haven’t tried Hyrox but your videos are so inspiring for general fitness. Also aiming for a trail ultra this year and your approach to training and life is superb as a way to keep me going! 💪🏼
Fantastic result Mark. All your hard work paid off . Congratulations.
Great job! It has been so fun to follow this channel and has definitely motivated me to get off my butt and shoot for above average. Oh, and the shouting of 'NO PAINNN!' and 'RUNRUNRUNNNN!' will also serve as great motivation going forward😂
Great effort, thanks for the inspiration for us more "mature" people to get after it!
Hi Mark, you are awesome. I’m currently 103.1kg up from 92kg this time last year. My last park run was also one year ago and I did it in 32mins. You inspired me to get out this morning and run 2.15miles and did that in 29mins. I nearly died. Thank you keep up the good work please.
Mark your channel is significantly above average in many ways. I had been looking forward to this video and it didn't disappoint. Superb. Thanks.
Great to hear!
I'm just pausing at 22:37 to congratulate you on a superb result. I don't care if someone beats you in the remaining time, you are truly inspirational. Your story has many parallels of my own and you inspire me to take it to the next level. Rock on dude.
PS Go Jen, you got this, whip his donut 🍩 ass 😁. exciting as I love going on this journey with my partner Charlotte.
What a fantastic overview of the event! Moreover, as someone who has just completed his 3rd training session in the gym after a 30 year break LOL It was inspirational to watch this video, not to mention the others over the last few years. Keep up the great work, as will I. Bye for now, Alex :)
I'm still recovering from my first Hyrox outing on Saturday, what a great experience! I hadn't done any specific training but your Manchester debrief was great for some last minute research, especially as a heavier (95kg) dude. I did 1:11 and our splits were fairly consistent throughout. I think there are gains to be made in the second half, the difficulty of the sleds definitely put me off really pushing and I think it's too easy to check out and cruise. Would like to try going in a heat of similar speed to see what could really be accomplished
Great video and great insights! Congratulations on your placement! The work you put into the preparation has paid off! I am heavily considering signing up for hyrox Hamburg in November!
Another great fun video! Loved the running time counter. Looking forward to seeing Jenn's adventure as I think she makes a great complement to your personality when she makes an appearance :)
Great video and exciting news at the end! Looking forward to videos to come, and good job on the podium! Also coming up fast on 100K!
I loved this video!!! I think it was the best Hyrox video that I've seen for those, like me who are 46+ and will be doing it for the first time. Great Job! Keep it up, you look great.
Bravo Mark, great breakdown of the thinking and the event.. Can't wait to see the above average mixed doubles !
Unreal, very well done Mark. I take a lot of inspiration from your videos!
Great video and top job on your London Hyrox time. Inspiring not just for your age group but for younger people looking to get into fitness it really shows that age and previous lifestyle means very little.
Let's gooooo I've literally been so hyped for this video since you first announced you were doing hyrox
Great improvement and you inspired me and my two old friends to sign up for Hyrox. In general you are inspiring and your motto have been adopted. Long live above average;)
Thank you Mark, huge Congrats on the 2nd place. That's a hell of an achievement.
really enjoy your videos mark. still quite early in my fitness journey but watching your videos gives me motivation to keep pushing and know that theres at least one other person out there that knows exactly what im going through. Oh, and i also like donuts.... keep it up!
I did a 12hr mountain bike yesterday starting at 0200am. Your ‘this is our classroom’ comment on 4x4x48 got me out of bed and through most of the day. This video - great effort you looked and sounded genuinely excited for the next adventure!!
Brilliant vid, one of your finest, fantastic transition with the 2nd place tea towel. Well done on the result. Looking forward to the future events, go Jen go! If she can perform at Hyrox like she shouts, she’ll win it 👍🏻👍🏻😂😂
From someone competing at hyrox in November this year within the same age cat this video was so helpful, and enjoyable too. Well done dude you did superb and definitely helped me by doing this video 👏🏼
I can't wait, this is going to be good. Well done of course Mark!!
Great video. Found your channel by accident, but its really good. Great commentary on hydrox. Good to see someone at a similar age smashing out some cool events. Very inspirational. Keep it up
LOL Mark!!! Firstly, Jenna is LEGEND. Can't wait to see her pull off the inevitable phoenix.
I think you performed great at Hyrox. Your training was dialed in. You had a very motivational goal. And based on Jenna's footage, and that bit of B-Roll at the end, you literally wrecked yourself and keep a fire lit. Absolutely fantastic job!! I don't know if this will help your running, but I'll offer it anyway; instead of having your arms at an L shape, and sort of swinging low with open hands, try a slightly V shaped arm, have your hands in a very relaxed, but open "fist" shape, and place your thumbnail between your first and middle finger. Then swing your arms to a height that places your thumbs just below your nipple line, and have your arm swing at an angle, so that your hands wind up (in the forward-most part of the swing) about inline with your ears/cheek bones. Hopefully that all makes sense. It's a more natural, relaxed, and much more efficient arm movement, and of course your hands are made to swing up higher on your body, the faster you are attempting to run. Your current arm swing is pretty stiff, not helping with knee lift, knee drive, and using muscle energy for not much benefit.
Please don't listen to the people crying because you're different from their mediocre, lazy asses. The same "noise" is heard here, all over the US, and it starts in the grade schools, with children putting other children down, who are better at something, be it art, music, athletics, scholastics, etc. It's magnified 10 fold in the high schools, and oh look...here it is on YT as well. Clearly, you have absolutely worked your ass off, in all manner of what it takes to transition from where you were, to where you are. You've been beating on yourself mentally and physically for over a decade, and you clearly are not dialing it back any time soon. You don't owe ANYONE an explanation for your success. I wish you WOULD go to Vegas-Baby, and just hit it hard. I think that would be a great finale to this current stage of fitness, and with a slight break/taper in training, and freshly schooled in how you can do the coarse better, I think you may legitimately hit a 67.
One last thing; If you haven't tried Liquid I.V. Energy Multiplier, and drop a couple magnesium tablets into it, you may find it worthy.
Great setting! Great personality and humor! Amazing videos! Keep em coming! Support from Denmark! 💪
Your videos are so good! Funny, enjoyable, informative and encouraging all at the same time. Love the small details like the flag in the background after the podium clip. And big congratulations for the podium and even more for that crazy fast time. I booked Hyrox Hamburg (GER) this year and will stick to "NO PAIN" 💪😆
Love ya content mate, 10-12km max runner here, motivated me this Monday to not look at distance and just run to a time, going to start pushing my distance outside my comfort zone. Thanks pal from Australia
Congratulations on the 2nd, kicked ass! That being said….can’t wait to see the journey ahead
congrats on your achievement, looking forward to your next race
WOW MARK!!!! Almost 100k subscribers. Been around since the sub 5k days. Bet you are really rubbing it in the kiddos faces now ;). Love the CrossFit clip too. Great job. Definitely above average.
Love the look of this, and really enjoyed both videos. I'm going to sign up for the January event. Thanks Mark
Was looking forward to this one and it did not disappoint. Congratulations on getting that towel Mark! It’s also grin-inducing that Jenna seems to have stopped rolling her eyes at her youtuber husband and is now warming up to the above average principle. More good stuff to come, surely :)
Absolutely love your channel anyways but your morals on entering pro to give others a chance is just amazing! Go Jen you got this can't wait to see your videos!
Great video Mark. Nice to meet you and Jen on the day, great effort from you and congrats on podium!
Brilliant!! Well done, love what you’re doing and can’t wait to follow Jenna’s journey. Re run before wall balls- the run lap always shows slower- like we definitely picked up the pace last k and I ran the relay and had wall balls and was 38s slower than my other lap and I wasn’t running slower (not bu that much). If you look at the split data there’s a Rox in and out and station in and out for all but the wallballs- Rox in, row in, row out, Rox out etc but for wallballs it’s just Rox out from the lunges and wallballs in then total. So looks like your 8th run includes the roxzone
Congratulations Mark, great result and good analysis of it as well.
Seriously well done, big improvement from last time and congrats on the podium. I'm going well outside my comfort zone shortly with the Hackney Half Marathon. Miles behind in training due to the birth of our second child (plus work), but I'm just going to do what I can. Video's are always a great inspiration and I'll be getting back to Zwift racing properly after Hackney, so maybe I'll see you on there for a race soon. ;)
Congrats Mark, brilliant run. My friend Adam was the guy who came in ahead of you and it shows why hyrox is so good imho, all his runs were sub-4 mins but his exercises were slow, and yet you were within a few seconds at the end. Great event! See you at Birmingham.
What an inspiration you are. Signed up for Parkrun, and for the Great South (10 miles) in October. You're genuinely adding years to so many people's lives!
Wow, thank you! Hope you get some great results to build on!
Great job Mark! Best of luck with the races for the rest of the year 👍
Another solid video ✊🏾Well done 👏🏾That’s an amazing performance and you’re an inspiration to us all 🙏🏾
Great video mate. Saw your Manchester video also. Great improvement. Got my first hyrox in brum in October. Looking forward to it. Great result. Well done mate!
Congratulations and well done, this will be my go to video from now on whenever I have to explain to someone what Hyrox is, excellent analysis and breakdown of the entire event, the best I have seen yet and I am going to share with everyone I know.
Done a lot of Spartan! Got a 3rd place AG in the UK regional series last year 💪 Lot of fun!
Very entertaining video Mark. I did Hyrox Manc for the first time and sounds like I went through a very similar experience to you. Overcooked the first bit. Suffered massively later. Those wall balls were killer