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Expert advice, training tips, and nutritional science from the Efectiv team and our elite roster.
Training
HYROX Running Training Plan
A weekly running structure and 8-week progression for HYROX, built around pacing under fatigue and running after sled pushes, burpees and wall balls, ending in a taper week.
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Training
Hybrid Training Programme
An 8-week hybrid plan built on two strength days, two endurance days and one conditioning day a week, moving from foundation to build, race-specific work and a taper.
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Training
Best Supplements for Hybrid Athlete Training
Three supplement groups for hybrid athletes: creatine, protein with essential amino acids, and electrolytes with carbohydrates, and how each relates to mixed strength and endurance work.
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Training
Hybrid Training for Beginners: How to build for your first race
How beginners can structure a hybrid training week for a first HYROX-style race, with separate strength and endurance days, repeatable effort and recovery built in.
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Training
Hybrid Athlete Training: What It Is and How to Do It
Defines the hybrid athlete, explains why combining strength and endurance training has grown in popularity, and sets out common mistakes such as overtraining, poor recovery and weak programming.
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Supplements
Top 3 Supplements for CrossFit Competitions
The three supplements suggested for CrossFit competition days: protein for recovery, creatine for repeated efforts and electrolytes for hydration, with how to use each.
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Training
HYROX Warm-Up: How to Prepare Before Your Race
What to expect in the HYROX warm-up area and how to prepare: race format, running integration, a structured warm-up, pre-race nutrition and pacing to avoid starting too fast.
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Training
HYROX Race Format: Every Station, Every Demand
A walk through the HYROX format of eight 1km runs, each followed by a station from SkiErg to wall balls, with what each station tests and where athletes tend to struggle.
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Supplements
What Makes a Good Pre-Workout for CrossFit & Hyrox?
What to look for in a pre-workout for CrossFit and HYROX: steady caffeine, ingredients such as beta-alanine and creatine, and what to avoid, including proprietary blends and extreme stimulants.
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Athletes
Meet Harry Lightfoot: The Latest Member of Team Efectiv
Meet CrossFit athlete Harry Lightfoot, the newest member of Team Efectiv. Learn more about Harry, his CrossFit journey so far and the Efectiv supplements he uses to fuel elite-level CrossFit performance.
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Supplements
Is Pre-Workout Safe for CrossFit?
What to check before using pre-workout for CrossFit: ingredient labels, conditions that call for speaking to a GP first, timing relative to bedtime and starting on half a scoop.
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Training
Why CrossFit Athletes Should Use Creatine
How creatine works in muscle, the research cited on strength, power and repeated efforts, and where it fits across heavy lifting days and hard CrossFit WODs.
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