What do HYROX athletes do to train and recover?
An ad hoc survey of 80: mostly men with a functional or endurance background, recovery often unstructured in the authors' view. What people report, not what works.
Villarroel López and colleagues used an ad hoc questionnaire to describe 80 active HYROX athletes: training frequency and structure, previous athletic experience, strength and endurance levels, recovery practices and personal goals.
The abstract reports a mostly male profile with high physical demands and prior experience in functional or endurance sports, generally well-developed strength and endurance by the athletes' accounts, and recovery strategies that were often unstructured or insufficient, which the authors suggest may harm performance and raise injury risk.
They conclude that structured recovery should be added. Our reading: a small descriptive picture. The recovery conclusion goes beyond the design, since nothing compared those with structured and unstructured recovery; the abstract states no number for any of its findings.
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| Topic | What the abstract reports (no numbers given) |
|---|---|
| Profile | Predominantly male; high physical demands; prior experience in functional or endurance-based sports |
| Capacities | Generally well-developed strength and endurance, as reported |
| Recovery | Often unstructured or insufficient, in the authors' judgement |
No percentages, weekly hours or session counts are in the abstract, so none is quoted here.
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How this entry was checked and changed
a small descriptive survey is B by design; held at B- because the questionnaire is ad hoc and its validation is not reported in the abstract, nothing was read beyond the abstract, and self-reported habits are no outcome (the publisher's host refused the request)