# @bret_gornik on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUGF2eqjpGg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61605636-bret-gornik-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-29T12:49:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bret Gornik (@bret_gornik) — https://gondola.cc/bret_gornik

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Everyone says this won’t work in your HYROX training
Until it does

And what “this” really means is running more.

HYROX is eight stations and eight runs.
Yet most athletes still train like the stations are the race.

They’re not.

Running determines how fast you arrive at every station, how well you recover during it, and whether you can run again after. That’s not opinion. That’s physiology.

A stronger aerobic system means:
• Faster heart rate recovery between efforts
• Better lactate clearance after sleds, ergs, and burpees
• Lower perceived effort at the same pace
• More consistent splits instead of dramatic fade

When athletes say “running made my lifts go down,” what actually happened is this:
They shifted priority from max strength to race performance.

And their HYROX times got better.

Running more works because HYROX is not about how strong you are once.
It’s about how many times you can apply force and still run efficiently.

You don’t need to love running.
You need to respect what it does for your race.

Build the engine.
Protect the runs.
Everything else feels easier when you do.

If you want my free HYROX running guide and a free sample training week, comment RUN and I’ll send it to you.

#HYROX #HYROXTraining #HybridAthlete #RunTraining #HybridRacing

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hyrox, hybridracing, hyroxtraining, hybridathlete, runtraining

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