Matt Davis, Founder of Obstacle Racing Media and Hybrid Fitness enthusiast, talks about hybrid fitness, its differences from CrossFit, the rise of hybrid fitness as a genre, the concept of decka fit, criticizing CrossFit training, the popularity of high intensity group fitness training, sponsorships in the fitness industry, and the evolving landscape of CrossFit as a sport.
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Hybrid Fitness focuses more on true endurance and strength compared to CrossFit, incorporating movements without complex gymnastics or high-intensity movements.
To become a champion in Hybrid Fitness, the brand High Rocks needs to establish itself as a thought leader in the genre, offering specialized training and educational content.
Hybrid Fitness offers an alternative approach to traditional marathon training, incorporating resistance training and tempo training to improve both strength and running performance.
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The Rise of Hybrid Fitness
Hybrid Fitness, a unique genre of fitness that combines endurance and strength, has gained popularity over the past several years. It focuses more on true endurance and strength compared to CrossFit, which is a more general definition now. Hybrid Fitness emphasizes a combination of movements, incorporating endurance, running, pushing, and pulling without complex gymnastics or high-intensity movements. It allows individuals to excel in both strength and endurance, creating a balance between the two. As the popularity of Hybrid Fitness continues to grow, there is a need for a thought leader to define the genre and its specific training methodologies.
The Future of High Rocks and Fitness Racing
High Rocks, a premier brand in fitness racing, has the potential to become the champion of Hybrid Fitness, given its current popularity. However, for High Rocks to thrive as a brand, it needs to establish itself as a thought leader in the science of Hybrid Fitness and provide educational content and support to its affiliates. By bringing in subject matter experts, High Rocks can offer specialized training and create a clear definition of what Hybrid Fitness is. It should focus on growing the popularity of fitness racing as a genre, rather than solely promoting the High Rocks brand, in order to attract more participants and sponsors.
Applying Hybrid Fitness Methodology
Hybrid Fitness offers an alternative approach to traditional marathon training by incorporating resistance training with lighter loads and longer durations. By implementing tempo training, which involves higher time under tension, individuals can develop muscular endurance and aerobic capacity. The methodology can be tailored to individual goals and fitness levels, with a focus on creating an intercession model combining resistance training and running. This approach allows for improvements in both strength and running performance. By embracing Hybrid Fitness concepts, individuals can enhance their endurance training and participate in fitness races such as High Rocks.
The Rise and Fall of Fitness Trends
Fitness trends, like fitness and running booms, are cyclical. The open gym model became popular in the 80s with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gold's Gym, but then the history of curves showed the first glimpse of group fitness. In 2008, the recession hit and CrossFit gained traction, utilizing industrial warehouses for its gyms. Orange Theory emerged with heart rate tech and repopularized monitors. Now, open gym models are making a comeback, but there are concerns about sustainability and another potential crash.
The Evolution of Hybrid Fitness
Hybrid fitness, a combination of endurance training and other fitness methodologies, is gaining traction. The concept focuses on the idea that endurance is important as people age. This includes activities like running, rowing, skiing, biking, hiking, and rucking. CrossFit gyms, originally focused on high-intensity training, are realizing the value of incorporating hybrid fitness. The idea is to define and develop hybrid fitness as a training approach that can appeal to a wider audience and be a retention tool in gyms.
Matt B. Davis started a podcast about obstacle course racing for “fun and for free” in June of 2012″. In the years that followed, Obstacle Racing Media grew to become the industry leader for news, information, interviews, and insight about the world of OCR. Since then, Matt has shifted his focused to the world of hybrid fitness. On this episode, we jam on the concept of hybrid fitness, how it's different from CrossFit, where we see this genre going and more.
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