Chicago Strength is a HYROX training brand with an official HYROX affiliation. Weekly HYROX classes and every race station in-house at River North and Logan Square, plus the programming and open gym to get you to your next start line.
Official HYROX Affiliation · Weekly HYROX Classes · All Race Equipment In-House
HYROX is the fastest-growing fitness race in the world, a fixed-format event that packs stadiums from Chicago to London to Hong Kong with hundreds of thousands of racers a year. The format never changes: 8 kilometers of running, broken up by 8 functional workout stations, raced against the clock. Because every race is identical, your finish time is comparable worldwide, which means you can train for it, measure it, and beat it. That simple loop is why everyday athletes are hooked. It is a marathon-sized goal that a committed gym-goer can actually reach, with divisions for open, pro, doubles and relay teams.
You run 1km before each station. Eight runs, eight stations, one finish line:
Full-body pull cadence right off the first run. Sets the tone for pacing discipline.
Heavy sled, short course. Pure leg drive and the station that punishes going out too hot.
Backwards hand-over-hand pulling. Grip, lats and hamstrings under fatigue.
The great equalizer. Efficiency and rhythm beat raw fitness here.
A chance to find a sustainable engine pace, or to blow up trying.
Heavy kettlebells, long walk. Grip endurance and posture under load.
Walking lunges with a sandbag on your shoulders. The quads remember this one.
The finale. Legs and lungs empty, a wall ball target that doesn't care.
Chicago Strength trains HYROX at River North and Logan Square, and both gyms have every piece of race equipment in-house: sleds and turf, SkiErgs, rowers, sandbags, farmers handles and wall balls. Your training matches the race, meter for meter and kilo for kilo, at either gym. Our dedicated HYROX programming track runs on Mayhem Affiliate programming, built and proven by one of the winningest teams in fitness racing. And the rest of your week takes care of itself here: our group fitness classes build exactly the engine HYROX demands, and open gym gives you the space and equipment to rehearse race stations on your own schedule. First race or fifth, this is the place to build it.
We run a dedicated HYROX class every week at both River North and Logan Square. It is an hour built around the race itself: the running intervals, the eight stations, and the transitions between them that decide most finish times. You work the actual race equipment with a coach watching your pacing and mechanics, so the fitness you build transfers straight to your next start line. Come with a race on the calendar or just curious what the format feels like. Check the schedule for this week's times at each gym.
1030 N Larrabee St
Our official HYROX affiliate gym. All eight race stations in-house, a weekly HYROX class, Mayhem Affiliate programming and 24/7 open gym to rehearse stations on your own schedule.
2080 N Milwaukee Ave
HYROX training and a weekly HYROX class in 7,000 sq ft, with the full race station setup: sleds and turf, SkiErg, rowers, sandbags, farmers handles and wall balls. Steps from the Blue Line, with 24/7 member access.
See you Sunday
Come try the Sunday HYROX class on us. Meet a coach, run the stations, and find out where your race fitness actually stands.
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