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Does it really matter which one’s better if the goal is clear? 🏁

Some snaps of me looking really composed at HYROX South Africa 🫠

Apparently this is what I look like when I’m having fun. 😂
Get to do it all over again in Oct HYROX UK & Ireland

📸 Karla Muller

Just making sure you’re all good? 😉

Recapping my week in South Africa that was full of fitness, joy and a celebration of community. 🇿🇦

Started the week with the pleasure of coaching at a couple of studios in Cape Town, then rounded it off by watching the community cruise through their races.

It’s hard to highlight a standout moment from the week, hence the many slides 😂 but seeing the F45 representation on the race floor with some of our members bringing flags home, has to be up there.

Rounding this off by saying a huge thank you to the team F45 Training South Africa for making John K. and I feel welcome, along with putting together some well organised activations. That run on signal hill will be unforgettable for sure. 🌅
The future of functional fitness and hybrid racing is looking bright over there with some great master franchisees at the wheel. ❤️

So I ran my first pro solo in Cape Town yesterday after 18 months of hiding, and here’s what I took away. 💭

1️⃣I’m not there physically:
Training wise, I haven’t been uncomfortable in a while. There were a few times, starting from as early as the sled push where things got hard and I wanted to call it a day. Not because I didn’t fancy the fight, but because I wasn’t use to that output.

2️⃣Aerobic ceiling has gone up:
Not by much, but enough where I was able to stabilise my HR on the runs. An improvement from surviving in zone 5 for 70min over the last few races. Keen to build on this so I can be more ballsy during the laps.

3️⃣The mental toughness is still there:
The biggest battles sometimes happen in your own head. I didn’t lose my head yesterday.

My mate asked me how I felt about the race last night and I’m still indifferent. Wanted more, but also at peace with where I’m at knowing there’s more.

Cheers to HYROX South Africa March? 👀

One day out before HYROX South Africa

We managed to get 60plus members from the F45 Training South Africa team up and shaking it off in preparation for their races over the weekend. 🦅

Alongside some stunning view, John K. and I had a blast catching up with everyone in the crew. It’s fair to say the guys are pumped for what should be a great weekend of community and racing.

Not much can get me dancing at 8am in the morning, so shoutout to the team Red Bull South Africa for hooking us up with caffeine and a proper DJ. Man, that boy was cooking. 🔥🕺🏿

It doesn’t always have to be super loud.

Noticing you can do something you couldn’t do before can also be a flex. 🤙🏿

The more I coach, the more I appreciate that doing the basics really well still works. 🫢

Just a thought, but somewhere along the line I think we may have made getting fit more complicated than it needs to be.

See ya next Monday #03