Overtraining Part 2. Ep 096:

Ben and Jackson discuss all things on climbing out of the hole you have gotten yourself in. How long it actually takes, what fixes it, what makes it worse, and how each of us got back to training properly.

This is the way out. Why the answer is almost never total rest, and why most people come back too early and too hard and end up right back where they started.

Inside the episode:

• Why complete rest is rarely the answer, and what to do instead
• How long it actually takes, days for overreaching, weeks to months for the real thing
• Sleep and food as the treatment, and why under-eating keeps people stuck in it
• The signs you're coming back, resting HR settling, HRV climbing, wanting to train again
• Reintroducing intensity without repeating the exact thing that put you there
• Building a week that won't do it to you twice, real deloads, honest easy days, and reading the trend instead of the day
• What worked for the two of us, and how long each of us really took

Listen now, link in bio. If you haven't heard Part 1, start there.

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Ben and Jackson unpack the very real reason behind their extended mid-year break. They also dive into training by RPE and why listening to your effort can be more useful than living and dying by a heart-rate percentage.

If you’d like to support Ben’s brother through his recovery, you can donate a few bucks to his GoFundMe here.

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Think your first HYROX is about fitness? It's not. It's about not making the 10 mistakes everyone makes.

Ben and Jackson run through the 10 things that will actually get you through your first HYROX, then Jackson opens the book on 3 years of racing. He's taken 10 minutes off his solo Pro time, from 1:10 down to 60 minutes, and none of it came from just training harder. The mistakes, the learnings, and how our training has changed as the sport, and our understanding of it, has evolved.

Inside the episode:

• The 10 things we wish someone told us before our first race
• Why your first HYROX is won in the plan, not on the day
• Jackson's 3-year journey from 1:10 to 60 minutes in solo Pro
• The mistakes that cost us the most, pacing, station strategy, and compromised running
• How HYROX training in 2026 looks nothing like it did 3 years ago
• What we'd do differently if we were starting from scratch today

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Ben and Jackson talk overtraining. The signs, the symptoms, how to avoid it, what it actually is, and their own experiences training themselves into the hole.

This one's Part 1. What overtraining really means for endurance and HYROX athletes, and why it's a nervous system problem, not a sore legs problem.

Inside the episode:

• The difference between fatigue, overreaching, and true overtraining
• The early signs, elevated resting HR, suppressed HRV, dreading sessions you usually love
• Why hitting every session while getting slower is a warning, not fitness
• How life stress lands on the same ledger as training load
• Both of our stories, what we ignored and what it cost us
• How to avoid the hole, hard days hard, easy days easy, and a recovery week you actually take

Listen now, link in bio. Part 2 covers the way out.

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Ben and Jackson are joined by Elite 15 athlete Tom Rodgers.

Twelve months ago Tom was top 6 in the world, an Elite 15 athlete racing the best on the planet at the HYROX Chicago World Championships. Then his body broke. Eighteen months of injury, surgery talk, and long days on crutches.

But he never stopped. We're talking garage ski erg sessions for hours on end, holding onto a world-class engine around long shifts as a cop in rural Melbourne, refusing to let the comeback die.

This one is about the setback most athletes never come back from. The mental war of being out that long, how you protect your fitness when you physically can't run, and whether you can fight your way back to the top while the sport gets faster around you every single week. We also

We also open with the LSKD controversy blowing up in HYROX right now. The cease and desist, Puma's exclusive grip on the sport, and whether it's fair that the big brands ambush from the sidelines while the smaller ones get shut out.

Ben and Jackson, back with one of our best yet. Let's get into it.

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Ben and Jackson are back for a full listener Q&A on episode 92. They call out another podcast for its take on getting "chicked" and the poor form of it, before getting into rage-baiting in the endurance world. They also break down an argument they got pulled into online recently, answer your endurance questions, and "What really fires up Jackson and Ben"

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Chris Richards has spent more than a decade helping grow Ultimate Performance across Asia and now oversees the APAC and Middle East regions. In this episode, Chris joins TrainHybrd to discuss the evolution of fitness in Asia, the rise of Hyrox, and why the strongest physiques are usually built on a solid strength foundation.

We explore UP's expertise in delivering transformational results that are sustainable, performance-focused training, how to balance aesthetics with athletic performance, the fuelling mistakes that hold many athletes back, and why accountability remains one of the most powerful tools for long-term success.

What we cover:

• How the fitness industry in Asia has evolved over the last decade
• The rise of Hyrox and differences between Asia and Australia
• Why strength training underpins most impressive physiques
• Goals beyond the initial physical transformation
• Balancing aesthetics and performance
• Common fuelling mistakes endurance athletes make
• The importance of accountability and coaching
• Building high-performing teams and coaching cultures

Enjoy this conversation with Chris Richards.

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On this episode of the TrainHybrd Podcast, Ben and Jackson dive into the world of trail running and why it's a completely different beast to pounding the pavement. From technical terrain and relentless climbs to pacing mistakes and trail etiquette, we unpack what makes trail racing so much tougher than most runners expect.

We also tackle an important question: can you actually be both over prepared and under tall for a race? The answer might surprise you.

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With Stockholm HYROX World Champs 2026 around the corner. Ben and Jackson talk all things Travelling healthy overseas to stay healthy and race ready,.

Travelling for a race adds a whole layer most people ignore until it bites them on race day.

This episode covers how to arrive ready instead of wrecked.

• Beating jet lag
• Nutrition on the road and race week
• Tracking HRV and resting heart rate to know where you're at
• Recovery when you're out of your routine
• Tapering and Deloading into race day

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When your watch lies to you — when heart rate actually matters, when to ignore it, and how to train so your easy days are genuinely easy.

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