IronHybrid started from a simple frustration: most gear aimed at Hyrox, CrossFit and hybrid athletes is either generic gym equipment with a race logo slapped on it, or expensive kit built for people already at a competitive level. There wasn't much in between for someone training seriously but not chasing a podium.
The gap we kept running into
We pay close attention to what these disciplines actually demand — grip endurance, transitions between stations, training that holds up across running, carrying and lifting in the same session — and we build a small, focused catalogue around that instead of a huge generic one. Every product in the shop earns its place by solving something specific that hybrid training breaks.
Grip was the obvious starting point. Four of the eight Hyrox stations depend on your hands holding up under fatigue, and it is the quality almost nobody programmes for on purpose.
Why we write the programmes ourselves
Generic PDF programmes ignore that a beginner and someone with two years of CrossFit behind them need completely different starting points, even when they bought the same product. The app-based alternatives are not much better: most of what the market calls "personalised" is a calculator sitting on top of a three-phase template that every subscriber receives.
We would rather ask the questions and build something that fits. So every plan starts with a questionnaire — your goal, your discipline, your race date, your level, the days you can realistically train, the equipment you actually have, your injuries, and what you are currently struggling with — and your answers are read individually before a single session gets written.
We publish all eight of those questions on the product pages, before you pay. There is no reason they should be a surprise you discover afterwards.
What we hold ourselves to
Programming is only credible if it follows rules you can inspect. These are ours:
- Distance before load on carries. If race day is an unbroken 200m carry, three sets of 20m with rest does not prepare your grip for it.
- Some sets stay unassisted. If every pulling set is strapped, your grip never gets the signal to adapt.
- Two grip exposures a week, not five. Hands and forearms recover slower than most people assume.
- One progression variable at a time — load, distance, duration or sets — so you can see what is actually working.
- Fatigue programmed on purpose. Hyrox happens with your heart rate already high, so some work is placed after a run rather than fresh.
- Nothing auto-generated. No two plans come out identical, because no two questionnaires do.
And what we are not
We are not an app, we do not run weekly check-ins, and we are not a warehouse — our gear ships from production partners abroad, which is why it takes two to five weeks and why the prices are what they are. We put that on the product page rather than in the small print.
We also tell people when not to buy from us. If your hands slip from sweat rather than from grip fatigue, you need a CHF 19.95 bottle of chalk, not a CHF 24.99 programme — and we would rather say so than take the order.
Tell us when we get it wrong
Questions about programming get answered by whoever writes the programming, not by a support script. If something we sell does not hold up, we want to hear about it — that is how the catalogue and the programmes get better.