Ryan Kent on HYROX Training, Mental Toughness, and Life After Loss
In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast, we chat with Ryan Kent (@dr0pthehammer) - one of HYROX’s most respected athletes and a long-time presence at the sharp end of the sport.
Ryan was the first athlete to break 60 minutes on US soil, a former North American Champion, and the 2023 Chicago Major winner - but this conversation goes far beyond race results.
We talk about:
✔️ How growing up with a professional bodybuilder and arm-wrestler for a dad shaped his mindset
✔️ His early years as a child running prodigy and what drove him to compete
✔️ The lessons he learned on The Selection — a brutal special-forces-style TV experiment
✔️ How he rebuilt confidence after losing his father and struggling for form
✔️ The impact of the late Rylan Schadegg, his doubles partner at the 2025 World Championships
It’s an honest and powerful chat with one of HYROX’s top athletes - full of perspective, resilience, and lessons in rediscovering your “why.”
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