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LIKE A GYM BIG BANG, CrossFit transformed the landscape in 2000, popularizing functional training, group classes, and burpees and changing the vocabulary of exercise (WOD, AMRAP, HIIT).

- ANDREW HEFFERNAN, C.S.C.S

Now a quartet of brands-Hyrox, Deka, Life Time, and Spartan-are aiming to evolve some of its concepts, namely intensity, competition, functional strength, and community. We rate how they're doing.

Think of Hyrox as an indoor "race" of functional moves. Each event has you take on eight 1,000-meter runs. Between runs, you complete one of eight challenges. Like CrossFit, Hyrox delivers accessible strength moves. And gradually, gyms and trainers have started building training plans specifically for Hyrox.

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DIRECTIONS: Do 4 rounds of this circuit. Rest 60 seconds between rounds.

1) SkiErg: 500 meters.

2) Farmer's carry: 50 meters. Aim to use 70-pound weights.

3) Walking lunge: 20 reps per leg.

Aim to use 25-pound weights.

4) Wall ball: 25 reps.