Dave Yandel’s gym, Charlotte Strength, is one of them.

Charlotte Strength has been part of the HybridAF Network for the past five years. In late 2023, Yandel expanded its offerings by launching a HYROX Training Club. Today, he offers HYROX classes six days a week.

Although he offers HYROX-specific classes, being able to offer unattended access to his HYROX folks has been invaluable, he said, adding that 32 of his members have participated across five different HYROX events in recent months.

For them, “being able to access the gym outside of coaching hours has helped those with weird work schedules, or those who prefer to train alone during slower periods at the gym,” Yandel explained.

Further, Yandel also gets drop-ins specifically looking to train for HYROX. He charges them $25 both for a class or for unattended access.

And thanks for HybridAF accommodating drop-ins—which can sometimes be a headache for the gym owner—it couldn’t be any easier.

Mark Targett’s gym, Clamtown CrossFit is another gym accommodating the growing HYROX market.

Though not an official HYROX Training Center, Targett offers an endurance class, which those training for HYROX often attend. Further, he offers unattended access via HybridAF, which has been especially useful for HYROX enthusiasts.

Last year, a dozen of his members—about 10 percent—competed in a HYROX race, Targett said, and he also had a handful of drop-ins who were in town for a HYROX race pay for unattended access, either as a single day pass, a punch card or a week-long membership. (Targett charges $27 for a day pass and $97 for a week-long unattended access pass).

With HybridAF in his corner, supporting HYROX athletes has become that much easier.

“HybridAF gives us the flexibility for them to train outside of class times,”

Targett said.

From a bigger-picture perspective, it has been a “game changer” for Targett’s entire business.

Firstly, he has been able to use HybridAF as an “upgrade tool,” he explained, as having unattended access means a lot of people who used to pay for just two or three classes a week are now on unlimited memberships as they’re doing a mix of classes and unattended access.

Further, as a nine-year gym owner, Targett finally feels comfortable taking time off during the holiday season, which he never did before.

“We now take a week off in between Christmas and New Year’s

and give members access to open gym so that the coaches can take off and members can still go to the gym,” he said.