One of our clients has recently been seeing incredible results with our personal trainers. declaring that “working with Active8’s HYROX training specialists in Bristol has been transformative” following months of support.
Karen Howe, pictured above on the left, competed at a HYROX event in Valencia in October 2025 and is currently working with three Active8 PTs in Clifton and North View to prepare for an event in Barcelona this month.
Karen, who has run the Early Years recruitment agency Class Recruit in Clifton since 2009, has worked with Active8 personal trainers in the past to prepare for specific events such as the Bristol Half Marathon.
She has benefited in the past from working with HYROX training specialists at Active8 in Bristol, and is currently busy preparing for the next challenge.
“I trained with three Active8 personal trainers at Active8 prior to the Valencia HYROX event in October 2025, and the preparations for the upcoming Valencia HYROX in May are really focused and intense,” said Karen.
Training sessions are currently five times per week, with a focus on functional training, full body weight training and dynamic running training.
“Running is really important in HYROX, and the personal trainers at Active8 provide an incredible level of support, professional expertise and motivation,” added Karen.
The HYROX training specialists at Active8 working with Karen in Bristol are Damien, Ollie and Liz. Find out more about them here.
HYROX has become popular with people of all body shapes and sizes, with a real community feel at events, making it an increasingly popular fitness choice.
The intensity of a HYROX event is also popular with Ultra and Half-Marathon runners looking to engage in high-energy events and push personal bests.
“High-intensity training provides a great introduction to the event’s requirements for fitness, and the HYROX training specialists at Active8 in Bristol have really helped me to focus on function for the station elements,” said Karen.
We recently wrote about how our specialist personal trainers work with clients preparing for HYROX events. Read about it here.
“It isn’t vital to have the specific HYROX equipment to train for an event. The expertise of the Active8 PTs is ensuring my preparations target the optimum areas of fitness required to complete it,” concluded Karen.
To find out more about working with our HYROX training specialists in Bristol, please email paul@brcjobs.com.